Steve Nyholm : If you are still looking for a PDC, there are several that are taught closer to the coast. It's not exactly our climate, but they are the most geographically close that I've found. For example, check out Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (with Brock Dolman), Permaculture Skills Center in Sebastapol (with Erik Ohlsen), Toby Hemenway's Pattern Literacy website lists upcoming courses, Penny Livingston-Stark's Regenerative Design Institute.