Brad Lancaster (USA), David Spicer (AUS) and Murad Alkhufash (Palestine) to teach Permaculture Design Certificate in Marda, Palestine, June 2010
Aid Projects, Community Projects, Courses/Workshops, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres — by Wael Al Saad March 16, 2010
Join world class permaculture instructors Brad Lancaster, David Spicer, and Murad Alkufash for the first Permaculture Design Certification course to be held in the West Bank, Palestine.
In addition to this being a groundbreaking drylands PDC course, it is a once in a lifetime immersion opportunity into the rich culture and heritage of the people of the rural West Bank, who have cared for and farmed the land of this region for over one thousand years.
Scholarships for Australians
A major aim of the June 2010 Permaculture and cultural exhange program at Marda is to ‘foster cross-cultural exchange between Australians and Palestinians’. In order to achieve this we are offering two scholarships to Australians who will share their experience and knowledge gained during the course with Australians back home.
Examples of how you might do this include: Organising a slide night in your local community, submitting a magazine article to an Australian publication, Running an introductory permaculture course, Creating a DVD to show at your university or local permaculture group.
The scholarships will be $200 each in the form of a discount on the fees paid for the PDC or a waiver of fees for the 3-day intensive Arabic course.
To apply please email mardapermaculture (at) gmail.com for an application form and return it by the 17th May with your proposal for how you will help us meet our aims. Scholarships will be announced by the 24th of May.
General Info
Course participants will be part of the world-changing movement to “green the deserts” of the Middle East through the design principles of permaculture — learning skills such as rainwater harvesting, food forest production, homescale gardening to maximize production on small acreages, and more. Participants will also have the unique opportunity to participate in a 3-day Arabic immersion course, traditional Palestinian culinary workshops, and historic tours of the ancient Salfit area. Special highlights of the week will include Skype sessions with Geoff Lawton.
The PDC will run from the 6-17th of June, 2010, with an optional 3 day Arabic-language course starting the 3rd of June, 2010.
This course is supported by the Firedoll Foundation, the Council for Australian Arab Relations and the Permaculture Research Institute.
Please go to the bookings page for further information, booking options, and contact details.
Well done! Fantastic work! Hopefully one day I’ll be in a position to join one of your courses. Blessed be!
Comment by Julia Edwards — March 21, 2010 @ 3:18 am
Wow! Wow! Wow!
The photos of the farm look brilliant!
Things have come a long long way since
I was filming interviews way back in 2006/07
(see http://www.BristolComputers4Palestine.co.uk)
Best wishes for the forthcoming Permaculture
course which sounds like it will be the best ever!
Long live Palestine & Long live Permaculture!
Ed Hill, England.
Comment by Ed Hill — March 21, 2010 @ 8:33 am
Julia, Ed, Thanks for your comments ~ all of us are excited for this event. We need good marketing in Australia .. the lead time is relative short.
Wael
Project Coordinator
Comment by Wael — March 22, 2010 @ 4:59 am
I am so glad your are doing this. Palestinians deserve this positive presentation of their culture and land. They have suffered greatly.
Larry Saltzman
Comment by Larry Saltzman — March 25, 2010 @ 1:17 am
Good works volks.
I’ll be on the investment conference in Palestine in Bethlehem next June and hope to see your project on the ground.
Best regards from Berlin/Germany
Isam
Comment by Isam Kamel — March 25, 2010 @ 4:04 pm
Congratulations,
Your project is inspiring and worthy of abundant growth! I am so glad to have worked with Murad Alkufash when he was in Chicago. His work with the students at The Forum for Creative Study left an indelible mark on a;; who were involved. It’s Good to see a global community that builds upon sustainability and respect for the land. We hope to cross paths again.
May the force be with you!
Comment by Jan Favia — March 28, 2010 @ 11:41 am
thanks my frien jan hop u doing o.k there and i always send u my regards with lea .and i hop to see u here in marda .
Comment by murad alkhufash — March 28, 2010 @ 9:22 pm
Great project. Will have to join you next time!
Comment by John Smith — April 3, 2010 @ 1:22 am
Bravo! Keep it up!
Comment by Rich Besco — April 30, 2010 @ 1:23 am
Awesome! Wondering if you’re planning any more in the future?
Comment by Jess — May 13, 2010 @ 10:23 am
Hello
Our Transition Town (Leichhardt) raised $100 on Friday evening.
We’d like to give it to help a Palestinian train in permaculture.
How can we send the money?
Best wishes
Sky, Naho, Justine and Heather
Comment by Heather Formaini — May 16, 2010 @ 8:51 am
someone told me yesterday that the response was to small and the trip has been cancelled.
can you please let us know if it is true or not?
Comment by elvis — May 16, 2010 @ 11:19 pm
thanks allot for u support and i will ask our coordinator to contact u her name is kaya and her contact is Kaya michener <kayamichener@gmail.com
thanks .murad alkhufash
director of marda permaculture farm /palestine
Comment by murad alkhufash — May 17, 2010 @ 5:50 am
Hi Heather
please contact sales@permaculture.org.au and Siobhan will send you details of how to transfer the money through us to Marda.
Comment by Geoff Lawton — May 17, 2010 @ 7:34 pm
The course is definately still going ahead. We have only a small number of Australians enrolled but many Palestinians.
Please contact us if you would still like to enroll
Heather – thank you very much for your offer of support it will be greatly appreciated. You can donate money to Murad through the PRI (sales@permaculture.org.au) or Please feel free to contact me at kayamichener@gmail.com and I will help you to organise the payment
Comment by Kaya — May 17, 2010 @ 10:56 pm
Elvis,
till now 19 persons registered officially for the event. 3 Australians, 1 international and the rest are Palestinians. Brad and David booked their flights .. no signs of cancellation
Rich, this is our first PDC and more will follow for sure.
Sky, Naho, Justine and Heather .. thanks for the funds
Geoff, thanks for managing
Comment by Wael — May 17, 2010 @ 11:42 pm
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