Principles and Ethics of Permaculture Design
Site analysis and design, from the tropics to temperate regions
Landscape master planning and microclimate design
Reading the landscape and pattern recognition
Design for climate change
Regenerative Land Management and Stewardship
Water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution
Biologically based treatment of greywater and blackwater
Natural building techniques and vernacular architecture
Plant propagation, grafting & organic horticulture
Medicinal plant propagation, usage and preparations
Soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
Myco-forestry and myco-filtration
Orchard design and maintenance
Renewable energies and biofuels
Local and regenerative economics
And much, much more
JOIN US FOR A 15-DAY PERMACULTURE DESIGN INTENSIVE TO LEARN ABOUT:
Project Bona Fide is a 43-acre permaculture site which has been in development for nearly a decade, and has become an important center for education and community development. Infrastructural systems contain: natural buildings built with local materials, terraced & medicinal plant gardens, an extensive nursery, seed bank, developing fruit and nut orchards, food forests, native timber forestry, timber bamboo plantings, water-catchment, drip irrigation and ferrocement technologies, renewable energy systems, and composting toilets. Outreach efforts include social programs that provide educational opportunities based in ecological agriculture, community reforestation efforts that are supported by our seed bank and nursery, local seed and plant exchanges, a children’s nutritional kitchen and an upcoming community center. The developing site, interwoven with the support we’ve received from our local community, allows Bona Fide to be fertile ground for cultural
exchange on the island and beyond.
THE COURSE WILL BE HELD ON ISLA OMETEPE, AN ISLAND OF TWIN VOLCANOES IN SOUTHERN NICARAGUA
INSTRUCTORS:
CHRIS SHANKS (USA), MIKE BLAZEWICZ (USA), ANDREA CALFUQUIR (ARGENTINA)
ASHLEY CARTER (USA), MAI KOBAYASHI (JAPAN) AND TINY MAN (COSTA RICA)
FEBRUARY 3RD - 17TH, 2009
AT THE BONA FIDE INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
OMETEPE ISLAND, NICARAGUA
ERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE PRICE: $1,250 USD
CONTACT MIKE BLAZEWICZ FOR MORE INFORMATION: MICHAEL@ROUNDRIVERDESIGN.COM OR VISIT: WWW.PROJECTBONAFIDE.COM
Please register early as the course can and does fill quickly • Course price does not iclude airfare • $400 USD non-refundable deposit required • Meals will include a mixture of traditional cuisine and farm foods • Academic credits are often available to undergraduate and graduate students • The course is taught in English and simultaneously translated into Spanish via FM-headsets
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