Fwd: Permaculture Design Course (PDC), Sirsi, Karnataka

[Ravee Bhat]

FYI, Forwarded message below.

I believe there are few spots still available.

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To: vana...@gmail.com
Subject: Permaculture Design Course (PDC), Sirsi, 

Dear friends,

Attached please find information about an upcoming Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in January 2020 near Sirsi, Karnataka. We request you to get in touch in case you would like to attend. Please do pass this on to anyone you know who is serious and would benefit from the course. The fee is highly subsidised thanks to some generous support we have received, and we would wish for this course to be made available to deserving candidates.

Please do write to us at the earliest.

Thanks and best wishes,
The Vanastree Collective

vanastree.org

                                                                                              PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (PDC)

                                                                                                                 with Mark Garrett

                                                                                              markgarrettpermaculture.com

   

                                                                                             January 13-22, 2020 (Sirsi, India)

                                                                                           Group size: 10-15 only (first come, first served)

An accredited course that will be immersive and encourage creative, localised learning and co-creation of robust design systems for a planet in crisis. 

Highlights include the theory and practice of Permaculture, field trips, individual design projects with one-on-one inputs, and guided forest walks. 

Participants will stay on a forest farm and environs in an old agrarian community near Sirsi, in the Malnad region of the Western Ghats, near the town of Sirsi.

Please write to vana...@gmail.com

Course fee for instruction, boarding/lodging and travel for field trips: 

Rs. 20,000 (accommodation will be a mixture of a dorm and tents at the venue or shared space at neighbours’ farms). Common bath/toilet.

Rs. 25,000 (rooms with bath on twin sharing basis at the venue or with nearby farmer homestay). Available for 6 persons only so please reserve in advance.

COURSE OUTLINE

Permaculture Design Course (with a focus on the tropics)

# Permaculture Ethics and Principles

# Concepts and Themes in Design

# Design Methods

# Observing Patterns in Nature

# Climate

# Sector Analysis

# Zone Planning

# Water

# Soils

# Waste to Wealth

# Earth Works

# Structures

# Permaculture & Community

Many additional hands on experiences including but not limited to:

• Composting toilet system
• Grey water systems
• Food forests
• Hot composting 
• Worm farms
• Planting & cultivation in the tropics
• Solar systems 
• Animal systems 
• Raised garden beds 

A detailed mail with a daily programme schedule and what to bring for the course will be sent at a later date, once the final list of participants is ready.

MARK GARRETT

Permaculture design consultant Mark Garret is from Australia but lives mostly in Bali. He is passionate about living harmoniously with nature and dedicated to achieving low cost, sustainable eco systems that benefit both the planet and the people who live and work in them. Mark’s own permaculture teacher was the legendary Bill Mollison.

By observing nature and understanding how it operates, he creates low carbon, green systems
where energy is conserved by removing the need for fossil fuel, waste is turned into a useful
resource, water is saved and re-used, vital minerals and nutrients in the soil are naturally
regenerated and pests are controlled without using harmful chemicals.

These principles are the basic building blocks of Permaculture and Mark Garrett has been
applying them to every project he has designed for more than 20 years.

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The one who is looking for a goal will remain empty, but those who find the way carry the goal in themselves forever. ~ Nejc Zaplotnik