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[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

PDC: June 21st - July 3rd About Nature's Gift Permaculture Malawi

About Nature's Gift Permaculture
Nature's Gift Permaculture is a training and demonstration facility 
on a 20 hectare plot situated near the capital city of Lilongwe on 
Nature's Gift Farm. Here we are developing designs for ecologically 
harmonious, efficient and productive living systems and future 
permaculture designers, trainers and extension workers are welcome to 
learn and practice.

FOR INFORMATION AND ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT
Hope Thornton: hope@naturesgiftpermaculture.org, +256 (0) 993 655

Topics to be covered include
* Theory and Principles of Design * Energy Conservation Technologies
* Methods of Design * Building Soil Fertility Naturally
* Understanding Ecosystems * Wildlife Management
* Pattern and Systems Thinking * Integrated Pest Management
* Reading the Land & Understanding Natural Processes
* Invisible Structures: Alternative Economies
* Large and Small Scale Land Restoration * Natural & Improved 
Building Strategies
* Water Management (including waterharvesting, grey water use, and earthworks)
* Appropriate Technologies and renewable energies
* Soil Rehabilitation and Erosion Control * Re afforestation
* Livestock Management * Food Forests, Plant Guilds
* Gardens for Self-Sufficiency * Windbreaks and Bushfire Control
* Aquaculture, Aquatic Plants and Fisheries

About the Lead Facilitator
Lead facilitator Alex Kruger has 15 years of experience in practicing 
and teaching Permaculture which began with training at Fambidzanai of 
Zimbabwe in 1993. Her experience base ranges from small scale
community based work to large scale systems in a number of diverse of 
bioregions and climates. Training and materials development are her 
passion, as well as creating beautiful systems with groups of people.
Alex lives in an intentional community, Berg en Dal, in the Klein 
Karoo, South Africa, where she currently spends her time teaching 
Permaculture and building her home from natural materials found on 
the farm.

Assistant Facilitators
Nature's Gift Permaculture trainers Hope Thornton and Mada Siebert 
both completed Permaculture Design Courses with Alex in the Klein 
Karoo. They have worked together with trainers Eston Mgala, Sam 
Baluti and all of the staff at Nature's Gift Permaculture to build 
the centre from the ground up.

Both Eston and Sam completed PDCs last year with Rosemary Morrow. All 
four have also completed a Training of Training Course with Rosemary. 
Together they volunteered with other Malawi Permies to host the 
International Permaculture Convergence, which took place on Nature's 
Gift Farm.

Course Dates: June 21st - July 3rd
On each course day, class will begin promptly at 8:00 am and will 
continue until 4:30 pm. Sunday 27th June will be a day of rest and / 
or day tripping.

Course Costs
Costs listed below include course fees, lunch and two tea breaks for 
the duration of the course. Fees are payable in US$, ZAR, GBP, or MK 
at bank rates of exchange.
Without Accommodation: US$ 595.00 p.p. Cultural Village 
Accommodation: (14 nights)
* Camping (US$ 5 per night) US$ 690.00 p.p. (participant provides all 
equipment)
* Hut (US$ 20 per night) US$ 905.00 p.p.
Add US$ 10 for each Dinner and US$ 7 for each Breakfast at Kumbali 
Cultural Village Kumbali Country Lodge: (14 nights)
* Single Occupancy (US$ 135 per night): US$ 2,550 p.p. with breakfast included
* Double Occupancy (US$ 162 per night): US$ 1,775 p.p. with breakfast included
Add US$ 22.50 for each Dinner at Kumbali Country Lodge.

PLEASE NOTE: We aim to provide Permaculture training to anyone who 
wants it and do not want cost to be a prohibitive factor in 
participation on a PDC. Please contact us if you wish to donate money 
to sponsor someone or if you need sponsorship for this course.

About Nature's Gift Permaculture
Nature's Gift Permaculture is a training and demonstration facility 
on a 20 hectare plot situated near the capital city of Lilongwe on 
Nature's Gift Farm. Here we are developing designs for ecologically 
harmonious, efficient and productive living systems and future 
permaculture designers, trainers and extension workers are welcome to 
learn and practice.

We believe Malawi is rich in both natural and human resources and 
that self-development with existing resources is possible within the 
practical mindset of permaculture design. The centre is the first of 
its kind in

Malawi and will develop over a 5 year period to be economically self- 
sustainable. It answers the increasing demand for qualified 
permaculture consultants and trainers as well as appropriate training 
space. The owners of Nature's Gift Farm are passionate about Malawi's 
potential to develop sustainably and with existing resources, and 
have been working towards increasing biodiversity by conserving and 
promoting a wide variety of indigenous fauna and flora on the farm 
for the last 12 years.

NGP is operating on an ethical business in model in which we follow 
the three Permaculture ethics in all aspects of our business. The 
ethics, Earth Care, People Care and Fair/Surplus Share serve to guide 
us through the design of our land, interaction with clients and 
community members and to the payment of our staff and the monitoring 
of our bottom line.

FOR INFORMATION AND ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT
Hope Thornton: hope@naturesgiftpermaculture.org, +256 (0) 993 655

The 72-HOUR Permaculture Design course is a certification course 
based on an internationally recognized curriculum. Course 
participation and attendance in all classes are required in order to 
receive certification. In very few instances, arrangements can be 
made in the event of an absence from class.

MORE ABOUT NATURE'S GIFT PERMACULTURE MALAWI

Nature's Gift Permaculture is a training and demonstration facility 
on a 20 hectare plot situated on N a t u r e 's Gi f t Farm , 
Lilongwe , where  designs for  ecologically h a r m o n i o u s , e f 
f i c i e n t and productive living systems  are being developed , and
future permaculture designers , trainers and extension workers can 
learn and practice .
For more i n f o r m a t i o n on p e r m a c u l t u r e see :
www.permaculture.org.uk/knowledge-base

NATURE 'S GIFT PERMACULTURE - MAIN ACTIVITIES
DEMONSTRATION:
* Systems with the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems
* Low-input, high output perennial food forests providing year round 
food and nutrition security
* Diversified annual crop production for cash crops, wood-for-fuel 
plantation (coppicing/pollarding)
* Integrated pest management and natural resource management
* Restoration and preservation of wilderness areas sustainably 
integrated with human settlement
* Natural building, thatching and composting toilets as a part of the 
training facilities and use of appropriate technologies for renewable 
energy

TRAINING:
* Accredited 72 hour International Permaculture Design Certification 
and Training of Trainers
* Regional Permaculture Design Certification focusing on food and 
nutrition security solutions for Malawi
* Organic gardening/composting/seed saving/ nutrition/ tailor made courses
* Natural building, thatching, composting toilets - design and build 
from local materials

RESEARCH, DISPLAY AND SEED BANK:
* Research permaculture solutions specific to Malawi and the 
bioregion, i.e. seasonal maize gardens
* Provide public access to educational information (electronic and 
print) and permanent displays
* A seed bank to preserve Malawian heritage varieties and diversity
* Live-in internships for PDC (permaculture design certificate) 
holders and future trainers

CONSULTATION AND TECHNICAL ADVISING:
* Extension and mentoring services to permaculture projects around Malawi
* Public and private property design

ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE
* Recruitment of 5 International PDC holders as permanent staff, 4 of 
which also completed TOT with Rosemary Morrow.
* Hosted accredited Regional PDC with Kristof Nordin, August 2009
* Hosted accredited International PDC with Rosemary Morrow, October 2009
* Hosted Intro to Integrated Land Use Management with John Wilson and 
Mugove Nyika October 2009
* Hosted the International Permaculture Convergence ('IPC9' - see 
www.ipcon.org ) in November 2009 with
170 participants, all qualified permaculture designers and trainers.
* Hosted a Permaculture Training of Trainers with Rosemary Morrow 
from 8th to 13th November
* The main structure has been rehabilitated with a new thatch roof, 
wood, windows and local labour to create space for meetings, 
classrooms, office, food preparation, storage, demonstration areas 
-15 rooms.
* Preliminary design work has started at the NGP site with support 
and consultation from leading permaculturists Rosemary 
Morrow(www.bluemountainpermacultureinstitute.org) and Geoff Lawton 
(www.pri.org.au)
* The gardens at Kumbali Lodge (providing food for staff and the 
lodge restaurant) are in advanced stage of conversion to permaculture 
and the gardeners receive ongoing training
* A demonstration food forest has been designed and implemented at 
Kumbali Lodge

Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of 
agriculturally productive ecosystems, which have the diversity, 
stability and the strength of natural ecosystems.
It is the harmonious combination of land and people, supplying their 
food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a 
sustainable way. Without sustainable agriculture there is no 
possibility of a sustainable human culture.

Permaculture helps us to understand and to create harmonic 
integrations between nature and people in the most sustainable way. 
It is appropriate for use in urban or rural locations, as well as for 
all scales of
projects.

Permaculture introduces traditional practices of natural resource 
management, integrated with appropriate modern technology. This is a 
holistic, and environment friendly way of designing and building our 
human environments, as well as improving living standards.

Permaculture addresses housing, watersupply, health, waste 
management, farming, energy, aquaculture, rivers, forests, livestock 
and much more.
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Hello All,

I am planning on travelling overland from Australia to the UK in 2011.
My partner is studying at the university in Oxford and I hope to
connect with Permaculture that is going on there.

Does anyone on the list have any connections with Oxfordian
permaculturalists?

Thanks,

Harry

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