Program of Life School course
Day by day 3 week program for adults.
*Day 0 Meeteng session.
- Explaining conception, program, safety rules
- banya
**Week 1: Introduction to Permaculture Principles and Concepts**
*Day 1: Introduction to Permaculture*
- Morning Session:
- Welcome and course overview.
- 2 hours work in the field
- Introduction to permaculture history and ethics.
- Overview of permaculture design principles.
Afternoon Session:
- Workshop.
- Overview of the site you will be working on throughout the course.
*Day 2: Observing and Mapping Your Site*
Morning Session:
- 2 hours work in the field
- Introduction to site analysis and assessment.
- Outdoor activity: Site observation and mapping.
Afternoon Session:
- Review and discussion of site observations.
- Introduction to base maps and design overlay. Drawing maps.
*Day 3: Herbalism*
Morning Session:
- Recognize local herbs.
- When and how to collect.
Afternoon Session:
- Recycle herbs.
- Tea workshop
*Day 4: Kitchengarden permaculture*
Morning Session:
- raised bed workshop
- Garden layout and design principles.
- Plant guilds and companion planting.
Afternoon Session:
- design your guild
- practice: guild planting
*Day 5 Nature communities*
Morning Session:
- 2 hours work in the field
- Introduction to food forests and agroforestry.
- Orchard management and care.
- Practice: Design your own food forest
Afternoon Session:
- Water communities
- Biopond excursion
- Evening games
*Day 6 Hiking day. *
- Base orienting with map
- Meal in the forest
- climbing
- First aid
*Day 7 Banya. *
- Free day
- Evening banya
**Week 2: Applying Permaculture Principles**
*Day 8: Space zoning *
Morning Session:
- 2 h work in the forest
- How zones work
- design your zone.
Afternoon Session:
- workshops.
*Day 9: Earthworks. Keyline*
Morning Session:
- 2 h work in the water system
- earthworks theory.
- Workshop: how to use “A” Level to mark up the keyline
Afternoon Session:
- Water harvesting theory
- Observe existed water system.
*Day 10: Soil world. *
Morning Session:
- life in the soil
- practical researching soils in the different parts of the land. With addition to the common database
Afternoon Session:
- mushrooms. Informational net
- visit worm farm
*Day 11: Sustainable Water Systems. Waste recycling*
Morning Session:
- Greywater recycling and reuse.
- Constructed wetlands and water purification.
- Bio pool excursion
Afternoon Session:
- dry latrine and other waste recycling systems with real examples
*Day 12: Logistic. Microclimate*
Morning Session:
- 2 h work in the forest
- How to manage microclimate
Afternoon Session:
- Importance of logistic
- Observing excursion through the forest by the antient paths
*Day 13 Hiking day. *
- Base orienting without map
- Survival lessons
- Wild lunch
- First aid
*Day 14 Banya. *
- Free day
- Evening banya
*Day 15: Energy*
Morning Session:
- 2 h work in the field
- energy conception. How to manage
- observe of the solar system
Afternoon Session:
- another sources of energy
- how much energy does the human need?
*Day 16: Bioconstruction*
Morning Session:
- 2 h work on the field
- Sustainable building techniques.
- biomaterials
Afternoon Session:
- observe built constructions
- Design your own house from biomaterials
*Day 17: Social Permaculture and Community Building*
Morning Session:
- 2 h work on the field
- Introduction to social permaculture.
- Building resilient communities.
Afternoon Session:
- Design the community village
- workshop
*Day 18: Local economy and Self management *
Morning Session:
- 2 h work on the field
- why its important.
- different types of selfmanagement
- about money
- invent own money
Afternoon Session:
- The future of local economy
- workshop
*Day 19: Free practices*
Morning Session:
- Work in the forest
Afternoon Session:
- workshops
- Banya
*Day 20: Ceremony*
Morning Session:
- Walking through the forest to the Blada source
Afternoon Session:
- preparing
- ceremony
*Day 21: Final*
Morning Session:
- Round talking
Afternoon Session:
- fair
- leaving
