Cascadia Landscape Design
Since 1982, Jude's landscape design business has provided environmental design solutions for urban and rural settings specializing in soil building, water harvesting, and selecting the right plant for the right place. Year round beauty and productivity is attained by integrating whole systems design.
Whole
Systems Design
For Self-Reliant Living
Permaculture is based on empowering individuals to create positive change through their decisions. As a guide, one can tap into a set of evolving principles to find beneficial solutions to most challenges. This design system is all encompassing: from eco-building to organic gardening to economics. Permaculture is about inter-relationships of all living things in consideration of: Care for the Earth and Care for People.
Permaculture Courses
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Ecovillage and Permaculture Certificate Programs.
Summer June 16th through August 8, 2008 Integrating Sustainability for the Land, Built Environment, and Human Communities on the Village Scale and Beyond. Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter, Oregon |
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Ecovillage and Permaculture Certificate Programs. September 30 to Ocotbe 24 Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter, Oregon |
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Winter Permaculture Certificate Design Course Practical Steps to Creating a Self-Sustaining World December 4 to 17, 2008 Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter, Oregon |
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Willamette Valley Permaculture Design Course Week-end Series March, April, May 2009 |
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9th Advanced
Permaculture
Course in Teacher Training June 2009 Wolf Gulch Little Applegate, Southern Oregon |
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In Praise of The Weekend Design Course (Article) Toby Hemenway and Jude Hobbs |
Agro-Ecology Northwest
Agro-Ecology Northwest is a research and consultancy group working with small-scale farmers. This group offers design plans that emphasize efficiency and productivity. They are also certifiers for the eco-labeling organizations of Salmon Safe and LIVE.
Multi-Functional
Hedgerows
and Buffer Zones
Hedgerows
is an old English term that refers to narrow planting strips that grow
along field borders, fence lines and waterways. In the Northwest this
ancient design method is being expanded to incorporate a diverse number
of plant species with a wide variety of functions.
Hedgerows often consist of trees, shrubs, ground covers, perennials,
annuals, and vines depending on the function, size, and location of the
planting strip.
Functions of HRs: Diversify
Farm Income, Reduce Soil Erosion, Soil Conditioners, Conserve Water, Decrease
Wind Damage, Enhance Wildlife, Create Borders and Privacy Screens, Provide
Biodiversity in Agriculture.
RESOURCES - LINKS
Extensive list of resources of permaculture listserves, organizations, and communities and links to sites that focus on the wide variety of permaculture topics
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ARTICLES BIBLIOGRAPHY
Articles written by Jude on a variety of permaculture related topics