get your head out of the sand; you're suffocating!!

if your food supply was cut off, if grocery store shelves were empty, how long would it be until you were hungry? i am not fear-mongering; this will happen. after the initial garden building, you can take one hour a week and grow enough vegetables to live off.

hiding won't change what is happening, but growing food can...

http://permaculture.org.au/2011/01/15/the-great-food-crisis-of-2011/

want to really learn permaculture? international courses!! or internships work!

i was sure overwhelmed right after my PDC. so i checked into opportunities to take further training or to intern with experienced designers. here are some highlights:

my teacher, jesse lemieux, highly recommends milkwood farm in new south wales, australia. of course, australia has wonderful diversity from their drylands and the sub-tropical areas. milkwood offers ongoing courses and they also have internship opportunities. they have a great blog i've found to be very informative!
http://milkwoodpermaculture.com.au/courses
http://milkwood.net/

the bullocks brothers in the state of washington in the USA are a wonderful example of temperate (rain forest) zone permaculture and offer internship positions most years.
http://www.permacultureportal.com

for further training and internship opportunities, you can contact zaytuna farm and geoff lawton at pri australia
http://permaculture.org.au

so far, i've decided to spend the money and time on experimenting on our property but i'm keeping my options open!!

let me know if you would recommend other places.