[Lapg] Bilingual Baja Permaculture Design Course, December 6–19, 2010

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Baja Permaculture Design Course, December 6–19, 2010 Hosted at Buena
Fortuna Botanical Gardens, La Ribera, Baja Sur, Mexico -- an amazing
garden oasis of over 3000 plant species cultivated by world renowned
botanist, Gabriel Howearth.

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Bilingual Baja Permaculture Design Course

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

* Ecological Design
* Bio-Remediation
* Organic Gardening
* Natural Building
* Appropriate Technology
* Sustainable Community
* Water Conservation
* Renewable Energy
* Seed Saving
* Food Preservation
* Resource Efficiency
* Local Economics
* Disaster Preparedness

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!

Here are some of our world class facilitators:

Lead Instructor Penny Livingston-Stark

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!

www.regenerativedesign.org
Lead Instuctor Andrew Jones

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.

Course Host and Guest Instructor Gabriel Howearth

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.

Course Coordinator and Instructor Bruce Horowitz

Certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Bruce is the founder of
RIPE (The Raw Institute of Permaculture Education). He has helped
organize and presented at festivalsretreats, 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

Instructor Daniel Jaramillio

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.


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