Rewild and Reconnect Permaculture
Residential 10-Day Certification Course
Cultivating Change
Rewild and Reconnect is an experiential learning process dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with nature's principles and its capacity to offer a regenerative path forward for humanity and the planet. We recognize the inherent order in nature, which self-organizes towards life and flourishing.
The Rewild & Reconnect Permaculture 10-Day Design Immersion is an internationally recognized 92-hour experience. Your opportunity to dive deep into the heart of Permaculture and emerge with the skills to create positive change now!
The Living Centre stands as a testament to possibility—a beacon of inspiration and innovation.
July 26 - August 4, 2024
Early Bird $1295 | Regular $1495
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Our Approach
"Rewilding and reconnecting through permaculture nurtures not just the land but our souls, weaving harmony between humanity and nature.
The daily news can often feel overwhelming and disheartening. Permaculture, however, provides uplifting, hopeful, and action-oriented solutions. By embracing natural law, we can create a thriving world.
Studying and applying nature's principles can transform our lives, communities, and the world. It may sound too good to be true, but it’s simply a matter of understanding.
Nature’s laws are constantly at work and have the potential to guide us toward a better future. Our task is to attune to them, understand them, and act upon this understanding. The timeless blueprint of natural law teaches us to live in harmony and reciprocity with nature. These objective principles transcend culture and religion and govern all life. Nature’s principles are universal and immutable, meaning they apply at all times to all aspects of nature, including people.
Rewild and Reconnect Permaculture is an experiential learning process dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with principles that nature has successfully implemented for millennia. It offers a regenerative path forward for humanity and the planet. We use these insights to inform us on how we can participate in re-creating systems that are rapidly failing.
These principles extend beyond food production and agriculture, encompassing sustainable building, energy technologies, land tenure, community governance, education, economics, health, and spiritual well-being.
Learn to transform waste into resources, increase productivity, minimize work, and preserve our planet and people.
No matter the size of the property, rewilding enables the resurgence of biodiversity and the rejuvenation of ecosystems, supporting them back to their natural state and boosting resilience against climate change and habitat loss. Reconnecting urges us to step away from the industrial paradigm, learn from nature's wisdom, and foster a deep connection with the living Earth.
Experience a transformative journey aimed at letting nature guide us, rediscovering our kinship with Earth, and crafting a more regenerative and soulful existence while equipping yourself with indispensable skills for regenerative living.
Join us at The Living Centre—a diverse 45-year-old demonstration site—for Hands-On Permaculture, forest gardening, herbalism, and Deep Ecology. Engage in an operational, educational center and homestead, experiencing firsthand the journey to sustainability in a temperate climate.
Proof of a Concept
The Living Centre stands as a testament to possibility—a beacon of inspiration and innovation.
Explore permaculture, forest gardening, ecological herbalism, and Deep Ecology amidst the rich tapestry of one of Canada’s most diverse Permaculture educational sites, thriving for over 45 years.
Step into an exclusive experience at our operational educational center and homestead. Gain invaluable firsthand insights into the nuances of establishing and sustaining a resilient home, business, and land resource system. Our site showcases leading-edge design concepts tailored to cultivate a self-sufficient, enlightened lifestyle in urban and rural settings.
What You Will Learn:
This course is a ‘principles-in-practice approach to offer participants a unique opportunity to advance their hands-on expertise and design development
Permaculture Fundamentals:
History & Principles
Design Science
Ethics & Mapping
Site Analysis
Plant-based Permaculture
Deep Ecology
Bioregionalism
Forest Gardening:
Edible Food Forests & Ecosystems
Edible Landscapes
Pattern Recognition
Soil Food Web
Organic Soil Fertility
Bioremediation
Microclimate Creation
Natural Building:
Earthship, Cob & Cordwood, Strawbale
Local & Recycled Materials
Swales & Contours
Water Management
Water Ecology
Nutrient Flow
Watershed Thinking
Sustainable Energy & Alternative Energy
Evaluating a variety of alternative energy sources
What suits which environment
Nutrition & Storage
Nutrition & Sustainability
Food Harvesting & Storage
The Soul of Permaculture
Practices in Inner & Social Harmony
Deep Ecology
Eco-villages & the Transition Culture
Daily nature-connection practices
Final Projects:
Team Design Presentation
Feedback & Next Steps
Evolutionary Leadership
Certification
Why Enroll in our Rewild and Reconnect course?
“Permaculture is a creative and artful way of designing our lives, where wastes become resources, productivity and yields increase, work is minimized, and people and nature are preserved – all by thoughtful planning and a respectful approach to life. Thus embraced, we create an environment where all may thrive for untold generations.” - Bill Wilson
Ecological designers transform scarcity into abundance.
Everyone can benefit from learning about permaculture and applying it in their lives and communities. Today, permaculture practitioners are greatly needed because they directly solve global issues such as social inequity, soil infertility, climate change water and food shortages and disconnection from nature. Join us and become a part of the solution!
ReWild & Reconnect Course Highlights
Immersion and practice in one of the most established permaculture/forest garden sites in Canada
Locally sourced (and site-grown) fresh, local, organic vegan meals of the highest quality
A well-developed, skills-based permaculture curriculum (since 2010) focused on transition, resiliency, regeneration and connection
Opportunity to connect to a global network of Permaculture, regenerative design, and nature awareness contacts and projects.
Includes
A team of local Permaculture Educators with 50+ years of experience
Two Zoom Integration meet-up following the course
Nature & local plant identification & foraging
Vegan Permaculture made easy
Deep Ecology & Living Systems Theory
Unique DVD Adobe Reader
Forest Gardening e-Book Manual
Permaculture Design: A Step-by-step guide written by Shantree Kacera
A copy of Bill Mollison’s “An Introduction To Permaculture,” An Edited Transcript of a PDC
Registration Details
Pricing for the Rewild & Reconnect Permaculture Course:
Early Bird Price: $1295
Regular: $1495Does not include tax, accommodations, meals or travel
Accommodation & All Meal choices:
Strawbale Studio: $1150 single occupancy. Couples: 1650, one queen bed, outhouses, no electricity
Cabins - Double occupancy - Bunkbeds: $950 each, outhouses, no electricity
Tenting - $700 (byo) outhouses
Two guests rooms in the main house - single occupancy - $1150- double beds
Plus 13% HST tax
All meals are vegan organic with as much from the land or local sources as is available
Facilities include: outdoor and indoor kitchen, Outdoor and indoor showers, outdoor washing area, solarium, teaching Lodge
Accommodations are based on first come first serve
Please contact us at 519-652-9109 or info@thelivingcentre.com to arrange your accommodation requirements
Dates: July 26 to August 4, 2024
Price:
$1295 before June 15, 2024
$1495 after June 15, 2024
Plus HST tax
Does not include Accommodations & Meals. See the registration page above for Accommodation options
Where: The Living Centre, London, ON.
Please read our Commitment & Cancellation Policy.
Meet your instructors
Lorenna & Shantree
Shantree Kacera, a renowned author and educator, is a leading figure in natural medicine, ecology, and permaculture. His invaluable contributions to wholistic health, herbalism, wild nutrition, ecology, forest gardening, and regeneration make him a widely recognized expert.
Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera is a highly knowledgeable and experienced educator and practitioner specializing in Shamanu: Earth Wisdom Teachings, WomanEarh, wholistic healing and permaculture.
Their unparalleled expertise and unbridled passion for the past 50-years each have significantly contributed to promoting regenerative living practices. Read more
Guest Presenters
Brad Peterson M.L.A., B.Sc., OALA, CSLA is an ecologist, farmer and environmental landscape architect with over 30 years of experience in sustainable land management, environmental design, landscape architecture and permaculture.
Specialization- Brad has particular strength in holistic design and application of permaculture principles for the design and management of sustainable landscapes in the city or countryside. Services include related facets of sustainable property management, tools and practices for landscape Master Planning, Site Design, Detailed Design, Planning Policy development, and LEED Landscape Certification. Brad will guide you in understanding and applying design methods to any project. See www.bradpeterson.ca
John Miller is an electrical engineer who has been following the alternative energy field since his university days. He has a strong background in industrial automation and electrical system. He is current studying renewable energy systems, from solar thermal to geothermal systems. John has completed a PDC and his interests extend to the world of “free energy” as well. What did Tesla know about tapping the energy of the ethers, or Myers in splitting water into hydrogen and running a car on it? He will share his knowledge and insight into the energy that we see as a cornerstone of our future.
Sasha Achtemichuk is the founder of ‘Paradise,’ a two-acre pear orchard at The Living Centre that he has been transforming into an abundant Food Forest. Going from organ tuner to gardener, Sasha, since a child, wanted to be a gardener but didn’t think it was possible. With a little instruction and lots of dedication, he has taken a worn-down orchard and turned it into an abundant garden that allows him to sell fresh and processed goods to the community, and all of this in just three years. Amazing! He will be guiding you through his journey, sharing well-earned successes and challenges.
Keith of the Forest is an Advocate for Mother Nature. He is the Founder of NatureCures & Director of Forests Enterprise. NatureCures mission is committed to assisting people to grow more naturally with Mother Nature by utilizing the Twelve Principles of Permaculture. Keith of the Forest: (A Sovereign Being) has always been passionate about food security, community and land resilience. He is a Permaculture Enthusiast and Actionist. For the past 10 years Keith has become a farm fresh field to table specialist. Keith practises, teaches, writes about and designs gardening techniques. This unique approach fosters natural living, regenerative ecological food systems and slow and steady community building. His mission has always been to assist people and small-scale farms in growing more naturally in tune with Mother Nature.
Shannon Kavanaugh BES, MLA, OALA, CSLA is an artist, mother and landscape architect with an educational background in Environmental Studies with a specialisation in ecological restoration and a minor in Fine Arts. She has over 10 years of experience working in the design field where she has gained experience in Landscape Master Planning and Detail Design for residential, commercial and institutional applications. Shannon is specifically interested in participatory design process, regenerative design and landscapes that help develop a sense of community and belonging. After years of interest and self-directed learning about Permaculture, she completed her PDC in 2018.
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