permaculture

[Koreen Brennan <koreenbrennan@gmail.com>]

Warren is a mentor and a wonderful teacher and so very knowledgeable in a
wide range of areas. If you are interested in international development, I
can't think of a better course, or mentor or connection than Warren.

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture
Network <lakinroe@silcom.com> wrote:

> PDC for International Development- May 8-22 2016
>
> Lead Instructor- Warren Brush with guest instructors Dr. Rafter Sass
> Ferguson, Pandora Thomas, Lindsay Allen, Thomas Cole & Brenton Kelly
>
> Who is this course for?
> This course is designed for people who work with Non-Government
> Organizations (NGO’s), Government Organizations, or are Community
> Organizers. The teaching is directly relevant for international development
> practitioners, including the technical teams from agency Headquarters and
> field teams engaged in implementation.
>
> What is the applicability?
> People working in international development will benefit from the years of
> experience of our teaching team in applying permaculture around the globe.
> We have tailored the entire permaculture certification curriculum to better
> equip the people who work in international situations where people live in
> non-westernized conditions. The Quail Springs Learning site is ideal for
> the immersion of these teachings in an off the grid, nutrient cycling, dry
> land, water conscious community, where we work with the surrounding natural
> resources to provide for our shelter, water, food, and energy. Participants
> learn:
>
> ·         Tools to integrate sustainable systems design into existing
> projects
>
> ·         A systems analysis design protocol for holistic pattern
> recognition
>
> ·         To design stable and resilient food, shelter, water and waste
> cycling systems for health and resilience in all of your projects
>
> ·         To create an ethics and principle based training program within
> your organization that honors local customs, traditional knowledge and
> ecological conditions
>
> The course has an emphasis on hands-on projects including a practical
> design project that is site and context specific and integrates all of the
> different elements of a thorough Permaculture Design.
>
>
>
> What does this course offer?
> Permaculture Design Courses always include the international recognized
> PDC Curriculum that can be found in the Permaculture Designer’s Manual.
> Highlighted for this course are the following:
>
> ·         Agro-ecology Principles, Processes and Practical Applications
>
> ·         Building Soil and Fertility
>
> ·         Carbon Sequestration
>
> ·         Watershed Management and Erosion Control
>
> ·         Waste Streams/Cycling
>
> ·         Perma-Gardens Curriculum, A USAID TOPS program
>
> ·         Conflict Resolution / Peacemaking
>
> ·         Pattern Literacy
>
> ·         Food Forestry
>
> ·         Water Harvesting / Graywater Systems
>
> ·         Drought Proofing / Climate Change Resilience
>
> ·         Earthworks
>
> ·         Design Priorities
>
> ·         Biomimicry
>
> ·         Broad Acre Applications
>
> ·         Food and Nutrition Security through Permaculture Design
>
> ·         Design Principles and Practices to build resilience in farming
> systems
>
> ·         Animal Systems and Agricultural Integration
>
> ·         Appropriate Technologies
>
> ·         Community Facilitation/Community-Based Development
>
> ·         Micro Enterprise Development
>
> ·         Cultural Awareness and Honoring
>
> ·         And much more!
>
>
>
>
> For more information and to register please visit:
> http://www.quailsprings.org/programs/permaculture/pdcid
> --
>
>
> --
> Lindsay Allen
> Farm Manager | Permaculture Educator
> Quail Springs Permaculture
>  (805) 886-7239
> www.quailsprings.org
>
> Permaculture Advisor | USA Board Member
> FoodWaterShelter inc.
>  www.foodwatershelter.org.au
>
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