Participants will be immersed in an operating example of alternatives in food production, marketing, and other aspects of horticulture. The experienced instructors draw upon a wide variety of ideas and techniques from Bio-dynamics, Permaculture, Natural Farming, Thirt World subsistence agriculture, and Biointensive gardening. N., Room 1, Seattle, WA 98103. The Washington Park Arboretum is administered by the Center for Urban Horticulture through the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate level students to acquire experience in the fields of educatioon, social services, ecology, and horticulture.
Future internships are a possibility.
Schedules are flexible and training is provided. The Aprovecho Research Center is accepting applications for 1998 internships in Appropriate Technology, Sustainable Forestry, and Organic Gardening. Aprovecho Research Center is a non-profit educational institute located south of Eugene, Oregon. Aprovecho offers the intensive ten-week internship program to up to fourteen students beginning approximately March 7, June 1, and September 1 of every year.