Permaculture Design Course in Bahamas

Permaculture Design Course

This 72-hour permaculture design certi cation course (PDC) is dedicated to experiential education and place-based learning. We enjoy a unique site located on a rural peninsula on Eleutherae of the Bahamian Family Islands that
o ers beauty, serenity, and opportunity for exploration. Our campus serves as a demonstration of regenerative technologies such as sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, waste-water treatment, ecological architecture, aquaculture, alternative fuels, and community development. Through interaction with their surroundings, participants will learn how to design and develop from a whole systems perspective. Challenges of our site will foster problem solving and opportunities for
collaborative work. Coastal proximity and lack of precipitation present extra
challenges for food system development. The course includes lectures, discussion, and individual research projects, as well as hands-on workshops on plant propagation, grafting, and building with local materials. Coursework will cover inter-disciplinary topics such as site design, earth repair, systems integration, and many more.

Instructors:
Chris Shanks, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Co-Director of Project Bona Fide, Ometepe, Nicaragua
Colleen O’Brien, Agricultural Systems Manager, CEI

Participants in the sixth annual intensive PDC at The Island School will continue to add to the development and design of The Island school and Cape Eleuthera Institute grounds. Newly acquired skills in design and holistic thinking will be employed to create regenerative spaces that promote learning, diversity, and culture.

Learn permaculture design
Learn principles of sustainable and regenerative systems
Interact with local culture and ecosystems
Complete 72-hour permaculture design certi cation
No prereguisites required

Course price: $1950(includes all meals and dormitory accommodation)

Cape Eleuthera Institute & The Island School
Cape Eleuthera, The Bahamas
January 3rd - 18th, 2009

The Cape Eleuthera Institute offers a unique atmosphere to learn about resource management, aquaculture, sustainable design, and terrestrial ecology. We use a holistic approach to island ecosystems, have a philosophy of collaboration, and design sustainable systems that enhance conservation initiatives and economic prosperity at local, regional, and global scales. The inspiring, intensity of the course got me psyched about permaculture, and about regenerative human systems in
general. It ignited a passion in me and a lot of other people I've spoken with who took the course...it forces you to think in a much more holistic way about problems and see them as challenges needing creative solutions that work for both humans and the world around us.

Contact Chris Shanks, chris@projectbona de.com, with any inquiries.
To learn more about the Cape Eleuthera Institute and The IslandSchool go to our Web sites
www.ceibahamas.org
www.islandschool.org