Lost Valley Educational Center is a nonprofit environmental educational center dedicated to empowering people to lessen their impact on the earth by teaching permaculture and sustainable living skills.  It is also home to an aspiring ecovillage. Since 1989, Lost Valley Educational Center has been a place for experiential learning  through our educational programs, as well as within our residential ecovillage.  Our programs include: the Camassia Institute for Sustainable Communities, retreat and conference facility, Nature Center and intern program.  LVEC uses a permaculture approach of ecological design and restoration to care-take our beautiful 87 acres of gardens, meadows, forests, pond, creek and trails located 18 miles southeast of Eugene.

Ellen Page talks about her experience at Lost Valley
on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

UPCOMING COURSE OFFERINGS

5 Week Long Course in Permaculture Design

What is Permaculture?
Permaculture is an area of study gaining in America among those who wish to create a sustainable transformation of their own homes, communities, country and world. Through the study of Permaculture you will learn practical knowledge and design skills that can enable both the human and natural worlds to flourish together. Permaculture brings together such techniques as passive solar design, organic gardening, greywater recycling, community issues and appropriate technology to create self sustaining ecosystems that benefit both humans and the Earth.

What can I do with a permaculture design certificate?
All human activity impacts the natural world so Permaculture Design can be applied to any discipline, profession, community, or even to ones daily life habits. By studying Permaculture you can make any career, as well as your daily life habits, "sustainable". Read what some of the Camassia Alumni have accomplished using permaculture principles, http://www.lostvalley.org/alumni

How do I get started?

The first step to learning permaculture is to find the teaching institution that is right for you, that provides the right blend of classroom and experiential learning, and the right environment and people to teach it.

To find out more information about our upcoming September courses click HERE

To find out more information about our upcoming October courses click HERE

or feel free to call us at (541) 937-3351.

Are you interested in learning more about living in or creating Intentional Community? 

Learn to be a catalyst for change in your local community! This course is based on the Ecovillage Design Education Curriculum. This unique curriculum is the result of the work of about twenty experienced ecovillage educators, and endorsed by the Global Ecovillage Network and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Students will not only learn about intentional community in an academic sense, but also in an experiential sense, living and learning at the Lost Vally community. To learn more about this unique course, offered in only three places in America, click HERE for the September Course information, or HERE for the October course. 

20th Annual LVEC Permaculture Design Course

The classic is back! This two week long course in Permaculture Design is taught by veteran instructors Rick Valley, Jude Hobbs and Marisha Auerbach. Learn directly from the Lost Valley Land Steward and professional permaculture practitioners in this special intensive two week course. To learn more about this course and it's instructors click HERE

Autumn Concert Celebration at Lost Valley

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