permaculture

[Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>]

Hi, Susan.

Chris Shanks is a pretty good teacher, very enthusiastic and 
knowledgeable about plants, especially tropical ones. He's very good on 
hands-on, so I imagine there will be plenty of that. I taught with him 
in the Bahamas once. I don't know about the other teachers, but the site 
is decent though rustic from what I have seen in Chris's photos, seems 
to look comfortable enough. The course has been running for a number of 
years so I'm sure they have to bugs shaken out of it. It's in both 
spanish and english, I believe, so it would be good for your language 
skills. It will have a very heavy plant focus.

All is well here; just home from 3 days in a friend's ocean cabin. Hope 
to see you soon!

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com



Susan Lipsky wrote:
> 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-----
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> [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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