permaculture

[Jackie Pitts <jackie.pitts13@gmail.com>]

Hello all! I am writing to let you know about a great upcoming permaculture
design course in Nicaragua. It takes place from February 2-16 at Project
Bonafide (www.projectbonafide.com). Project Bonafide is a 43-acre
permaculture site that has been in development for nearly a decade. It has
become an important center for education and community development.
Infrastructure includes: natural buildings, terraced and medicinal plant
gardens, an extensive nursery, fruit and nut orchards, food forests, native
timber forestry, timber bamboo plantings, drip-irrigation and ferrocement
technologies, renewable energy systems, and composting toilets. Outreach
includes social programs that provide educational opportunities based in
ecological agriculture, community reforestation efforts, local seed and
plant exchanges, a children's nutritional kitchen, and a new community
center and library that allows Bonafide to be an area for cultural exchange
on the island and beyond.

Some more information about the course....
Topics covered include:
      -site analysis and design from the tropics to temperate regions
      -landscape master planning and microclimate esign
      -pattern recognition and reading the landscape
      -design for climate change
      -regenerative land management
      -water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution
      -biologically based treatment of grey and black water
      -natural building techniques
      -soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
      -myco-forestry
      -orchard design and maintenance
      -renewable energy
      -local and regenerative economics
      .....and much more!
Instructors: Chris Shanks (USA), Kristofer Fallas (Costa Rica), Nevis Ortiz
Mairena (Nicaragua), Sylvia Lanuza (Nicaragua), and Jackie Pitts (USA)
Cost: $1250, includes lodging and meals

Sound interesting? Contact Jackie Pitts at jackie.pitts13@gmail.com and
visit our website at www.projectbonafide.com for more information. Spots are
filling quickly, so reserve your space now!