Association for Regenerative Culture
2008 Permaculture Course Registration Form
(Special thanks to Starhawk for the basic layout of this document)

Four Ways To Register / Pay:

1. By Mail

Please print this form, fill in, and mail in with your deposit or tuition check. Send to:
Association for Regenerative Culture
PO Box 5516 , Bloomington, IN 47407

2. By Email and Paypal

This method will allow you to use a credit or debit card for deposit and tuition payment.
Copy and paste this form into an email to Peter Bane (please remove the "at" and replace it with "@") & use the Paypal buttons below (Using Paypal will add 4% to the price) You should take the Fundamentals course before the Practicum. Please contact us for further information.

Permaculture Fundamentals July 11-19, 2008 near Athens, Ohio Deposit for Design Course Weekend Series Design Course near Indianapolis, IN Oct-Nov  
$695 + 4% = 722.80 $150.00 + 4% = $156.00 $895 + 4% = $930.80  
 

3. Apply for a Work-Trade / Scholarship

See guidelines

4. Guild Discount

Recruit and register at least three folks from your own community or organization’s "guild" and work together following the guidelines identified below for an individual work/trade scholarship. The teachers will consider each of these requests for special guild discounting. Contact us.

Please include this registration form with your letter, even if not paying a deposit.

Tuition Options:

Regular registration deadline 4 weeks before course starts.
Work-trade/scholarship deadline is 6 weeks before course starts.

_______$ Optional Additional Donation to scholarship fund, to help others attend
_______ Total
_______ Applying for work-trade scholarship.
If accepted, how much could you pay of your own tuition? _______________

Costs: Tuition includes all meals, camping sites, classes, workshops, and course materials. It does not include travel, personal equipment, personal expenses, camping gear, special meals, or private rooms.

Make checks payable to mail to: Association for Regenerative Culture

Name(s)_____________________________________________________________________
Address (es)_________________________________________________________________
City_______________________________________________State________Zip___________
Home Phone____________________________ Work Phone___________________________
E-mail__________________________________ Cell Phone____________________________

I heard about the Permaculture Course from:

____ Word of mouth (please provide name of group or friend who told you about us) ______________________________________________________________
____ Online at __________________________________________________
____ Advertisement in ____________________________________________
____ Flyer received at ____________________________________________
____ At a talk given by________________ at location ___________________
____ Other _________________________________________________

No-Refund Policy:

Deposits are absolutely nonrefundable if you cancel for any reason. However, deposits may be transferable to a future session. (In the event that we must cancel the course, all monies paid, including your deposit, will be refunded.) Full tuition payment is required by the registration deadline, or you may forfeit your reserved spot. If you cancel for any reason after the deadline, refund may vary, depending on how much notice you give and where we are in our timeline. We will do our best to be fair.

I have read and understood the NO-REFUND policy.

______________________________________________________________
(Signature required)

A confirmed registration packet will be mailed to you with specific site information upon receipt of your tuition payment. Please assist us in preparing for your arrival by answering these logistics questions.

Transportation:

See "Transportation" section of the confirmation packet before you make travel plans or buy tickets — there is important information that you must know. We strongly encourage car-pooling. To facilitate your transportation, please let us know a month in advance of the course.
____ I am interested in carpooling and would like contact info for other registrants in my area.
____ I hope to GET a ride from_________________(area) and/or
I can OFFER a ride to________(number) people from_____________________.

Note: ARC cannot guarantee that there will be carpool rides for everyone who wants one.
____ I am flying into _________________________ and need a ride.
____ I will be arriving by train in _________________and need a ride
____ I will be arriving by bus in __________________and will need a ride.

Physical Needs:

___I prefer vegetarian meals
___ I prefer vegan meals
___ I’m omnivorous and would like some meat

Special Food Needs:

If you have a severe, life-threatening allergy (such as peanuts), or other medical condition or susceptibility (for instance, to bee stings), be sure we know! _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Physical Special Needs:

Some of the work and class content might not be easily accessed in a wheelchair — but we'll try! If you have any physical special needs or are differently abled, please let us know:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Deadline Details:

Work-trade/scholarship deadline is 6 weeks before course starts.

Regular registration deadline 4 weeks before course starts.

Tuition balance for ALL registrants is due by the registration deadline. If you're not (either) paid up by then, or have an approved payment plan, you may lose your reserved space to someone on the waiting list. (This includes those accepted for work-trade scholarship.)

If we have space, late registration is possible. Full tuition payment is required to register after the regular registration deadline. Inquire first about space availability.

Work- Trade Scholarship Application

If accepted, our usual work-trade is, you pay half the baseline tuition and work in exchange for the other half.

There is some flexibility in the tuition ratio, depending on our resources, and your needs and background.

Occasionally we may give full tuition work-trades—if we can—but only for exceptional reasons.

Please understand that ARC tries to stretch its dollars among as many people as possible, and usually cannot offer you more than half. If you have trouble coming up with your share, consider tuition loans from Permaculture Credit Union, and the "Create Your Own Scholarship" personal fundraising ideas.

We need two items to consider your work trade application.

1. Complete the registration form.

2. Prepare a personal letter. Please keep your letter to two pages, normal type.

Send both BEFORE the deadline.

Here's what to put in your letter:

Tell us a bit about yourself, your background, age, your experience in any areas related to this training: activism, permaculture, gardening, house-building, group process and facilitation, teaching, organizing, community work, etc. We hope this course will reflect a diversity of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, and life experience, so let us know anything about you that might be relevant.

Please answer these questions, (first three required) and others as applicable:

1. Why do you want to take this permaculture training?

2. What jobs, community projects, or activist work are you doing now?

3. What specific use will you make of the permaculture training? How will you be able to share the skills with your community?

4. Will you be fundraising for yourself? What is your financial situation?

5. Do you have work-trade skills that we need? Are you physically able to do this work? Do you have a reliable vehicle that you can use for work-trade? Can you come early or stay late, and work at the site?

6. Do you have a well-developed work ethic and sense of personal responsibility? Will you do the work you agree to do?

7. Do you have any dietary limitations and what, specifically, are they?

Helpful hint: vague applications are usually not successful. We seek to give our tuition aid to dynamic folks and activists from non-privileged backgrounds who will apply their new knowledge to specific projects and share it with others. We want to support a positive "ripple effect."

Create your Own Scholarship

If you want to attend a Permaculture course and can't afford it, we strongly encourage you to take an active role in generating your own scholarship through creativity and personal effort. There may also be ways to reduce your costs.

Here are some suggestions to get started:

  • Are your friends and family out shopping for your holiday or birthday presents? Could you ask them to give you money towards this training instead?
  • Would your community or organization support you to come? In return, you might offer to do a presentation when you return and teach something of what you learn. This really stacks functions and extends the impact of the learning you receive.
  • Would your community support a second person to come with you? If two of you can co-train together, you'll have support and be more effective.
  • Would your friends help you do a fundraising event: a garage sale, a raffle, a concert, a public ritual, a silent auction, a potluck, a formal tea party, a video screening, a bowling tournament, a guided herb walk, a poetry reading, a theater event?
  • Do you make crafts or art items that you could sell? Grow veggies or flowers? Have access to sage or juniper that could be gathered, dried, and sold as smudge sticks? Can you offer foot massages, fresh cookies, and live music? Get a booth at your local market or fair. Add a donation jar and attractive sign to your booth, telling why you're fundraising.
  • Some people work in mainstream jobs where their employers contribute half the costs of "continuing education." Ask. Do you have vacation coming? This might be the time.
  • Your tuition may be tax deductible as an education expense (if you itemize taxes and/or file taxes as a small business). If you are someone's tax dependent and they pay for your tuition, it may be a deduction for them.
  • Some colleges have paid the fee for their students to attend Permaculture Courses. If you are currently enrolled in college, contact your financial aid counselor to see if there are any funds for specialized training needed for your degree. Ask your professors and/or department secretary about school programs that might contribute. Talk to your student organizations, too.
  • Some people may be able to sublet their normal living space, while attending course sessions. Can you offer someone a two-week vacation in a desirable location?
  • If you happen to live nearby, or have friends who do, and you are willing to commute, we may be able to deduct the cost of accommodations from your tuition
  • To help with transportation costs (not included in tuition), ask your family and friends for their extra frequent flyer miles. We will also facilitate car-pooling.
  • Remember that we will feed you for the time you are in class, so your food budget is reduced for the month. In fundraising, think about what you need for your own sustainability: Travel costs? Childcare costs? Replacement of lost income? Raise your own costs first. And think about being able to contribute some extra to help somebody else.