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ECOSA INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SUMMER SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP PHOENIX, Arizona June 13, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Author and permaculture expert Brad Lancaster and sustainable-landscape designer Andrew Millison will lead an intensive permaculture and water design workshop to be offered by the Ecosa Institute July 9 through Aug. 3. The workshop will be held in Prescott and will cover how to create attractive, sustainable landscapes that maintain themselves, conserve water and provide opportunities for food production. Designed as a hands-on, supplemental learning experience for professionals and students, this month-long intensive is an in-depth exploration of permaculture and water-conservation design that goes beyond the usual two- or three-day workshop. Its immersion approach provides a comprehensive understanding of the principles, processes and design of water-conserving, permanent-agriculture landscapes-- subjects of increasing interest in sustainable and conventional design fields. Participants will design and build actual projects in the Prescott area, while learning about self-sufficient living in urban and rural settings. They will also visit projects that successfully demonstrate how to design and use co-housing, permaculture and innovative water-conservation systems. Workshop facilitators Brad Lancaster and Andrew Millison are educators and design professionals with expertise in permaculture, water conservation and sustainable design. Lancaster owns a permaculture consulting, design and education business and is the author of “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands,” a three-volume guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water-harvesting systems for home, landscape and community. Millison is a landscape designer and founder of Millison Ecological, a landscape contracting company specializing in ecological sustainability, heirloom plants and water harvesting. He serves as a designer and permaculture specialist with Prescott-based landscape architects T. Barnabas Kane & Assoc. and was the manager of the Arcosanti farm, which includes gardens, greenhouses and a native-Arizona peach orchard. The summer workshop is recommended for landscape architects, contractors and design students, plus community activists and anyone interested in sustainable design. The fee for the program is $1,500 plus a $25 application fee. Scholarships and housing are available. Course credit is offered through Prescott College. For more information, call 928-541-1002 or visit www.ecosainstitute.org. About the Ecosa Institute: CONTACT: Sarah Frost |