[Ccpg] PDC for International Development & Social Entrepreneurship at Quail Springs, just a few spaces left in this course
Quail Springs Permaculture
info at quailsprings.org
Tue May 22 17:20:32 PDT 2012
Permaculture Design Course for International Development & Social
Entrepreneurship at Quail Springs
Dates: June 18 - July 1, 2012
Instructors: Warren Brush (Quail Springs Permaculture & True Nature
Design), and Loren Luyendyk (Surfers Without Borders)
Special Guest Instructors: Julius Piti (Chikukwa Ecological Land
Trust), Tom Cole, Cathe Fish (Practical Permaculture), Alissa Sears
(Christie Communications), Jeannette Acosta, Pete Schwartz (CalPoly),
Brenton Kelly (Quail Springs Permaculture), Lyn Hebenstreit & Tara
Blasco (Global Resource Alliance), and Daniel Parra Hensel
JUST A FEW SPACES LEFT IN THIS COURSE!
FOR MORE INFO OR TO REGISTER: www.quailsprings.org/event/permaculture-design-course-for-international-development/
or contact Kolmi Majumdar at info at quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239
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PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE HOSTS ROSTER OF INSTRUCTORS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD
PDC FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT QUAIL
SPRINGS
(excerpts from April 2012 Press Release)
Monetary assistance and training without stewardship ethics seems to
be the standard for international aid today. With over 14 billion
given by the U.S. Agency for International Development alone, it is
increasingly important to ensure the results of aid are regenerative....
By using permaculture as a sustainable design framework to help secure
community and individual stability, Quail Springs is innovating a new
pathway for the international development community. Their upcoming
Permaculture Design Certification course (PDC), taught by
professionals with experience in international development projects,
will teach participants sustainable systems thinking, design
strategies and provide a comprehensive approach to permaculture as a
tool for future development projects.
The instructors, hailing from Quail Springs in Southern California,
all the way to Africa, span a gamut of professions whose various
experiences make up an impressive group whose international efforts
have seen much success.
Warren Brush, Julius Piti, Loren Luyendyk, Pete Schwartz and Lyn
Hebenstreit constitute just five of the equally established twelve
instructors involved in the course. Warren Brush is the co-founder of
Quail Springs, Sustainable Vocations and numerous other permaculture
and peacemaking oriented projects. Warren’s extensive understanding of
permaculture and work with his organizations, as well as others, has
sent him around the world to work in numerous development projects
side by side, be it with other permaculture organizations or child
soldiers in Africa.
Julius Piti, a Mozambican, has worked extensively in Africa. Julius’
work in community building led him to the Chikukwa village
permaculture project in Zimbabwe (Chikukwa Ecological Land Trust).
Chikukwa became one of Africa’s most successful post-war success
stories by employing permaculture through an integrated agricultural
approach. His constant work and dedication has made him a prominent
peacemaker and community-building expert in Africa. His successes in
using permaculture for community building in Africa bring an in-depth
first hand understanding of permaculture’s potential for sustainable
development projects.
In addition to the founders of different permaculture organizations
above, the instructing roster also includes a university professor.
Pete Schwartz is a physics professor at Cal Poly focusing on society,
development, and sustainability. His student research involves
developing low-impact technologies appropriate for developing
countries (and for the USA as well), including concentrated solar
power, passive solar heating, improved cooking facilities, and
electric transportation. The practice and application of these studies
can be exemplified by the collaborative summer school in Guatemala,
Guateca which represents a natural extension of Schwartz’s academic,
technical, and societal efforts.
Loren Luyendyk and Lyn Hebenstreit both add to the diversity of
permaculture talent and knowledge available to participants.
Luyendyk’s international permaculture work with Surfers without
Borders and Lyn, the founder of the international organization Global
Resource Alliance (GRA) will combine with the rest of the instructors
to display the variety of potential applications for permaculture in
international development projects, highlighting sustainable
agriculture, to community development.... (continued)
Full Press Release: www.quailsprings.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/QSP-bio-release.pdf
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