permaculture

["Susan Lipsky" <susan@lipsky.net>]

Hey Toby - 
The PDC below looks interesting - do you know anything about the site and/or
the instructors?
I signed up for a permie teacher training scheduled for the end of this
month at Esalen, thanks to your recommendation. The enrollment number is low
right now so I'm not sure it's going to happen. Fingers crossed.
Hope you're well and wonderful - 
Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jackie Pitts
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:06 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: [permaculture] Nicaragua PDC!

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!
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