PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION (PDC) and

SUSTAINABLE AID COURSES with ROBYN FRANCIS

July and August 2009

Immersion courses with organic catered meals, camping, springfed pond, wild

beauty and caring community.

Refresher, Family, and Couples course rates, Payment Plans

Concurrent Children's Program for families taking the PDC

Learn more at www.quailsprings.org/programs

or contact Kolmi Majumdar at info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239

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PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSE

With Robyn Francis

Assisted by Warren Brush (Quail Springs and True Nature Design)

July 11-24,2009

PERMACULTURE is a consciously integrated design system based on ecology and

sustainability principles to create resource efficient and productive human

environments and reduce our footprint on the earth. Permaculture practices apply to

both urban and rural environments and adapt to all climates and cultural contexts.

World-recognized certification course covers everything from food systems, water

harvesting, waste cycling, home design, to climate care, and much more - and is

appropriate for those seeking to apply permaculture practices in their communities in

diverse ways, as well providing a foundation for those intending to teach permaculture

and/or provide professional design and consulting services. Permaculturists are at the

cutting edge of sustainability practices, innovation and experimentation in a wide range

of disciplines, fields of work, cultures and climates around the planet.

Learn more at www.quailsprings.org/programs

or contact Kolmi Majumdar at info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239

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SUSTAINABLE AID COURSES

Facilitating Resilient Community Development in Areas of Need - Permaculture for

2/3rds World, Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Communities

with Robyn Francis

Convened in partnership with Santa Barbara Permaculture Network

Presented in two complementary parts

July 27-30, 2009 - Working with Cultural Diversity and Indigenous Peoples

August 1-6, 2009 - Overseas Development Work

Sustainable Aid program provides essential skills training for people working or intending

to work in community development programs with indigenous and culturally diverse

communities at home and overseas, and in aid and development programs in the 2/3rds

World. Inspiring, challenging and deeply empowering, learn skills and processes to work

effectively in facilitating community-based planning, education and program

development.

This is an important and growing area of permaculture work, which requires a realistic

approach and appropriate skills-set to work effectively in facilitating sustainable

change in areas of need. Graduates from these courses are undertaking significant

work in diverse projects all over the world. This course was originally developed by

Robyn Francis in 1991 and undergoes constant revision in keeping with global changes

and their impacts on the world's poorest and most vulnerable peoples. Contributes to

competencies for AQTF qualifications in Certificate IV in Permaculture and Diploma of

Permaculture.

Learn more at www.quailsprings.org/programs

or contact Kolmi Majumdar at info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239

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SAVE THE DATE - Public Talk with Robyn Francis on Permaculture in Cuba -

August 8, 2009 in Santa Barbara

Presented by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network

Podcast - Permaculture and Sustainable Aid - Robyn Francis on

Sustainable World Radio with Jill Cloutier, Wes Roe, and Margie

Bushman www.pdcastsusworldradio.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=488435

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ABOUT ROBYN FRANCIS

Robyn has been working internationally for over 25 years, throughout Australia, New

Zealand, India, Indonesia, USA, Germany, Cuba and Taiwan. The founder of

Permaculture International, Erda Institute and Djanbung Gardens Permaculture, she

was editor of the Permaculture International Journal, and one of the key architects of

the Accredited Permaculture Training providing national vocational and trade

qualifications in Permaculture. Her experience has encompassed all climate zones in

projects ranging from outback communities to urban development, domestic gardens to

public landscapes, ecovillage design to bioregional and state planning, with clients

ranging from the grassroots to corporate and government sectors. One of

permaculture's early pioneers, Robyn has conducted over 100 PDC's plus numerous

advanced and professional development courses. She has developed one of

permaculture's leading education and demonstration sites, Djanbung Gardens in sub-

tropical NSW, where she has established a bioregional campus for vocational training in

Permaculture. Robyn is also an accomplished musician, singer-songwriter and artist, an

avid gardener and enjoys getting dirty walking the talk. For more information and full

CV visit www.permaculture.com.au