permaculture

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

> *Permaculture Design Course: Isla Ometepe, Nicaragua*
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> *January 31-February 13, 2011*
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> Come join us! This course takes place from January 31 – February 13 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 community center
> and library that allows Bonafide to be an area for cultural exchange on the
> island and beyond.
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> *Course Description:* Specific topics include:
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> -site analysis and design from the tropics to temperate regions
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> -landscape master planning and microclimate design
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> -pattern recognition and reading the landscape
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> -design for climate change
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> -regenerative land management
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> -water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution
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> -biologically based treatment of grey and black water
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> -natural building techniques
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> -plant propagation and organic horticulture
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> -soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
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> -myco-forestry
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> -orchard design and maintenance
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> -renewable energy
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> -local and regenerative economics
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> …and much, much more!
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> *Instructors:* Chris Shanks (USA), Kristofer Fallas (Costa Rica), Nevis
> Ortiz Mairena (Nicaragua), and Maria Eugenia Hernandez (Nicaragua)
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> *Course Fee:* $1250, includes housing and delicious meals
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> *Contact:* Jackie Pitts at Jackie.pitts13@gmail.com
> *Website:* www.projectbonafide.com