permaculture

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

Dec 9-19 2010/Bi-lingual PDC in Baja with Penny 
Livingston and Gabriel Howearth!

Contact us: rawpermaculture@yahoo.com
http://www.rawpermaculture.org/

Come to Mexico for a unique opportunity: 
Permaculture Design Certification Course suitable 
for both Spanish and English speakers! In this 
course you will learn the skills necessary to 
create a sustainable world from the ground up. 
The 72 hour course curriculum includes the 
following topics and more:

Ecological Design
Bio-Remediation
Organic Gardening
Natural Building
Appropriate Technology
Sustainable Community
Water Conservation
Renewable Energy
Seed Saving
Food Preservation
Resource Efficiency
Local Economics
Disaster Preparedness
Permaculture is the most comprehensive way to 
create resilient communities, strong local 
economies and accelerate the urgently need move 
away from unsustainable ways of production to 
regenerative self-sufficiency. The course is 
fully bilingual so it is suitable for both 
English and Spanish speakers, and especially 
useful for those who speak or teach in both 
languages. Our host site is Buena Fortuna Garden, 
a dry tropical paradise with over 3000+ plant 
species, located a mile from the beach on the Sea 
of Cortes with nearby hot springs and mountains! 
Join with like-minded students from around the 
globe ready to live the change the world 
desperately needs -- and have the best time ever 
doing it!


Here are some of our world class facilitators:

Lead Instructor Penny Livingston-Stark


Penny Livingston-Stark has been teaching 
internationally and working professionally in the 
land management, regenerative design and 
permaculture development field for 25 years and 
has extensive experience in all phases of 
ecologically sound design and construction as 
well as the use of natural non-toxic building 
materials.  She specializes in site planning and 
the design of resource-rich landscapes 
integrating, rainwater collection, edible and 
medicinal planting, spring development, pond and 
water systems, habitat development and watershed 
restoration for homes, co-housing communities, 
businesses and diverse yield perennial 
farms.Penny is a founding member of the Natural 
Building Colloquium, and co-founder of the 
Regenerative Design Insititute in Bolinas, 
California. Penny has taught over 100 PDCs!

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Lead Instuctor Andrew Jones


Andrew has a background in ecology, Permaculture, 
humanitarian aid /international development and 
wellness. Current projects include the 
development of a Healing and Sustainability 
Demonstration site in Baja California Sur, Mexico 
and an eco-cultural sustainability center in the 
Amazonian region of Peru. He has developed a 
range of action education services - including 
disaster preparedness and wellness & life foods 
education.  Andrew serves on the faculty of the 
Deepening Roots Program (Art of Living 
Foundation), the Permaculture Research Institute, 
and Gaia University Northeast USA.


Course Host and Guest Instructor Gabriel Howearth


Gabriel Howearth is one  of the most respected 
and knowledgeable pioneers in the Organic
Farming movement. In the seventies he studied 
with Alan Chadwick, creator of French
Intensive Gardening and with Peter Dukish, 
recognized master of the Biodynamic farming
principles of Rudolph Steiner. Gabriel was the 
co-founder of the organic seed company, Seeds of 
Change, one of the original certifiers for Oregon 
Tilthe, and the designer of the Herb Pharm. His 
work with
seeds, plants, Mayan, Quecha, Hopi and Pueblo 's 
farmers is documented in "Secrets of
the Soil" and "The Secret Life  of Plants" by 
Chris  Byrd and Peter Tompkins, as well
as several other books. Gabriel is the founder of Buena Fortuna Garden.



Course Coordinator and Instructor Bruce Horowitz

Certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher, 
Bruce is the founder of RIPE (The Raw
Institute of Permaculture Education). He has 
helped organize and presented at festivals
retreats, classes and courses around the globe. 
He holds a masters degree in the Culture,
 Ecology and Sustainable Community program from 
New College of California. Bruce is the author of 
"The Sun Kitchen Un-Cookbook" and "The Raw 
Revolution: Saving the Planet One Bite at a Time."

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Instructor Daniel Jaramillio

Daniel is an agronomist with a concentration in sustainable development and
biological control of insect pests from the 
California Polytechnic State University,
Permaculture designer certified by the 
Permaculture Research Institute, editorial
member of the "No Nos Llamamos Plata" electronic magazine, founder member
of "SISAS" (Sistemas de Intercambio Solidario 
para la Autogestion y la Sostenibilidad).
Daniel has participated in the creation and the 
design of institutes, demonstration
sites, local currency systems and resettlement 
projects for displaced communities,
and has taught courses and conferences about Permaculture and agro-ecology in
Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, México, Perú, Brasil and Australia.


Course registration and more information at:
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