[Scpg] PDC for International Development and Social Entrepreneurship Hosts Roster of Instructors from Around the World

[Quail Springs Permaculture]

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 gamete 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 Chakuwa village permaculture  
project in Zimbabwe. Chakuwa 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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PDC FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT QUAIL  
SPRINGS

Dates: June 18 - July 1, 2012

MORE INFO OR TO REGISTER:  www.quailsprings.org/event/permaculture-design-course-for-international-development/



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