From EWerb@aol.com Fri Feb 19 22:00:08 1999 Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:10:59 EST From: EWerb@aol.com Reply-To: permaculture To: permaculture Subject: [permaculture] Keyline Design Workshop A Keyline Environmental Design Workshop In Ojai, CA, USA. A series of three all-day Saturday workshops will focus on the Environmental Design System known as Keyline. The workshop will be held at Happy Valley School, 8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd, in Ojai and will include an Organic Luncheon Buffet. The first Saturday, February 27, we will cover the concepts of Keyline in the classroom. The second and third Saturdays, March 6 and March 13, we will apply our knowledge of Keyline with hands-on activities on the grounds of the school. The workshop presenter is Eric Kindberg, certified organic produce and field crop farmer, forester and consultant for Keyline Environmental Management Systems that has farmed in New Jersey, Vermont, Alaska, Arkansas and presently Iowa. A Brief Explanation of the Keyline Design Approach: The first and principal objective of Keyline, as a landscape design instrument, is the enrichment of Earthly Life. Keyline is a Universal Instrument of Design for the land that developed, in part, from a feature of topography called the keyline. Keyline is a synthesis of principles and practices co-ordinated into a plan or system for the development of land. The Keyline design is unique to each parcel of land so the plan is always customized. Thus Keyline reveals the potential and develops the uniqueness of each land parcel. To develop a Keyline plan a system was designed to weight what initially appeared like contradictory or conflicting priorities. The "Keyline Scale of Permanence" is an order for planning based on the relative permanence of the various items that together make up the completed landscape. The "Scale" can be successfully applied to the design of farms, towns, cityscapes or home- sites. Using Keyline, the responsible land manager is able to develop a 'Landcare' design in harmony with nature. The Scale of Permanence in order of design considerations is: 1. Climate 2. Land Shape 3. Water 4. Roads 5. Trees 6. Buildings 7. Fencing 8. Soil Soil treatment and management practices to develop deep living soil, for crops and for livestock, can now be done in a landscape designed to become more stable, productive and beautiful. A principal objective of Keyline is to provide consistent soil supplies of water, warmth, air and organic matter to maintain and stimulate vigorous soil biotic life. For more information contact Eric Kindberg at 805-646-1366, erorganic@aol.com The Keyline Workshop registration may be made to PO Box 1388, Ojai, CA 93024 The charge is $200.00 for all three session including the organic luncheon buffets. --- You are currently subscribed to permaculture as: london@metalab.unc.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-permaculture-75156P@franklin.oit.unc.edu