Saturday, 28 November 2015

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/
 
 
 

Saturday, 31 October 2015

Mysteries of the Unseen World & Gratitude- Louie Schwartzberg



Happy & Healthy Soil

A simple way to soil management in your Permaculture gardens. Follow this 8 Guidelines and your soil will be generaly happy and healthy!


Patterns in Nature

Pattern Undertstanding and Pattern Application is a vast and exiting topic in Permaculture.Understanding Forms and Functions of Patterns in Nature can help us to work with the forces of nature rather then against them. Thats what makes good regenerative design! here are some Universal Patterns combined in a Mind Map.enjoy!


Friday, 30 October 2015

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




Friday, 11 September 2015

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/



Thursday, 10 September 2015

Helping Your Community Thrive - with Diana Leafe Christian

This one hour presentation by Diana Leafe Christian http://www.dianaleafechristian.org/ for Belfast Cohousing and Ecovillage http://MaineCoHousing.org covers cohousing governance with a focus on Sociocracy. Be sure to download the pdf documents referred to at this link: http://bobroc.com/cohowebinar/



  
Diana Leafe Christian - Decision-making in communities: