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[Alex McCausland <alex1mcc@yahoo.com>]

Certified 72h Permaculture Design Course, Konso, Ethiopia: Permaculture for 
the Rural African Environment – Oriented towards food security development 
for rural communities lead by Mr Tichafa Makovere Shumba, at Strawberry 
Fields Eco-Lodge: February 01 – 13, 2010. 
Mr Tichafa Makovere, formerly a lead trainer for the SCOPE initiative and the 
Fimbadzanai Permaculture Centre in Zimbabwe, more latterly a trainer for the 
regional Re-SCOPE initiative, Tichafa has trained participants in Malawi, 
Zambia, South Africa and Uganda. He has lead the development of the PC 
demonstration site at Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge (SFEL), in Konso, Southern 
Ethiopia (Ethiopia’s first) over the last 12 months and has lead the 
Permaculture in Konso Schools Project run by SFEL in partnership with Save 
the Children Finland. 
In February of 2010 Tichafa will lead a 2 week residential PDC for foreigners 
and well educated Ethiopians (English language medium) at SFEL, certified by 
the newly established African Permaculture Secretariat following IPC9 in 
Malawi. The PDC will have a special focus on the application of Permaculture 
to semi arid environments in rural Africa where the successful application of 
PC is more than a matter of lifestyle choice, but may mean the difference 
between survival and starvation. Using SFEL’s models on its own site as well 
as in the local schools as design examples and looking at Konso’s renowned 
indigenous agricultural system, our PDC is of particular relevance to wanting 
to applying PC to rural development in dry-lands, indigenous communities, or 
the rural developing world in general. We focus on appropriate technology, 
soil and water harvesting, indigenous knowledge systems and Permaculture in 
schools – a key focus point for the community,
 a chance to influence the coming generation to shift away from the mentality 
of dependence on aid towards self sufficiency and sustainable resource use.
Konso itself is a food in-secure area in southern Ethiopia sitting in the 
bowl of the Great Rift Valley. It has a semi-arid (k’olla) ecology, with 
sorghum, maize and sunflower as major crops. The people are well known for 
their hard work, complex social organisation and sophisticated agriculture, 
which makes extensive use of stone wall terracing for soil and water 
conservation.
Course Cost is $500 for those registering before 01/01/2010 (with $100 
down-payment) and $650 there-after. It includes 2 weeks room and board in the 
lodge but excludes transport to Konso.
Course Curriculum: 
http://www.permalodge.org:9003/Configuration/Permalodge/Downloads/documents/STRAWBERRY%20FIELDS%20ECOLODGE%20PDC%20Curriculum.doc
 
Tichafa Maovere Shumba’s (Trianer’s) CV: 
http://www.permalodge.org/Configuration/Permalodge/Downloads/documents/Tichafa's%20CV.docx
 
For more information see: 
http://www.permalodge.org/what-is-permaculture/permaculture
Enquiries: info@permalodge.org 



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Hi all -
Registration for Ecological Design as Spiritual Practice: Advanced
Permaculture Design intensive with Dave Jacke and Michael Judd comes to a
close 10/9.

*NEWS!* - We have some scholarship money and barter opportunities now
available!!
Email permaculture@sivananda.org or call 631-365-4135 for more information
or to register.

Full Course Description here: http://bit.ly/oUXNl

This is shaping up into a great course -- We'd love to have a few more
people to round out the design teams, and the host site is dedicated to
implementation. It's not only a great opportunity to practice *applying* a
professional-quality design process, but also to learn yoga and develop or
strengthen a spiritual practice. We'll get to deepen our connection to both
and explore how they're connected.

Thanks,
Alice