Dec 9-19 2010/Bi-lingual PDC in Baja with Penny Livingston

Come to Mexico for a unique opportunity: Permaculture Design Certification Course suitable for both Spanish and English speakers! In this course you will learn the skills necessary to create a sustainable world from the ground up. The 72 hour course curriculum includes the following topics and more:

Permaculture is the most comprehensive way to create resilient communities, strong local economies and accelerate the urgently need move away from unsustainable ways of production to regenerative self-sufficiency. The course is fully bilingual so it is suitable for both English and Spanish speakers, and especially useful for those who speak or teach in both languages. Our host site is Buena Fortuna Garden, a dry tropical paradise with over 3000+ plant species, located a mile from the beach on the Sea of Cortes with nearby hot springs and mountains! Join with like-minded students from around the globe ready to live the change the world desperately needs -- and have the best time ever doing it!

Penny Livingston-Stark has been teaching internationally and working professionally in the land management, regenerative design and permaculture development field for 25 years and has extensive experience in all phases of ecologically sound design and construction as well as the use of natural non-toxic building materials. She specializes in site planning and the design of resource-rich landscapes integrating, rainwater collection, edible and medicinal planting, spring development, pond and water systems, habitat development and watershed restoration for homes, co-housing communities, businesses and diverse yield perennial farms.Penny is a founding member of the Natural Building Colloquium, and co-founder of the Regenerative Design Insititute in Bolinas, California. Penny has taught over 100 PDCs!

Andrew has a background in ecology, Permaculture, humanitarian aid /international development and wellness. Current projects include the development of a Healing and Sustainability Demonstration site in Baja California Sur, Mexico and an eco-cultural sustainability center in the Amazonian region of Peru. He has developed a range of action education services - including disaster preparedness and wellness & life foods education. Andrew serves on the faculty of the Deepening Roots Program (Art of Living Foundation), the Permaculture Research Institute, and Gaia University Northeast USA.

Gabriel Howearth is one of the most respected and knowledgeable pioneers in the Organic
Farming movement. In the seventies he studied with Alan Chadwick, creator of French
Intensive Gardening and with Peter Dukish, recognized master of the Biodynamic farming
principles of Rudolph Steiner. Gabriel was the co-founder of the organic seed company, Seeds of Change, one of the original certifiers for Oregon Tilthe, and the designer of the Herb Pharm. His work with
seeds, plants, Mayan, Quecha, Hopi and Pueblo 's farmers is documented in "Secrets of
the Soil" and "The Secret Life of Plants" by Chris Byrd and Peter Tompkins, as well
as several other books. Gabriel is the founder of Buena Fortuna Garden.

Certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Bruce is the founder of RIPE (The Raw
Institute of Permaculture Education). He has helped organize and presented at festivals
retreats, classes and courses around the globe. He holds a masters degree in the Culture,
Ecology and Sustainable Community program from New College of California. Bruce is the author of "The Sun Kitchen Un-Cookbook" and "The Raw Revolution: Saving the Planet One Bite at a Time."

www.rawpermaculture.org
www.thesunkitchen.com

Daniel is an agronomist with a concentration in sustainable development and
biological control of insect pests from the California Polytechnic State University,
Permaculture designer certified by the Permaculture Research Institute, editorial
member of the "No Nos Llamamos Plata" electronic magazine, founder member
of "SISAS" (Sistemas de Intercambio Solidario para la Autogestion y la Sostenibilidad).
Daniel has participated in the creation and the design of institutes, demonstration
sites, local currency systems and resettlement projects for displaced communities,
and has taught courses and conferences about Permaculture and agro-ecology in
Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, México, Perú, Brasil and Australia.