Before Class
-Read:

Excerpt of Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn

Introduction to Permaculture, by Bill Mollison

In Class
- A critique of certain agricultural models
- Introduction to the ethics and principles of Permaculture
- Intro to concepts, themes and methods (from patterns to details)

- Review Permaculture Principles
- VAST design model
- First site assessment

Pick a site and Go Outside
- what are all the elements involved?
- describe site, draw it
- what kinds of materials are there?
- what plants?
- animals, insects (describe)
- is there slope?

- what energies come into the site?
- how much light? (time of day)
- people?
- cars?
- water?
- wind?

- How can you block, channel or absorb the energies?

- What kinds of yields can you create if you absorb or channel the energy?

- how can you apply your permaculture principles to this site?