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HerbMentor: Community Mentoring and Herbal Learning Site. Reading the Landscape. Learning to ‘read’ and understand the landscape is both an important part of permaculture design and a fascinating pastime.

Reading the Landscape

It enables you to understand what makes a particular landscape the way it is, how it works and how it changes through time. It can make a walk in the country much more enjoyable and full of meaning. It’s also a vital part of the permaculture design tool kit: observing and understanding what’s already there is the essential first step towards designing new landscapes. Much of the course takes place out on the land, exploring the landscape at first hand and most of the rest is slide shows.

For more details on the course contents click here. The tutor on this course is Patrick Whitefield.The venue, Ragmans Lane Farm, is situated in an area of great beauty and landscape variety. Fees The charge, inclusive of tuition, board and lodging is £225. We’re able to offer a few concessionary places to people on low incomes. Testimonials “A very enjoyable and interesting weekend.

Herbs for Everday Living Course. Herbs for Everyday Living – a short evening course in herbal medicine Using herbs in your life may be the key to vibrant health and wellbeing.

Herbs for Everday Living Course

With so many herbs to choose from, the subject can be overwhelming without professional assistance. Herbs for Everyday Living gives an introduction to Western herbal medicine and naturopathic traditions, to gain a better understanding of the most common and exciting everyday herbs to use as medicines and as foods. This course gives you this knowledge to make herbs accessible and uncomplicated for all. As an introductory level course, we welcome anyone with an interest in herbs and plants, whether a long-term passion, or a new curiosity.

This course is for you if you'd like to know: Key features of the course This course is taught in an interactive, fun and friendly style to make anyone feel welcome, however limited or vast their existing knowledge. Who should come on this course? What our students say: "I really have enjoyed these lectures. Level 3 School Forest Programme. Ridgedale 10 week land course. Studying Holistic Therapies. Schumacher College. People all over the world have been informed and inspired by our 20 years of transformative short courses for sustainable living.

Schumacher College

Bringing together leading international thinkers, activists and practitioners, we continue to deliver our unique brand of small-group transformative learning experiences. With a focus on interactive and participatory learning, we offer the practical skills and strategic thinking required to face the ecological, economic and social challenges of the 21st Century. Join us for a diversity of short courses this year, ranging from weekends to six month programmes to suit your availability. “Schumacher is a very special place – as we try and figure out what on earth we’re going to do with this unraveling planet, it’s become a thinktank for hope, a battery for positive vision!

“ Bill McKibben Bursaries are available for these courses, please click here >> Ben Law Courses. N.B.

Ben Law Courses

Once booked on a course, cancellation will incur a fee of 25% of the full cost of the course. If cancellation is within two weeks of the start of a course, the full fee will be lost unless we can find a replacement in which case the 25% fee applies. OCN Sustainable Woodland Management Level 3 The Sustainability Centre, East Meon, Hampshire This level three course accredited by Open College Network covers the principles and practice of sustainable woodland management. It is taught partly at the Sustainability centre, and partly at Ben's Prickly Nut Wood.

November 2014 tbc Cost Non Residential £tbc Cost Residential £tbc For further details of the above please contact the Sustainability Centre Woodlands & Permaculture Ben Law's Woodland, West Sussex 1st November 2014 Cost £95.00 This course includes: Woodland assessment Adding value to woodland produce Non-timber produce Permaculture in relation to woodland Planning and woodland and whatever other enquires you may have.

The Embercombe Apprenticeship. The Embercombe Apprenticeship A year long bespoke learning programme The next intake of apprenticeships will be in Sept 2014 with applications invited from April.

The Embercombe Apprenticeship

Read about the experience the apprentices are having here on our blog and meet them here It is four years now since Johannes Moeller designed and proposed a framework for the Embercombe Apprenticeship scheme. Since then we have had fourteen apprentices journey through this year-long programme and it has become one of our most valued and profound offerings. Embercombe - The Descent. The Descent 30th August - 5th September 2014.

Embercombe - The Descent

The Journey - Finding Earth, Finding Soul. The Journey is a 5-day residential programme held at Embercombe.

The Journey - Finding Earth, Finding Soul

It is available to anyone who wishes to undertake a voyage of personal exploration and step towards their true authentic self and towards the world, to make a powerful contribution which is aligned to their gifts, passion, and experience. The Journey programme particularly focuses on reconnecting us with the natural environment as a source of our power and strength. The programme is designed and directed by Embercombe's founder and author of 'Finding Earth, Finding Soul', Tim 'Mac' Macartney. Read about Mac and the other facilitators here. Sensory solutions-herbs. The Feral Kitchen. The Institute for Earth Education. Schumacher College. WildWise.