I just received this announcement and
thought I should share it. I believe this is a PC first where
University credit is being given for a PC training course. I know
that Permacultura America Latina or PAL has been working hard to get this
school off the ground as well as initiating five projects around
Brazil. The work they have been doing is ground breaking and I
would like to congratulate them for their accomplishments.
Scott Pittman
My dear friends
Whew! Finally that I am fifty I have some pretty cool news.
On March 22nd 2003 - (Persian New Year) the University of Brasilia will
be recognizing the 4 month applied permaculture program to be held in the
Mollison School for Sustainable Studies. Upon completion an equivalent of
24 university credits will be granted in the fields of five subjects:
agriculture, biology, architecture, engineering and forestry. This school
is located on the grounds of the Instituto Permacultura e Ecovilas do
Cerrado in Pirenopolis, Goias (central Brazil).
The first course will probably begin for ten students in late July. The
University of Barcelona will also be sending 30 architecture students for
a similar program later in the year. The school is currently training
Latin American PC leaders project leaders from the PAL network using the
Ecoversidade curriculum.
I am not sure what the developing status of PC vis a vis universities in
other continents - and I would like to know - but this is a first in
Latin America and I am hoping more will follow within a year.
Equatorially yours as ever
Ali Sharif
[permaculture] Re: PC Academia,
Scott Pittman, 02/02/2003