Upcoming Courses at Zaytuna Farm
Courses/Workshops — by Bonnie Freibergs May 22, 2012
Zaytuna Farm is playing host to a unique PDC. On July 8th Warren Brush and Joseph Lentunyoi will start teaching for two intensive weeks. Warren works extensively in permaculture education and sustainable systems design in North America and in Africa as well as in other countries worldwide. He has devoted many years to mentoring youth to inspire and equip them to live in a sustainable manner with integrity and a hopeful outlook. His mentoring includes working with those who are former child soldiers, orphans, youth from troubled families and situations as well as those youth from other varied and privileged backgrounds.
Comments (0)Gold Coast Permaculture Workshops – May/June 2012
Courses/Workshops — by Vanessa Fernandes
Honey from a home made extractor
1) Sunday 27th May, 2012 1:30pm: Gold Coast Permaculture Bee Keeping Equipment Workshop
This workshop will bring to you the home handywoman’s answer to excruciatingly expensive bee keeping, showing equipment put together by Syd Richards, the bee keeping mentor to Gold Coast Permaculture. Syd has a range of home-made equipment he would like to introduce to you including heated comb cutters, wiring and frame construction equipment and a honey extractor. This equipment will be on display at the workshop.
Comments (0)Three Exciting Workshops Coming to PRI
Courses/Workshops — by Bonnie Freibergs May 15, 2012
Bob Corker stands above the valley where
the new Kotare Village is being established
Photo © Craig Mackintosh
At the Permaculture Research Institute’s Zaytuna Farm we have three fantastic workshops with guest teachers running at the end of May:
1) Villages for the Future, with Bob Corker — May 26-27 (two days)
Villages for the Future is a theory-based workshop teaching the philosophy of Community Land Trusts, using the example of the developing Permaculture Settlement ‘Kotare Village’ in New Zealand. It will give you an outline of the philosophy and global context for this alternative model of land ownership, with an explanation of the legal, social and environmental structures that are being used to develop Kotare Village, and other possibilities in Australia and around the world. Using International examples, Bob will look at ways to identify your resource base, and begin investing in self reliance, and explore pathways to establish a Community Land Trust.
Comments (2)Mulloon Creek Intern Program, Spring 2012
Courses/Workshops — by Campbell Wilson May 11, 2012
Our intern program is centred around learning by doing. Here at Mulloon Creek Natural Farms there’s a great mix of both the established bread and butter commercial operations, as well as a lot of innovative development that’s taking place over the coming years within our ecological agricultural practices. If you’re interested in the large-scale design and implementation side of landscape health within a productive farm environment, be sure to visit our website to find out more.
Comments (0)Permaculture Design Certificate Course at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast on 20 May 2012
Courses/Workshops — by Zaia Kendall May 10, 2012
News on the upcoming PDC course with PRI accredited teacher Tom Kendall. This post reveals some of his background.
18 Day compost
For people who are aware of the need for change in the world, the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast is an educational facility that encourages change to a sustainable, self reliant and abundant lifestyle to benefit self, others and the earth. PRI-SC’s Permaculture Design Certificate combines Bill Mollison’s and Geoff Lawton’s teachings with Tom Kendall’s lifelong agricultural and self reliance experience.
Comments (0)APC11 Presentation: Albert Bates on Biochar (Video)
Conferences, Courses/Workshops, Fungi, Presentations/Demonstrations, Rehabilitation, Soil Biology, Soil Composition, Structure — by Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor May 3, 2012
Albert Bates talks about biochar at APC11 (Turangi, New Zealand)
Photo © Craig Mackintosh
I’m personally unsure about biochar. This is not because I have anything significant to say against it (at the small, localised scale, at least), but rather just because I find it hard to promote a technique I’ve never, myself, seen developed and applied in real-world circumstances. Albert Bates‘ presentation was very interesting, as you’ll see, and Albert is obviously well versed with the topic, but like most conference situations, it’s rather impossible to talk and also showcase the practical application — and this gap in my own knowledge and experience is one that I’d dearly love to see filled! It would be excellent to receive on-the-ground reports from Albert and others who are working with biochar systems and who have tangible data to share on its EROEI, its general impact and benefits — and, of course, on how to actually make the stuff! (Those interested in sharing their biochar experiences can send photos and text to me on editor (at) permaculture.org.au for potential publishing.)
Comments (15)International Permaculture Day, Sunday the 6th May, 2012
Community Projects, Courses/Workshops, Presentations/Demonstrations, Social Gatherings, Village Development — by Gillian Kozicki May 2, 2012
Celebrates all things permaculture around the world. Get involved with International Permaculture Day!
Permaculture in Ecuador
The Permaculture Day concept is one that celebrates all things permaculture around the world on the same day or weekend, if possible. The events are hosted and funded by local permaculture people, groups or businesses with the benefits accruing to your local area whilst spreading the word about permaculture. By coordinating the events worldwide at the same time we want to present a unified face to the broader community and show just how innovative, productive and fun permaculture events and projects can be.
Comments (0)Quail Springs Permaculture launches PDC for International Development Professionals and Social Entrepreneurs
Aid Projects, Courses/Workshops — by Warren Brush April 30, 2012
Permaculture Design Certification Course Hosts Roster of Instructors from around the World. Quail Springs Permaculture launches Permaculture Design Certification Course for International Development Professionals and Social Entrepreneurs.
Quail Springs, California
Photo © Craig Mackintosh
Monetary assistance and training without stewardship ethics seems to be the standard for international aid today. With over 14 billion given by the U.S. Agency for International Development alone, it is increasingly important to ensure the results of aid are regenerative. Today, giving a man to fish, opposed to teaching him to fish, means that he will overfish. Quail Springs is not only teaching people how to “fish” but they are equipping people with the ethics and tools that lead to multi-generational ecological, social and economic sustainability. By using permaculture as a sustainable design framework to help secure community and individual stability, Quail Springs is innovating a new pathway for the international development community. Their upcoming Permaculture Design Certification course (PDC), taught by professionals with experience in international development projects, will teach participants sustainable systems thinking, design strategies and provide a comprehensive approach to permaculture as a tool for future development projects.
The instructors, hailing from Quail Springs Permaculture in southern California, all the way to Africa, span a gamete of professions whose various experiences make up an impressive group whose international efforts have seen much success.
Comments (1)Edible Forest Gardens Course, Woodbine Ecology Center, Sedalia Colorado (June 2012)
Courses/Workshops — by Eric Toensmeier April 25, 2012
Course Date: June 1 — 7, 2012
About Edible Forest Gardens: Edible forest gardens mimic the structures and functions of natural ecosystems while producing food and other products, with an emphasis on low-maintenance perennial crops. These gardens (and larger-scale operations) can provide critical ecosystem services while meeting human needs. Design and plant selection help provide fertility, control of weeds and pests, and more. This 6-day residential course will emphasize the design process, with hands-on design work for all participants. Participants will also learn the art and science of habitat mimicry, polyculture assembly, plant demonstration forest garden and observe and maintain plantings from previous courses.
Comments (0)Mediterranean Permaculture Practitioners Come Together for the First Time! (Marmariç, Turkey, July 2012)
Conferences, Courses/Workshops, Social Gatherings — by Dijan Albayrak April 20, 2012
The PDC graduates of the Mediterranean and the Middle-east will converge for the first gathering specifically for this region. This event will make possible the initiation of networking and sharing of knowledge & experiences for the region. The Mediterranean is one zone where we need this collaboration desperately; in response to severe soil loss due to population pressures, land/water mismanagement and climatic issues.
Sharing, documenting and database building for successes and failures in the region is a main theme for the convergence, taking place in Marmariç, Turkey between 17-21st of July 2012.
PRI Turkey will be hosting two other major events right before the Convergence:
Comments (1)72h Permaculture Design Course: Permaculture for the Rural African Environment, Konso, Ethiopia
Courses/Workshops — by Alex McCausland April 16, 2012
This 13-day practical and demonstrative PDC will take place in Konso, south Ethiopia, from May 7th – 19th, 2012, at Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge. It will have a special focus on the application of permaculture to communities in the developing world. It will involve practical demonstrations both form Strawberry Fields’ own model permaculture site and from schools sites in the area which are participating in the Permaculture in Konso Schools Project. There will also be the chance to do field trips into other climate zones in the Ethiopian highlands.
Facilitators: Alex McCausland with local assistant trainer, Asmelash Dagne, and guest appearances from local elders and intellectuals.
Dates: May 7th to 19th, 2011
Location: Konso, South Ethiopia
Venue: Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge
Cost: US$850 ($500 for Ethiopians)
Includes: course fees, food and accommodation for the period of the course
Excludes: Transport, accommodation en-route, travel insurance etc.
The Course
Comments (0)Permaculture Design Certificate Course, Arusha, Tanzania (4th to 15th June 2012)
Courses/Workshops — by Robert Cork April 5, 2012
Time is running out to join members of the international permaculture community for FoodWaterShelter’s Permaculture Design Certificate Course between the 4th to 15th June 2012 in Arusha, Tanzania. With applicants from England to the USA, South Africa to Germany and throughout Africa including Burundi, Uganda, Kenya Ethiopia and of course Tanzania, it is shaping up to be a course built on many varied and interesting experiences. Field trips have been organised to a number of projects and institutes — from an appropriate technology research centre to rabbit and honey production projects. It’s not too late for you to join USA based lecturer Steve Whitman and a team of local teachers for this incredible opportunity to learn the concepts of sustainable living and improved self-reliance.
For $950 (scholarships are available through application for East African based participants) you will receive an internationally recognised certification, the opportunity to visit projects and other NGOs in the Arusha area, gain hands-on experience designing and working on the farms of Kesho Leo, and meet a diverse group of the international community. Full paying students also assist to provide scholarships to East African students who will make up half the class.
Comments (0)Take a PDC with Rico Zook in Bayouda Village, Jordan (June 2012)
Courses/Workshops — by Anselm Ibing
At least after the International Permaculture Conference (IPC11) last September, Jordan is now well-known in the permaculture world. It is thus a pleasure to invite you to join a 2-week full PDC course that will be held in the scenic village of Bayouda — 20km north-east of Amman, Jordan, in between olive groves and ancient oak forests — in the first two weeks of June. The main instructor will be Rico Zook, a permaculture designer, consultant and instructor for over 15 years. Rico’s teaching method is very practical and hands-on. The course will be in English and is for local and foreign students of any age or background. It is organised by The Green Platform and the a local NGO form Bayouda village, the Abdel-Rahman bin Ouf Society, which will involve the local community in various parts of the course. This and the participation of various local and regional guest speakers will enable students to benefit from their generations-old wisdom and knowledge of the Levant area.
Click here to find out more and to register for the course!
Comments (0)Sustainable Garden Design Workshops – Event Round-up (Adelaide, South Australia)
Community Projects, Courses/Workshops, Presentations/Demonstrations — by Anthea Hudson April 3, 2012
A series of free Sustainable Garden Design Workshops were held at various locations around Adelaide, South Australia, over the past couple of months and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the one held in the suburb of Salisbury, along with quite a large number of other people. All of the events were basically booked out, which shows the growing enthusiasm for creating sustainable gardens.
The day was hot, but the participants were eager and undaunted by the heat, as they soaked up the gems of knowledge our guests had to share!
Comments (0)Get Ready for the 11th Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC11)!
Conferences, Courses/Workshops, Presentations/Demonstrations, Social Gatherings — by APC11 Team March 24, 2012
Last calls!! We still have some spots left, but be quick if you don’t want to miss Oceania’s premier permaculture experience!
Permaculture Aotearoa welcomes you to:
Resilience by Design — 11th Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC11)
When: Wed 11th to Sun 15th April 2012
Where: Turangi, Central North Island, New Zealand
Website: apc11.co.nz
Confirmed Speakers:
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