Courses, Workshops & Events

Following is a listing of our featured, upcoming, and previous courses, workshops, and events both produced by Living Mandala and by our affiliated organizations. If you are interested in working with Living Mandala to produce or promote a course, workshop, or event contact us.

Strength is in the Net Work

July 26th -27th

West Sonoma County, CA

Come gather with past and present, green and veteran permaculture students, teachers, and designers for this epic convergence that brings together “permies” from Northern California, the west coast, and beyond. This gathering is designed specifically for Permaculture Designers and Professionals in the Northern California bioregions and the greater Pacific Northwest to come together to network share, strategize, and synergize about our various projects and initiatives within the greater permaculture movement. Read More

Thriveability Institute
August 31 - Sept 11

Jackson Well Springs, Ashland, OR

Gaia University is a growing international institution for higher learning offering accredited degree programs for real-world action in self and planetary transformation. These programs cultivate world changers working for local and global sustainability, justice, and peace. Associates have access to a powerful global network of leaders, advisors and peers offering support and guidance in the development, implementation and documentation of their self-directed project work... Read More 

September 12-21, 2008

The Farm, Summertown, Tennessee

Living Mandala in partnership with the Ecovillage Training Center and Nemawashi Venture Altruist Partnership is offering an advanced permaculture practicum with a dual focus to provide a regenerative approach to creating food and water security and combat global warming.  Our first weekend will be focused on broad scale permaculture design of earthworks for water catchment, erosion control and clear cut remediation.  Our second weekend will focus on restoration of old orchards as well as forest gardening design and implementation. This course is designed for advanced permaculture students looking for hands on application of permaculture principles.  We will be implementing earthworks on a local clear cut for water catchment and erosion control as well as planting a forest garden, harvesting orchard crops, and restoring an old orchard. Read more.

September 12-14, 2008

This Advanced Design course is a unique opportunity to combine theory and practice as we follow the entire Permaculture process from survey to implementation with a Hands-On Practicum in Earthworks for water and food. Soil erosion and clear cut remediation offers us a hands on glimpse into how to create lush green forest out of a wasteland of desertification caused by clear cutting. This weekend course will be focused on broad-scale permaculture design of earthworks for water catchment, erosion control and clear cut remediation. Read more.

Forest Gardening & Orchard Remediation
Eco-Village Training Center

September 19-21, 2008

The Farm, Summertown, Tennessee

Forest Gardening and orchard remediation will give us a chance to delve into food forestry: a retirement plan for seven generations. Forest gardening and restoring orchards into productive multi-yield oasis can provide food, fuel and fodder for a sustainable future. This weekend course will focus on restoration of old orchards as well as forest gardening design and implementation. This course is designed for advanced permaculture students looking for hands-on application of permaculture principles.  We will be planting a food forest, harvesting apples and doing rehab on an old orchard. Read more.

Design Intensive

March, 2009
Maui, Hawaii

“Aloha ‘Aina” is Hawaiian for “love of the land”, or “to love, respect, and nurture the land.” As human beings now facing a time of great environmental and social transformation, we believe that it is through this spirit of reconnecting to ourselves, to our communities, and to the Earth with a spirit of love and care that we will renew and restore a healthy balance of human beings living in harmony with each other and their natural environment. Join us for this second annual course happening this year in Maui, Hawaii, and this time for three weeks! In addition to the standard permaculture design course curriculum,  this course will include and integrate additional content, activities, and hands-on experience such as nature awareness, indigenous wisdom, holistic nutrition, embodiment practices, inner work, group process, rites of passage, and more. With a focus on tending the inner as well as the outer landscapes, course participants will work with each other and local community residents on tangible design project scenarios to implement positive transformation within themselves and in the local community. More Information Coming Soon.

Previous Courses, Workshops & Events

Regenerative Design Institute

June 20 - July 2, Bolinas CA

Gaia University is a growing international institution for higher learning offering accredited degree programs for real-world action in self and planetary transformation. These programs cultivate world changers working for local and global sustainability, justice, and peace. Associates have access to a powerful global network of leaders, advisors and peers offering support and guidance in the development, implementation and documentation of their self-directed project work. Read More

June 6th-8th, 2008

Harmony Festival
Sonoma County Fairgrounds
Santa Rosa,California

Living Mandala will be taking part in this year's 30th Harmony Festival held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa from June 6-8 in Santa Rosa assisting  with the production and facilitation of the Eco-Village stage area with stage manager  and MC Laura Fox. We will have a booth as well as be offering workshops. Read More

Holistic Permaculture Design Intensive

Occurred on February 3rd-19th, 2008

At The Resonance Project Community
Big Island, Hawaii

The Aloha ‘Aina Holistic Permaculture Design Course will included the standard 72-hour permaculture design curriculum based upon the original Mollison and Holmgren ideas and design philosophies published in The Permaculture Designer’s Manual, as well as be a nourishing retreat for the participants, the land, and the greater Island... Read More

Sustainable Living at Its Juiciest

Occurred on February 24th-29th, 2008

Pahoa, Big Island. Hawaii

Closely following the Aloha ‘Aina Holistic Permaculture Design Course will be a special week-long, hands-on practicum. The Hands-On Practicum will be focused on taking the skills we develop during the Holistic Permaculture Design Course and applying them into the design and installation of a tropical food forest garden near Pahoa on the BIg Island. This course will also be focused on tending to the inner landscape, and we will be nourishing... Read More