KONSO SPECIAL WAREDA
PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
With:
Rosemary Morrow and local facilitators
From:
June 9th to
22nd 2008 (with Sunday 14th
off)
Times:
8.00am to 12.00pm morning and 1pm – 5.00pm afternoon.
Where:
At the Strawberry Fields Eco-lodge in Karat Konso, Konso Wareda,
Southern Nations State (SNNPRS), Ethiopia.
What:
This is the internationally recognised 72 hour Permaculture Design
Certificate which helps you to design your land, or another’s to high
standards of sustainability.
You
will:
Meet, work and share experiences with community members, local officials
and other foreign participants taking the course alongside you.
Visit local farms and gardens and talk to owners.
Visit local villages and community lands.
Complete 12 hours of practical work.
Contact:
alex1mcc@yahoo.com
A course will also be
given with Tadewos - attended IPC8 - at
tadyy2005@yahoo.com
or you can contact me at my email or phone
024782.7898.
Tadewos tiranchie
Mr. Tiranchie was born in Kambata in the southern part of
Ethiopia and after high school completed his education and became the
assistant principal for the Awassa Technical School for fifteen years. He
then began his work with NGO field services working in the areas of
Health, Education and the Environment and was a training officer and
coordinator for integrated rural development services. He received his
permaculture training in Brazil in 2003 with IPEC in Goias and IPEP in
Rio Grande do Sul. He made a presentation of his work in Ethiopia at the
8th International Permaculture Conference
www.ipc8.org in
Brasil in 2007.
Rosemary Morrow has taught permaculture for almost 20 years in
Australia as well as in countries recovering from war, such as Vietnam,
Cambodia and Afghanistan. She had qualifications in agriculture,
horticulture, rural sociology and adult education. She lives in the Blue
Mountains, NSW.
For the
past 14 years she has worked extensively in Cambodia, Vietnam, India, and
Indonesia. Rosemary played a large part in establishing Permaculture
paractices in Albania. She has recently worked in Afghanistan. Her
dedication and service to farmers and villagers worldwide, as well as to
people of war-torn nations is outstanding. Rosemary is author of 'The
Earth-User's Guide to Permaculture' as well as numerous other books.
(Rosemary's full bio is very extensive. For more information about her go
to 'www.google.com' and type in "Rosemary Morrow,
Permaculture.") . Rosemary also made a presentation of her
international work at 8th International Permaculture Conference and also
taught at (OPA) Organization of Permaculture and Art in Salvador , Bahia,
Brasil at the end of the IPC8 Tour of sites.