permaculture

[Marsha Hanzi <hanzibra@svn.com.br>]

Dear Friends,

        Greetings from Brazil!  This is just to inform you that Permaculture 
is
well-established here since Bill Mollison`s first course here in 1992. 
At the present moment there are  seven  organized groups—some already
becoming "Institutes", others still informal but active, each in one of
the major ecosystems of Brazil.  This is without counting the  600 or so
who have already done Basic Design Courses here with me ( and
colleagues) and  Márcio Armando, Brasília. 

        I would like to point out that  no one person or organization
represents Brazilian permaculture.  We work as an integrated network
here, cooperating  among the different groups.  If you would like
information  or would like to visit, you should contact one of the
following:

Jaqueline Pithon
CX.  Postal 45
Gravatá, Pernambuco
CEP 55640 - 000
(She lives on a farm which is being transformed into na agroforest
system)
Humid tropics

Márcio Armando
SQS 204 Bloco F ap 311
Brasília 70234 -060
Has taught many Permaculture courses, specialist on Savannah ("Cerrado")
and Amazonas ecosystems 

André Miccolis
EQS 104/304 cx. Postal 002214
Brasilia, DS
70349 - 970
Helped to build "Fazenda Lua", the  first Permaculture project in Brazil
+55 (061) 912 -1563

Antar Sangit
SMFW Q26 g.6. Cs.6
71.745 -260
Brasília, DF
e-mail sangit@sede.ibama.gov.br
Active in getting  a local  PC Institute off the ground

Débora Geane
Instituto de Permacultura em Terras Secas  (Drylands)
tel /fax c/o Garra   +55   74 641 2570
Cx. Postal 73,
Irecê, Bahia 

Carlos Miller
Av. Torquato Tapajos 5408 Sala B
Flores Manaus
69048 - 000
tel/fax  +55 71 692 4011

or Moacir Bionda
tel/fax + 926 54-4699
e-mail: bionda@netium.com.br 
(Moacir is a widely-recognized specialist on Amazonian medicinal herbs)
Amazonas
(Contact for Ali Sharif)



Claudio  Sanchotene Trinidade 
Demetrio ribeiro, 961/72
Centro 
Porto Alegre, RS
tel + 55  51 226 1436  fax +55 51 221 4082
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul ( extreme south, sub-tropic /temperate)
Claudio is especially interested in  eco-villages and cooperativism

Adriana Junqueira  Fonseca
Faz. Helena 
Cx Postal 51
Guaracai
16950 - 000
tel +55 18 775 - 1268
Part of a group  of young farmers who   meet regularly to implant
Permaculture systems ( region of sugarcane monoculture)

Marsha Hanzi
Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia
Condomínio Águas Finas QE L4
Telfax +55 71 378 2676
e-mail hanzibra@ svn.com.br
Humid tropics, Drylands, Transition zone
Agroforests,  environmental education

All speak English,  with the exception of Debora Geane, who speaks
Spanish as well as Portuguese.  

Sincerely yours,

Marsha Hanzi