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We are absolutely THRILLED to announce our new 2024 Internship Pilot Project hosted at Golden Rocks Permaculture Farm!!   We will take the DEEP DIVE on living landscapes at this location, as well as neighboring projects and in the wild!  The Program will be an immersive experience as we live, learn and work together in a Pilot Project  based on reciprocity, as Mother Nature intended!  Your involvement will be extremely valuable towards informing future programming, and influencing future landscapes in regeneration!​​

 

Each day we will be working with the four directions, and the elements, with a focus on Earth/soil/grounding, Air/wind/breath, Fire/sun/passion, and Water/rain/nurishment. Our circle will be our safety net, our gathering place for deep discussions, and a place to practice our daily rituals together. We will practice intentional “noticing/observation” at a “sit spot”  each day, as well as keep a personal journal/log of our observations. In part, the morning circle will set intentions for the day ahead, tap inner resources, ground us, and allow for the experience of deepening roots to place, as well as provide a platform for discussion and co-creating our energetic space together.  PLEASE NOTE:  THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM AND IS DEEPLY DISCOUNTED.

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There are three week's worth of Programming available in our 2024 Autumn Internship/Work-Study Program.  The minimum attendance is one week, and folks can stay up to three weeks.  Our work-study week will often be 4 days, but each week has time on land build in, so students are invited to stay and linger longer ~ a full 7 days is build in so that each student will have the opportunity to be on land and in practice for a solid week.  While the Program is priced per week, the Series are scheduled in two separate increments as follows: 

WEEK 1:   OCTOBER 21st - OCTOBER 25TH

WEEK 2 & 3:   NOVEMBER 4TH - NOVEMBER 15TH

 

Each week we will be learning and getting hands-on practice at the following sites:

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GOLDEN ROCKS PERMACULTURE FARM:  Students will have the opportunity to study out of our library as well as learn hands-on farming skills on a mature landscape, including harvesting and tending to harvests (storing, drying, CDFA food-handling regulations, cooking and preserving, saving seeds, fermenting, herbs, herbal preparations, processing & medicine-making).  We will learn how to connect into the unseen world around us, the Spirit Realm, and to learn how to communicate with plants other non-human beings here in the Middle World.  We will also have at least 5 workdays in the season focused on natural building (harvesting natural materials for building, preparing recipes, learning to use tools, work with rocks, make and  apply cob, maybe even some basic plastering skills) in the teachings. Everybody who comes here learns to make a fire, and learns to reduce their personal ecological footprint as we will all follow the “zero waste” rules!

 

ECOFARM at Big Canyon:   Teachings will focus on soil health, site design, and building soil where we need it.  We will also learn many concepts in permaculture designing, and get hands-on practice with pattern designs, creating “edge” and many other permaculture concepts that encourage rich habitats for living things. Learn how to follow and create contour lines for beauty and life-affirming “edge.”  We will learn how to help build soil microbes and foster healthy soil communities.  We will be creating garden paths, planting trees, wild native seeds as well as cover crops. NURSERY WORK:  we will learn how to prepare seedling trays and set up a greenhouse for spring plantings.  We will also learn about poly-cropping, companion planting, bio-dynamic techniques, developing crop plans and more.  We will go into the wild spaces in the Upper Putah Creek Watershed and practice regenerative forestry while gleaning the overgrown riparian and other species to the previously burnt landscape at the EcoFarm at Big Canyon. Some of the education will be delivered through lectures, group chats, lunch-time discussions etc. We will learn the pros and cons of fire, the value of working with fire, etc. 

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Students will have the option of a variety of accommodations during your stay at Golden Rocks Permaculture Farm, and your choice in accommodations will determine the price of the work-study program as follows:

 

Outside:  Car Camping or Camping deck - $150/wk

VW Camper Glamping (bed, power and propane stove included)  - $195/wk

Art Studio w/ kitchenette & private deck - $400/wk

Inside Rooms in the main farmhouse -  Shared Bunk Room - $175/wk;  Queen Room - $300/wk 

 

For locals who do not need accommodation, the fee is $100/week for work-study only.

 

Lunch daily will be a community effort and we will eat together.  Breakfast and dinner students will be on their own, and both indoor and outdoor kitchen w/grill will be available for use during your stay with us.  

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