Permaculture Design Course
Registration is open for our 2020 PDC!
January 27th- February 8th 2020
Finca Bona Fide, Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua
Instructors: Mitch Haddad, Christopher Shanks & Ben Falk
Taught in English and simultaneously translated into Spanish
Centroamericanos
- Descuento especial para ciudadanos de Centroamérica
- Incluye comida, alojamiento y instrucción del curso
US$850Learn More
Expats
- Special discount for residents of Central America
- Includes food, lodging, and course instruction
US$1,275Learn More
HELD ON ISLA DE OMETEPE, AN ISLAND OF TWIN VOLCANOES ON LAKE NICARAGUA
Project Bona Fide’s annual Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 2-week hands-on training experience in permaculture design principles and practices. We teach a standard PDC curriculum with a special emphasis on forest gardening in the tropics.
Although we will be in a tropical setting, many of the techniques will transfer directly to any climate. Students will receive resources and plant lists for many climates as part of the course content.
This 14-day course is ideal for anyone interested in taking an active role in building a regenerative future, as well as anyone with a focus in agriculture, architecture, ecology, gardening, landscaping, education, or community development. No prior permaculture experience is necessary.
At the end of the course, all participants will receive a certificate of completion of 72 course hours plus 20 additional hours of skill-building workshops and hands-on work experience.
JOIN US ON OUR 26-ACRE PERMACULTURE SITE TO LEARN ABOUT:
- 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
- Using greywater in the landscape
- Natural building techniques and vernacular architecture
- Plant propagation and grafting
- Organic horticulture
- Medicinal plant propagation, usage and preparations
- Biointensive gardening and seed saving
- Soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
- Myco-forestry and myco-filtration
- Orchard design and maintenance
- Renewable energies and biofuels
- Local and Regenerative economics
- Urban and suburban permaculture strategies
- Ecovillage design and community building strategies
- Networking within the permaculture community and beyond
Please register early as the course can and does fill quickly.
US$500 non-refundable deposit required.
Airfare and insurance not included.
Academic credits often available to undergraduate and graduate students.
Additional scholarship opportunities available for citizens of Central America.
COST:
$1575 USD includes, food, lodging, instruction, and materials for the entirety of the course.
Lodging is dorm style on the farm or in a hostel. There’s also camping on the farm by request-space is limited.
Other private accommodations in guesthouses located on site can be arranged by request. See www.theselvistaexperience.com or https://junglecabinsometepe.com/pdc2020
Contact bonafidecourses@gmail.com for more info.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION / SOLICITUD DE BECA (CENTROAMERICANOS):
Hay una cantidad limitada de becas completas y parciales exclusivamente para ciudadanos de Centroamérica.
¡Solicitud en línea viene pronto!