[Santa_Cruz_Permaculture] Permaculture Design and Sustainable Aid with Robyn Francis at Quail Springs, Register Now!

[Quail Springs]

PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION (PDC) and 

SUSTAINABLE AID COURSES with ROBYN FRANCIS 

 

July and August 2009

 

REGISTER NOW!!  

 

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 

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