NEPAL PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE MACRH 2016 – Hasera Farm

In one of my recent articles i wrote for permaculture news i described a little bit the impact of the earthquake last April in Nepal.You can see the article here.

This time i am happy to share with you that i will be going back to Nepal for the first time after the Earthquake to assist my friend,teacher and Permaculture Pioneer Govinda Sharma with a Permaculture Design Certificate in March 2016.

Govinda Sharma has been practicing and teaching Permaculture since 1992 and has facilitated 30 PDCs and about 250 short courses in various aspects of Permaculture. His trainings have included participants from almost 55 countries.

                               Govinda Sharma presenting at the Permaculture Conference in Malawi 2009

He has a Masters Degree in Ecological Agriculture and has worked with farmers all over Nepal and in countries like Austria, Japan, Malawi, India, Qatar and France.

                               Govinda Sharma & Roman Eisenköbl during a PDC in South India,Auroville

Co-Facilitator Roman Eisenkoelbl, was part so far of 13 PDC Courses (organization & co-Facilitation) so far and some of his teachers include David Homlgren, Rosemary Morrow, Robyn Francis, Alex Kruger (Berg en Dal Ecovillage),Rico Zook(i-permaculture) and Govinda Sharma (organichasera – Nepal). He is the founder of the Soil Sun Soul Collective ( http://www.soilsunsoul.net/) a transformational Permaculture Education Project.

During a PDC together in South India

Together they will offer a high quality Permaculture Design Course Certificate at an amazing Permaculture Farm – Hasera. HASERA Farm,one of Nepals leading Permaculture Research and Training Centre dedicated to the promotion of Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Permaculture.see more here http://www.organichasera.org/

HASERA is a Research and Training Centre dedicated to the promotion of Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Permaculture in Nepal and abroad..

The 3 Objectives of Hasera Farm:

1. To generate knowledge base on sustainable agriculture, sustainable development and Permaculture through farm and community research.

2. To practice and demonstrate the proven techniques in the real field situation.

3. To disseminate the proven knowledge of sustainable agriculture, sustainable development and Permaculture to the global communities through training, workshops and publications

At HASERA an exceptional integration of crops, animals and natural biodiversity can be found.

                             View from Hasera farm towards the snow peaked Himalayan Mountain range

The major aspects that can be learned and observed in this farm during the exposure visits include:

Permaculture
Climate Change
Community Forestry
Natural Resource Management
Sustainable / Organic Agriculture
Sustainable Community Development
Integrated Ecological Pest Management
Certification and Marketing of Organic Products
Soil and water management in the Hill Farming Systems
Integrated Farm Designing with principles of Permaculture

Many of the people might be interested in knowing aobut the current situation in Nepal and also how Permaculture Dsign has benefited places like Hasera Farm during the earthquake.Here is a quick update.

How Permaculture Design & Strategies saved Hasera Farm from the earthquake last April:

The Impact of the Earthquake at Hasera Farm and the response:

At Hasera Farm, Govinda Sharma and his family have been applying Permaculture Design & Strategies for the last 22 years. They have applied Permaculture Principles to all zones of their farm which resulted in a very diverse and resilient systems which is nowadays one of the best Permaculture Farm Project examples in the whole of Nepal.

Undoubtedly, major focus in terms of Design for Disaster Strategies has been given for the design of zone 0 :: the house.

While designing the house we designed it in pyramidal shape and also made it in concentric ring structures. So the main structure of the house, which is at the center is taller and the support structures which encircle the main house from the outside are shorter. This made the house wide base and narrow top. This provided the enough anchor for the house to stand still even during the threatening shakes of 7.9 Richter scale earth quake in April 2015.

                                 Fig: HASERA farm house, tall center supported by short surroundings

Also, we put doors at every sides of the house and also at both floors. It made us possible to escape out of the house immediately after noticing the earth quake. So at the time when all the houses in the surroundings fell in to the ground, our farm house stood strong.

Besides these, we have more than 10 special design features at our home which make it more ecological, social and peaceful.

Now we are sharing our house designing skills with the local communities and helping them to make their homes accordingly.

                                Pict: Sharing the knowledge of Permaculture home designing with the community.

Some 173 families in our surroundings have been benefitted by our support program. We are helping them through knowledge and some materials to renovate their house with the use of principles of Permaculture. The problem created by the earth quake is being used as an opportunity to redesign the village in Permaculture way.

More nicely, we received donations from many Permaculture friends from throughout the world in this mission proving the integrity between the members of Permaculture community throughout the world.

Slowly things are getting back to normal step by step and Permaculture Design can definitely play a major role in supporting this process.

The Permaculture Design Course is a first big step on your Permaculture Journey !

The course price of 450 Dollar includes food, bed, tuition, stationeries, training materials, exposure visits!

Here is a SLIDESHOW from a PDC Course we did together in South India:

have a look at some images from our Permaculture Design Course in March 2014 with Govinda Sharma from Nepal,Roman and Martin.It was a wonderful time,great experiences we shared together and really amazing group of people meet,shared and learned for 2 weeks in South India,on the edge of Auroville.see here:

We are looking forward hearing from you!

contacts:

Hasera farm:  http://www.organichasera.org/

Soil Sun Soul: http://www.soilsunsoul.net

AGROFORESTRY & FOOD FOREST COURSE WITH ERNST GÖTSCH - APRIL 2016 SPAIN

A unique opportunity to study with an absolute master in Agrogorestry and Food Forest Systems - Ernst Goetsch. We will be hosting him for a 7 day Theory and Practical course near Barcelona.



some of the Topcis:

-Commercial Food Forest Systems
- Natural succession & Successional Agroforestry Systems
- The management in the succession dynamics
- Organization of organic matter
- Pruning stratification
- Diagnosis and evaluation of agroforestry at different stages
- Construction of the concepts adopted in the practice of management of agroforestry from the observations of the participants;
-practical implementation of a small example system during the course
and much much more!

In the 70s, Gotsch develops his early studies of complex crop systems in areas in northern Switzerland and southern Germany.He tested for example the ancient traditions of planting corn with beans, but also experimented with new associations such as wheat and pea or raspberry, apple and cherry, among others.

He arrives in Brazil in 1982 and in 1984 sets up on a farm in southern Bahia. The name of the farm, as usual in the region, was a chronicle of the place. Something like "The Runaway from Dry Land." Approximately 500 acres of land rendered unproductive due to bad management and agricultural practices.On this farm he would continue the development of his obsessive experiments in Successional Agroforestry.Today there are about 410 hectares of reforested area, 350 of which were transformed into RPPN (private reserve of natural heritage), plus 120 hectares of Legal Reserve. After 20 years, about 14 springs reappeared on the farm.

International reference in Successional Agroforestry Systems, Ernst Gotsch has developed a refined technique of planting which principles and practices can be applied to different ecosystems.

please contact us for more infos and look at the vidoes of Ernst Goetsch online!

http://agendagotsch.com/
http://www.agrofloresta.net/



FOOD & ACCOMODATION & PRICE INFO :

Food will be mostly local and organic. We will share 3 meals together each day with tea breaks during the day.

Accomodation will be in shared dormitory style rooms or there is also the option of double or single room for a small extra fee.

Price: early bird until 10.Jan.2016 - 450 Euro
until.10 Feb.2016 - 500 Euro
afterwards - 550 Euro

Price includes food and accomodation!

Permaculture Design Certificate - with Govinda Sharma in NEPAL

Classic 72 Hours Permaculture Design Certificate Curriculum with lots of theory and some hands-on experiences plus Design Exercises in groups.

We are based for this course at HASERA Farm,Nepals leading Permaculture Research and Training Centre dedicated to the promotion of Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Permaculture.see more here http://www.organichasera.org/

Topics of the course will include:
History and Definition of Permaculture
Ethics and Principles of Permaculture
Design Methodologies
Patterns in Nature, Culture and Society
Reading the Land – Observation
Land Restoration Techniques
Water Harvesting Techniques
Grey Water Recycling
Natural Building Strategies
Cultivated & Productive ecological Gardens
Food Forests and Plant Guilds
Energy Conservation Technologies & Appropriate Technologies
Integrated Pest Management
Compost
Soil
Water
Forests and Reforestation
Animal Management in Permaculture
and much more

The course is adapted to a wide variety of learning styles and is presented via lecture, images, video, group discussion, individual and group exercises, and design projects.
The main teacher Govinda Sharma has been practicing and teaching Permaculture since 1992 and has facilitated 30 PDCs and about 250 short courses in various aspects of Permaculture. His trainings have included participants from almost 55 countries.
 He has a Masters Degree in Ecological Agriculture and has worked with farmers all over Nepal and in countries like Austria, Japan, Malawi, India, Qatar and France.

Co-Teacher Roman Eisenkoelbl was part so far of 13 PDC Courses (organization & co-Facilitation) and some of his teachers include David Homlgren, Rosemary Morrow, Robyn Francis, Alex Kruger (Berg en Dal Ecovillage),Rico Zook(i-permaculture) and Govinda Sharma (organichasera – Nepal).
The course price includes food, bed, tuition, stationeries, training materials, exposure visits!

HASERA Research and Training Centre

Venue Information: 

HASERA is a Research and Training Centre dedicated to the promotion of Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Permaculture in Nepal and abroad.

Our 3 Objectives:

1. To generate knowledge base on sustainable agriculture, sustainable development and Permaculture through farm and community research.

2. To practice and demonstrate the proven techniques in the real field situation.

3. To disseminate the proven knowledge of sustainable agriculture, sustainable development and
Permaculture to the global communities through training, workshops and publications
At HASERA an exceptional integration of crops, animals and natural biodiversity can be found.

The major aspects that can be learned and observed in this farm during the exposure visits include:
Permaculture
Climate Change
Community Forestry
Natural Resource Management
Sustainable / Organic Agriculture
Sustainable Community Development
Integrated Ecological Pest Management
Certification and Marketing of Organic Products
Soil and water management in the Hill Farming Systems
Integrated Farm Designing with principles of Permaculture

Location

B.P. Highway, , Nepal Kavrepalanchok

Patlekhet 45200, 45200

Nepal

 

Cost:  450 Dollar 

 

Dates: 

9 March 2016 - 25 March 2016

 

Facebook Event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/470712249778224/

 

 

 

Soil Sun Soul PDC SPain 2015 with Rico Zook - Slideshow

Here are a few pictures of our 3rd PDC in Spain,Alta Garrotxa area together with Rico Zook and Soil Sun Soul Team at a beautiful location ,Mas Pujou. Thanks to everyone involved and enjoy the pictures.

Thanks for the photos to: Fi , Kate & Roman
Music by : Sun Hayland

Permaculture Orchard with Stefan Sobkowiak - near Barcelona

We are happy to annouce to have Stefan Sobkowiak from Les Fermes Miracle in Canada with us in Spain for a 2 day intensive Permaculture Orchard workshop. Stefan is well know from his Movie" The Permaculture Orchard -beyond organic " and has over 20 years of experience in Permaculture and Orchard management. The course covers following topics:

Introduction to Forest Gardening
Introduction to Permaculture
Commercial Permaculture Orchard economics
Propagation essentials
Evaluate and establish a site
Site plantings
Observation Skills
Soil
Integrated pest management

This will be a special experience with one of the leading Permaculture Orchard Professionals and will show that Permaculure can create economically viable and ecological sound buisnesses. Dont miss this chance!
www.permacultureorchard.com
http://miracle.farm/

Soil Sun Soul - Slideshows from past courses around the world

have a look at some slideshows from past courses around the world.enjoy!!

Soil Sun Soul Slidshows

Permaculture Design Course near Barcelona – October 2015

This October we are returning to the magical La Garrotxa, near Barcelona, for our 3rd Permaculture Design Course in Spain.

We are excited to offer a 17-day PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE (PDC) PLUS Course with over 90 hours curriculum, full of practical knowledge, hands-on experiences and design exercises in a place of great natural beauty.

The PDC program integrates with optional daily yoga sessions ,mindfulness practices, Deep Ecology/ Nature Connection exercises, outdoor learning and community living. The course takes place from the 2nd-18th of October 2015 in a wonderful, rural, stone house and stunning natural surroundings of La Garrotxa, near Girona and Barcelona. Participants will be immersed in an inspiring learning environment while living close to nature for the full duration of the course.

We have Rico Zook from the US joining us as the main facilitator. In addition to academic and professional credentials, Mr. Zook has spent more than 25 years living in nature, including long-term residencies in California’s Yosemite National Park, the demanding Sangria de Cristo Mountains of Northern New Mexico, and as a homesteader in Northern California wilderness. For more than a decade as Land Manager for the Lama Foundation, a spiritual community and retreat center North of Taos, NM, Mr. Zook designed and transformed the rugged, semi-arid high-altitude site that had been decimated by wildfire into one of beauty and productivity.

Outdoor learning with Rico during last year's PDC (La Garrotxa)

Using permaculture practices, a lifetime of observation and interpretation of the natural world and the knowledge of how to create human harmony with it, he has built a visible and successful permaculture demonstration and teaching site. It is a model of design, integrating the needs, resources and yields of community and nature in proactive and abundant ways with respectful and restorative impacts on the environment. Mr. Zook is a graduate of Sonoma State University, from which he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies focused on land restoration, with minors in Biology and Philosophy. You can find out more about his work here: www.i-permaculture.org

Kate and Roman from Soil Sun Soul have been involved in organizing and working with Permaculture and alternative education since 8 years in 5 Continents. Visit their blog here
http://soil-sun-soul.blogspot.com/

Our aim with Soil Sun Soul is to design and offer whole person learning experiences which aim to:

• increase ecological literacy, 
• empower individuals to design regenerative life systems using ecological principles, 
• reconnect us to the Earth 
• encourage holistic thinking and decision making. 

As Warren Brush says in his podcast interview: ¨The Permaculture Design Course is a basic training for living in the 21st century in a way that actually makes sense.¨ This course helps you to awaken to the fundamental patterns in nature and reconnect yourself to the web of life.

Once again, the course location is in the area of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park, in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. Some parts of the park, including the best preserved volcanic cones, are fully protected as nature reserves. The mountain landscape, the sun and climate provide a variety of vegetation, with holm oaks, common oaks and beech trees of exceptional value to the landscape.

Breathtaking landscapes of  La Garrotxa

The Mas Pujou Team: Artiz, Narcis, Carmen and Oliver came to this beautiful site in 2014. Their home is an ideal place to enjoy the peacefull nature and sorroundings.They started to work together in the forest, to renovate the old stone house and establish vegetable gardens.

The restored stone masia where we host the course at Mas Pujou

Stunning views from Mas Pujou

They also joined the CIC, Cooperativa Integral Catalan, a Transitional initiative for social transformation from below, through self·management, self·organization and networking.You can learn more about CIC here: http://cooperativa.cat/en/

The local Regenerative Agriculture Farm Planeses usally is our main organic, local food supplier. This project is another amazing initiative in the La Garrotxa area and we had the pleasure of volunteering there ourselves, planting and harvesting vegetables and taking care of chickens.We aim to support the local economy, by keeping money circulating in the neighbouring community and cooperating  with people from our local area.

Overview of Planeses Farm

This farm runs a  CSA project with over 90 custumers and is using cutting-edge direct marketing and regenerative agriculture techniques. During our 17 day PDC PLUS Course we also plan to visit this inspiring project.

Vegetable production at Planeses

This time, the Mas Pujou team will be organizing and preparing much of the delicious, healthy food we serve. It will be sourced from their organic gardens and from a local cooperative they are working with.

This 17 Day experience will give us time for some hands-on experiences on site at Mas Pujou.We also integrate optional morning yoga sessions. some midfullness practises and some Nature Connection excercises during the course. There will be a "Food as Medicine" talk by special guest Martina Wastl from PranaKitchen who will also share some of her delicious recipes to try.

Overall, this will be a one-of-a-kind experience as the Soil Sun Soul team always does its best to take  everyone involved on another transformational learning journey!

Slideshow from one of our past courses with Rico Zook in Spain here:

   
more slideshows here:
Soil Sun Soul Course Slideshows

We are looking forward to be learning,sharing and growing together! 

SOIL SUN SOUL Blogspot : http://soil-sun-soul.blogspot.com/

Join us this October 2015 in Spain

This unique 17 day course will consist of a broad range of topics applicable to life anywhere on the planet,at the same time catering to specific needs of the participating students.

Topics will include:
• History and Definition of Permaculture
• Ethics and Principles of Permaculture
• Design Methodologies
• Patterns in Nature, Culture and Society
• Reading the Land – Observation
• Land Restoration Techniques
• Water Harvesting Techniques
• Grey Water Recycling
• Natural Building Strategies
• Cultivated & Productive ecological Gardens
• Food Forests and Plant Guilds
• Appropriate Technologies
• Integrated Pest Management
• Compost
• Soil
• Water
• Food Forest
• Animal Management in Permaculture
• And many more fun and dynamic activities!

The course is adapted to a wide variety of learning styles and is presented via lecture, images, video, group discussion, individual and group exercises, and design projects. Class usually lasts from about 8 AM to 5 PM


Rico Zook:

Richard Rico Zook | Permaculture Desinger, Consultant & Instructor


As well as creating and working with a wide variety of landbased systems in all types of climatic environments, Rico brings over 40 years of experience in nature to his work. For the past 20 years he has been a Permaculture designer, consultant and educator working with private individuals, farmers, villagers and local organizations in northern New Mexico, India, Cambodia, the middle-east and other parts of the world. This work focuses on assisting all levels of our global community to create culturally and environmentally appropriate life systems that are resilient and regenerative. He has also worked with local and indigenous cultures to help preserve traditional knowledge and technologies while adapting to and becoming active members of our rapidly globalizing world.

In addition to academic and professional credentials, Mr. Zook has spent more than 25 years living in nature, including long-term residencies in California’s Yosemite National Park, the demanding Sangria de Cristo Mountains of Northern New Mexico, and as a homesteader in Northern California wilderness. For more than a decade as Land Manager for the Lama Foundation, a spiritual community and retreat center North of Taos, NM, Mr. Zook designed and transformed the rugged, semiarid high-altitude site that had been decimated by wildfire into one of beauty and productivity. Using permaculture practices and a lifetime of observation and interpretation of the natural world and how to create human harmony with it, he has built a visible and successful permaculture demonstration and teaching site. It is a model of design integrating the needs, resources and yields of community and nature in proactive and abundant ways with respectful and restorative impacts on the environment. Mr. Zook is a graduate of Sonoma State University, from which he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies focused on land restoration, with minors in Biology and Philosophy.

www.i-permaculture.org

Please contact us for a more detailed info brochure here: permaculturainfo@gmail.com

please contact us for the more details: permaculturainfo@gmail.com

or see Lead teacher Rico Zook's website here:

http://i-permaculture.org

PDC Spain October 2014 - Alta Garrotxa,near Barcelona

join us for this amazing experience in Spain this October

Permaculture Design Course Spain - Alta Garrotxa

join us for this amazing experience in Spain

Classic 14 day Permaculture Design Certificate Curriculum with more then 72hours schedule, full of practical knowledge and some hands-on experiences plus Design Exercises in groups. There will be optional yoga, mindfulness and Deep Ecology practices offered too. The course takes place in a wonderful nature reserve, la Alta Garrotxa near Girona, Barcelona.Participants will be immersed in an inspiring and natural learning environment while living with nature for the full duration of the course.

Topics will include the following plus more from your needs:

• History and Definition of Permaculture
• Ethics and Principles of Permaculture
• Design Process and its ecological design application
• Patterns in Nature
• Climatic Factors and microclimate enhancement
• Hydrological Cycle
• Land Restoration Techniques
• Hot Composting
• Soil Food Web and its repair
• Water Harvesting Techniques
• Tree Crops and Food Forests
• Regenerative Earthworks
• Climatic Specific building and cultivated ecology techniques
• Natural Building Strategies
• Animal Management in Permaculture
• Social and Financial Permaculture
• Local Food systems

and many more fun and dynamic activities!

Extras like:optional Yoga, Meditation, Deep Ecology and Mindfulness practices.

The course is adapted to a wide variety of learning styles and is presented via lecture, images, video, group discussion, individual and group exercises, and design projects. Class usually lasts from about 9AM to 6PM.

hosted in a beautiful natural reserve near Barcelona,Alta Garroxta by ActiveEarth.Come and join us for the amazing 2 weeks experience in October 2014!


The Permaculture way of looking at things,everything is a gift,everything has a value,nothing should be wasted.Permaculture is the harmonious integration of all life kingdoms into agriculturally productive ecosystems and socially just environments producing sound economic outcomes through systems management. Itis a regenerative design intention reflecting patterns in nature that seeks to build interconnections allowing for energy efficiency and abundance of yield.


In other words its ecology in action,positive responses to new opportunities as culture evolves towards anew height of consciousness.


WHO is it for?


For everybody from young to old from all backgrounds and all walks of life! In particular those wanting to lead projects of regeneration, urban agriculture, community development, and broad-scale farming. This unique opportunity to recharge and gain environmental literacy will be spent over two weeks in a natural environment with limited access to wifi and transport links. Total natural immersion is to be expected and hopefully embraced.

Why a PDC with us ??


1-it is a ethical and transparent investment that gives you tools for ecological design


2-The diverse learning environment will appeal to multiple different learning styles 


3-Facilitator's combine an in-depth understanding stemming from many years of experience of permaculture at the personal, practical and community level. 


4-you will have the chance to participate in other fun, outdoor activities like swimming in the beautiful river, climbing, hiking in the valley, watching the sunset from the mountain, yoga, meditation ,mindfulness exercises and more! 


5-plus you will get to wake up to an incredible view over the mountains and the unique location will provide a very special, natural learning experience far from the noise, pollution and hectic ambiance of the city! 





Main Facilitator will be Doug Crouch from TreeYo Permaculture plus he is assisted by Roman Eisenkoelbl and Active Earth Founder Korbi Hort with Kate Curtis leading Yoga and Deep Ecology practices.

Doug Crouch:

Trained as both a Permaculture Designer and Fish and Wildlife Manager, Doug

has extensive knowledge surrounding landscape planning and food production systems. This regenerative design and implementation work spans the globe ranging in contexts and climates including tropical agro-forestry, Mediterranean organic gardening, and temperate suburban edible landscaping. To facilitate this work he founded TreeYo Permaculture thus building off his other formal training in small business management. Incorporating this knowledge and experience into sustainability educational programming has now become Doug’s main focus as he continues his ecological design and holistic development in various ecosystems.

He holds a Diploma in Permaculture Education which demonstrates his commitment to crafting his creative facilitation style. Because Portugal is the longest running host site for TreeYo, the local support team is quite familiar with the TreeYo facilitation style and process. To view some of the presentation you can expect during the course via PowerPoint, please visit Doug’s slideshare account at the following: www.slideshare.net/DougeCrouch 

http://treeyopermaculture.com/
http://treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com/

http://www.permacultureglobal.com/users/2280-roman-eisenkoelbl
http://www.soil-sun-soul.blogspot.com

http://www.active-earth.net/

Price: 550 Euro with mainly local organic vegetarian food and camping or shared dorm accomodation in magical location is included.


VenueInformation:

The Active Earth Centre for transformative learning is a place of great natural beauty and power. It is in the Alta Garrotxa Nature Reserve,2 hours by car northeast of Barcelona and 50 minutes north of Girona.Our vision for the project is the creation of a world-class adult education venue hosting individuals, students and organisations on programmes and courses that encourage and support human flourishing.


for more infos and to recieve the detailed infro brochure please contact:


permaculturainfo@gmail.com


here is a slideshow from our last course in June 2014.enjoy and looking forward to hear from you soon.

PDC Spain 2014 Slideshow

some impressions from the June PDC in Spain with Rico Zook and myself

here are some pictures for you to enjoy of the PDC in June 2014 with Rico Zook,Active Earth,Kate and myself.It was a wonderful and transformational experience with a wonderful group of motivated people coming to share and learn together for 2 weeks in an magical location in Altra Garrotxa Nature Reserve,2 hours from Barcelona.

enjoy!! love,gratidute and respect for all the people involved

PDC Spain June 2014

Permaculture Design Course Spain - Alta Garrotxa 

Join us for this experience in Spain

Classic 72 Hours Permaculture Design Certificate Curriculum with lots of theory and some hands-on experiences plus Design Exercises in groups plus optional Yoga,Meditation,Deep Ecology and Mindfulness practices.Spanish translation available.

      Topics include:

Historyand Definition of Permaculture
Ethics and Principles of Permaculture
Design Methodologies
Patterns in Nature, Culture and Society
Reading the Land –Observation
Land Restoration Techniques
Water Harvesting Techniques
Grey Water Recycling
Natural Building Strategies
Cultivated & Productive ecological Gardens
Food Forests and Plant Guilds
Energy Conservation Technologies & Appropriate Technologies
Integrated Pest Management
Compost
Soil
Water
Forests and Reforestation
Animal Management in Permaculture
and much more

The course is adapted to a wide variety of learning styles and is presented via lecture, images, video, group discussion, individual and group exercises, and design projects. Class usually lasts from about 8AM to 5PM.

hosted in a beautiful natural reserve near Barcelona,Alta Garroxta by ActiveEarth.Come and join us for the amazing 2 weeks experience in June 2014!

ThePermaculture way of looking at things,everything is a gift,everythinghas a value,nothing should be wasted.

Main Facilitator will be Rico Zook and Roman Eisenkoelbl,for more information please contact us or look here:


http://www.i-permaculture.org

http://www.permacultureglobal.com/users/2280-roman-eisenkoelbl

http://www.active-earth.net/

Dates:9th June until 22nd June

Price:Slidingscale starting from 500 Euro food and camping accomodation included.

VenueInformation:

The Active Earth Centre for transformative learning is a place of great natural beauty and power. It is in the Alta Garrotxa Nature Reserve,2 hours by car northeast of Barcelona and 50 minutes north of Girona.Our vision for the project is the creation of a world-class adult education venue hosting individuals, students and organisations on programmes and courses that encourage and support human flourishing.


for more infos please contact:

permaculturainfo@gmail.com

Permaculture Intro Course India Pictures

enjoy the pics!thanks to everybody who joined..........

PDC DARJEELING with Rico Zook SLIDESHOW

look at some pictures from the last PDC with Rico in Darjeeling

here is a short slideshow with some pictures of a magical PDC experience we shared together in Darjeeling with Rico Zook as Main Teacher.please have a look and enjoy:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/59tgd5o02axb5e2/darjeeling%20PDC.mp4

Thanks to Rico,all the Mineral springs families and the amazing participant group.

best wishes Roman

PDC COURSE with GOVINDA SHARMA at SAPNEY FARM,INDIA

join us for this 2 week experience with amazing Govinda Sharma from Nepal.

Hope this message finds you in good health and happiness. We are glad to inform you that we are fully booked with our Feb PDC, due to many interested participants willing to join our PDC, we have organized one more in March with a brilliant and experienced teacher's team.

As per your interest in joining us for the PDC, the following are the details with more information. This PDC is Internationally qualified, all the successful participants will be awarded with a certificate on the completion of this PDC.

Please feel free to write to us if you have any specific queries, we will be happy to get back to you as soon as possible.

Heal The Soil PDC

MARCH 10th to 24th 2014

Head Teacher & Facilitator: Govinda Sharma

Co Teachers & Facilitators : Martin and Roman

Guest Speakers and Lectures : Bernard & Deepika, Pitchandiculam, Snehal, Jade and more.

Teacher's Introduction:
Govinda SharmaGovinda has been practicing and teaching Permaculture since 1992 and has facilitated 28 PDCs and about 250 short courses in various aspects of Permaculture. His trainings have included participants from almost 55 countries. Currently he is serving as Executive Chairman of HASERA - a Permaculture Farm in Nepal (-http://www.organichasera.org/) and Vice President of Nepal Permaculture Group (NGP).
He has a Masters Degree in Ecological Agriculture and has worked with farmers all over Nepal and in countries like Austria, Japan, Malawi, India, Qatar and France. Govinda also published several articles on Permaculture and sustainable agriculture in the last few years.

RomanRoman has been studying and living with Permaculture since 4 years which brought him to a diverse range of Projects, Countries, Climates, Cultures and People all over the planet.

He has lived, worked and learned in places like Africa, India, Nepal, the Carribean and Portugal. He was part of 5 PDC Courses and his teachers and mentors include Alex Kruger (Berg en Dal Ecovillage), Chris Walker (PaNthunzi), Bernard Alonso (Permacultureinternationale), Deepak Suchede (Natueco Farming Science).

Currently he is living in India and co-creating the Sapney Farm Design with focus on perennial Gardens and Food Forest. He is part of the Permaculture Association UK and at the moment doing his Applied Permaculture Diploma.

MartinAfter completing a master in Anthropology and a degree in Humanitarian Project Management, Martin went to live for one year in the Indonesian jungle of Siberut with the Mentawaian tribe. There he discovered a highly sustainable life style based on a careful observation of natural laws and resource management. Following this life changing experience, he decided to stop his academic career to go into organic farming and sustainable living. After a first experience working as project manager for an organic rice-farming project in Vietnam, he followed a PDC with Heal The Soil in February 2013. Since then he has been learning and practicing Permaculture by co-developing the garden at Sapney Farm, teaching monthly Permaculture Introduction Workshops and volunteering in a reforestation and seed conservation project called Peeble Garden.

Curriculum:Classic 72 Hours Permaculture Design Certificate Curriculum with lots of theory and some hands-on experiences plus Design Exercises in groups. We are going to visit some amazing projects in the Auroville area and also have expert guest speakers.

Permaculture uses ecological principles to design sustainable human communities that are harmoniously woven into the environment and that aim to have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. It offers a framework for critical decision-making and right livelihood. It is a design approach for realizing a new paradigm, meeting human needs while preserving and increasing ecosystem health.

Topics include:

History and Definition of Permaculture

Ethics and Principles of Permaculture

Design Methodologies

Patterns in Nature, Culture and Society

Reading the Land – Observation

Land Restoration Techniques

Water Harvesting Techniques

Grey Water Recycling

Natural Building Strategies

Cultivated & Productive ecological Gardens

Food Forests and Plant Guilds

Energy Conservation Technologies & Appropriate Technologies

Integrated Pest Management

Compost

Soil

Water

Forests and Reforestation

Animal Management in Permaculture

and much more

The course is adapted to a wide variety of learning styles and is presented via lecture, images, video, group discussion, individual and group exercises, and design projects. Class usually lasts from 8AM to 5PM.

Course Price : 540 USD. Includes vegetarian meals and accommodation. 

Early Bird Discount : 450 USD if booked before January 15th.

for more infos please contact:

Snehal: snehalflash@gmail.com

Roman; entelechie@posteo.de