Friday
- Welcome and Introductions
- The Foundations of Sustainability- "Sustainability 101"
- Challenges: Peak Resource Extraction, Climate Change, Economic Instability
- Solutions: Permaculture, Transition Strategies, Transition Homes & Neighborhoods
Saturday
- The Toolkit
- Ten Permaculture Principles
- Designing an Integrated Home System
- The How To's: Presentations and Hands-On Projects- Session #1(Choose One)
- a) Annual and Perennial Gardens with Hands-On Mulch Bed/ Herb Spiral Project
- b) Home Energy Alternatives with Hands-On Solar Water Heater Project
- The How To's: Presentations and Hands-On Projects- Session #2(Choose One)
- c) Building Healthy Soils with Hands-On Compost Binsm Worm Boxes, and Composting Toilets
- d) Natural Building: Construction with Wood, Earth and Straw with Hands-On Cob Building Project
Sunday
- The How To's: Presentations, Demonstrations and Hands-On Projects- Session #3(Choose One)
- e) Home Orchards and Forest Gardens with Hands-On "Planting a Polyculture" Project
- f) Water in Your System with Hands-On Erosion Control/ Rainwater Catchment Project
- The How To's: Presentations- Session #4(Choose One)
- g)An Ecological Neighborhood: Sharing Resources, Creating Connections
- h) Animals and Aquaculture: Urban Home-Scale Farming with Chickens, Fish and more
- Putting it All Together
- Designing Sustainable Homesites
- Teams Work Together to Design a Sustainable Home System on a Miniature Landscape
- Summing Up and Next Steps
- Closing