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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Estancia Ranquilco, a 100, 000 acre traditional cattle and sheep ranch in the high Andes of Northern Patagonia
  • Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:50:23 -0400



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Estancia Ranquilco, a 100,000 acre traditional cattle and sheep
ranch in the high Andes of Northern
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:25:31 -0700
From: pri@permaculture.org.au

pri@permaculture.org.au

Estancia Ranquilco, a 100,000 acre traditional cattle and sheep ranch in the high Andes of Northern Patagonia offers a Permaculture Design Certificate course.

This world-recognized, 72-hour course provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison. Students are invited to bring details of their own sites or potential sites and explore site-specific permaculture solutions. The course serves as the foundation for further study and is a prerequisite for a Diploma in Permaculture Design, awarded by the Permaculture Research Institute Course credit is accepted by a growing number of universities here and abroad. To date, hundreds of permaculture designers worldwide have been certified through the course, creating a global network of ecological activists influencing major corporations and creating new soft-energy business alternatives. The course covers sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with special emphasis on temperate zones. It includes the application of permaculture principles to food production, home design, construction, energy conservation and generatio
n, and explores alternative economic structures and legal strategies supporting permaculture solutions. Specific topics include: * Theory and principles of permaculture * Nature-friendly house placement and design * Energy conservation techniques for cold climates * Recycling and waste management * Organic food production * Water harvesting and management * Ecological pest control * Drought-proofing * Soil rehabilitation and erosion control * Livestock * Aquaculture * Catastrophe preparedness and prevention * Windbreaks and fire control Geoff Lawton is a world-renowned permaculture practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and studied permaculture with the originator, Bill Mollison, in Tasmania. He founded the Permaculture Research Institute on Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147-acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. Since 1985, Geoff has designed and implemented permaculture projects in 18 countries for private individuals and groups, comm
unities, governments, aid organizations, and multinational corporations. He has taught the Permaculture Design Certificate course in 20 countries. Estancia Ranquilco is a unique landholding deep, deep in the Andes Mountains. It combines a traditional livestock ranch with New Age ideas on self-sufficiency and whispering lightly on the land. Participants are advised that there is a three hour hike into the place, with bags coming in on pack animals, and that there are no telephones, televisions, computers etc. All of this preserves, and hopefully, enhances the extreme peaceful power that resides on the lands. There is an add-on option for those who would like to extend their experience at the estancia, working in the gardens etc, and immersing in the gaucho culture, for $50 a day.

Check our web site www.permaculture.org.au courses page fore details.

Cheers Geoff








  • [permaculture] Estancia Ranquilco, a 100, 000 acre traditional cattle and sheep ranch in the high Andes of Northern Patagonia, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 08/11/2006

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