Please visit our website for information:

http://circlepermaculture.com/quinta-do-vale-portugal-june-2020/
OR SIGN -UP HERE:
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Come join us for an amazing Permaculture Design Certificate Course in Central Portugal, on a stunning site committed to sustainability, featuring countless examples of sustainable living strategies and techniques. Owned and run by Wendy Howard, eco-builder, gardener, biologist, ecologist, activist and pioneer in the region.

We are extremely excited to partner with Wendy, who has staged an incredible bounce back following the tragic fires that devastated the region in 2017. This really is a superb opportunity to be immersed in an off-grid permaculture smallholding/ homesteading.

NOTE – WE ARE ALSO OFFERING A POST-PDC PRACTICAL LED BY WENDY! A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HANDS-ON IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOWING THE DESIGN PROCESS

About the site:

Quinta do Vale is part way up a mountain in the Serra do Açor, part of Portugal’s principal mountain range. It’s about 75km (45 miles) inland by road from the university city of Coimbra, Portugal’s 12th century capital, and 100km (62 miles) inland from the Atlantic ocean.

Its 2-ish hectares (5 acres) of steeply-terraced land lie between 360-420m (1,200-1,400 feet) above sea level. The land is predominantly north-facing, forming a rough S-shape around a northeast-running river valley. It’s sheltered by mountain ridges to the south and west, and to a lesser extent to the north. Slopes vary between 30-45°. The major biome type is warm temperate with climate classified as US Zone 9 and Köppen-Geiger borderline Csa/Csb (warm to hot summer Mediterranean). Annual rainfall averages just over 1000mm.

Please visit our website for further information:
http://circlepermaculture.com/quinta-do-vale-portugal-june-2020/

The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 72-hour internationally recognised training engaging participants' head, heart and hands to discover the principles and techniques of Permaculture Design.

At Tribewanted Monestevole in Umbria, Italy, we bring learning about Permaculture into its right context. You could say it is our up-market PDC. By joining the course you will not only become an accredited Permaculture Designer, but you'll be able to put the theories into practice on the 40 acres of available permaculture gardens, orchards, with the animals and in the local kitchen, all while enjoying the Italian hospitality and delicious organic and locally sourced foods.

The 2020 course will be our third Permaculture Design Course held at Monestevole and we are looking forward to building on the design insights and land restoration techniques applied in previous years.

Umbria is known as the green heart of Italy, with lush, sustainably managed landscapes and woodlands.

http://www.sociallandscapes.co.uk/events/2020/4/12/monestevoles-permacul...

Azula and Surplus Permaculture Design are excited to invite you to a unique learning experience designed to empower you to reclaim your food freedom by learning to grow your own organic food.

This workshop will be focusing on Organic gardening, teaching you the fundamental techniques and knowledge to get you started with growing quality, fresh, organic vegetables all year round. From the urban balcony to the rural farm this workshop will teach you how to grow more veg in less space than you ever imagined to be possible! Maximising your available space and producing an abundance of nutritious and delicious vegetables, herbs and fruit.

You are also welcome to join us on our music jams, open air movie nights, Yoga/Akro, Capoeira and pizza nights that we organize.

We are looking forward to have you :)

***early bird until 31st January 2020***

Get some impressions about our project here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/azula.bio
http://www.azula.bio
https://www.instagram.com/azula.bio

Ticket:
http://www.surpluspermaculture.org/organic-gardening-the-permaculture-wa...

PDC PLUS ! Certified Permaculture Design Course
Extended to 15 Days with Extra Active Days

Topics Covered
*City Life
*Backyard Gardens
*Fruit Orchards
*Small scale farming
*Water Management
*Temperate & Mediterranean Climates
*Animal Husbandry
*Fruit Growing
*Healthy Lifestyle Practices
*Soil Life & Soil Building
*Energy Systems
*Forestry
*Natural Building
+ anything you ask & much more!!

By demand we have added 3 extra (hands on) active days to the curriculum including:
- Natural Building : Build with Strawbales, Earthbags & Cob, Plaster with lime & earth, Decorate with natural paints
- Organic & Biodynamic Food production practices
- Plus mini workshops: Preserving produce, Herbal Wisdom & Remedies, Water Planning for disaster, replenish earths water body & rivers/streams, natural flow and erosion prevention.

Resulting in a Full Permaculture Design Certificate
More than 80 hours Tuition – held in English with Greek translation when needed.
Lead by Dr Rod Everett, assisted by Mill Millichap and guest greek facilitator Marios Desyllas, who is a biodynamic farm consultant and long time supporter of permaculture teachings.

Course Fee / Tuition 560euro - including all meals & day out
Accommodation – entire stay
*Camping 150euro bring your own equipment or rent from us
*EcoGuest House 390euro ( shared accommodation) see the pictures!

We are intentionally trying to maintain a low price for this high quality course to be more accessible for all.

Whats Included?
15 full days of Tuition
Certified Permaculture Design Certificate
Accommodation
3 Vegetarian meals per day by our resident chef
Herbal teas & Fruits
A day long field trip including beach and local Greek taverna
Yoga every second morning with our Resident Yoga teacher
Pick up and drop off from Akrata – the nearest beach town
Use of all facilities, natural swimming pond on-site
and waterfall 15 minute walk.

Due to popular demand, Azula and Surplus Permaculture Design are excited to invite you to join us for an extended- 21 day- Permaculture Design Course (PDC) on a stunning 15 hectare Permaculture project on the South West cost of Portugal.

An average PDC runs for 10-14 days, packing in all the 72 hours of theory into the shortest timescale possible. We want to do things differently and after feedback from PDC graduates they want it differently too – so we have created a 21 day PDC. This will be a unique learning experience giving you all the knowledge and skills of a PDC but with the added benefit of being able to deepen that knowledge – to learn by doing – to put theory into practice – get your hands in the earth and connect with the land from day one!

You are also welcome to join us on our music jams, open air movie nights, Yoga/Akro, Capoeira and pizza nights that we organize.

We are looking forward to have you :)

***early bird until 1st January 2020***

Get some impressions about our project here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/azula.bio/photos

Tickets:
http://www.surpluspermaculture.org/extended-permaculture-design-course-a...

Due to popular demand, Azula and Surplus Permaculture Design are excited to invite you to join us for an extended- 21 day- Permaculture Design Course (PDC) on a stunning 15 hectare Permaculture project on the South West cost of Portugal.

An average PDC runs for 10-14 days, packing in all the 72 hours of theory into the shortest timescale possible. We want to do things differently and after feedback from PDC graduates they want it differently too – so we have created a 21 day PDC. This will be a unique learning experience giving you all the knowledge and skills of a PDC but with the added benefit of being able to deepen that knowledge – to learn by doing – to put theory into practice – get your hands in the earth and connect with the land from day one!

You are also welcome to join us on our music jams, open air movie nights, Yoga/Akro, Capoeira and pizza nights that we organize.

We are looking forward to have you :)

***early bird until 1st January 2020***

Get some impressions about our project here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/azula.bio/photos

Tickets:
http://www.surpluspermaculture.org/extended-permaculture-design-course-a...

12 Thursday Evenings with a choice of field trips and practical sessions at weekends.
Evening sessions include talks, presentations, how-to tutorials, inspiring case studies and participatory workshops, activities and discussions.

Ethics, principles and design methods and how to apply them to organic growing, soil, building, energy, community, waste reduction, local economy and sustainable living.

Field visits give you the opportunity to see Permaculture in action in a range of pioneering and innovative settings. The course culminates in real design projects on local sites of your choice.

Register through the website:

http://circlepermaculture.com/sunseed-spain-may-2020/

or directly at the registration page:

We return to Sunseed for our 9th course! We love Sunseed!

Sunseed, a non-formal education project for the transition towards sustainability, is based in an ancient little Andalusian village with a long historical background. The electricity is provided by solar panels, a nearby water source provides water for daily use and natural water treatments are used for sewage. The village is home for about 50 people and is a hub for creative projects like Sunseed, Pita-Escuela, Casa de la Realidad and Cultura de la Tierra.

Sunseed is located in a valley of the endangered Rio Aguas in the natural reserve of Karst en Yesos de Sorbas, famous for its gypsum crystal caves. Various hiking trails are located in the valley, including a route to the source of the river passing through the natural pools.

Sunseed was first conceived in 1982 during a talk at a green festival by Harry Hart, co-founder of the charity Green Deserts. In August 1986, having rented a house in arid Southeast Spain, a small joint project began looking at practical ways of combating desertification. In March 1987 Green Deserts withdrew and Sunseed Desert Technology and The Sunseed Trust were inaugurated to direct the project.

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This is the 10th Permaculture Design Course in Glasgow with Lusi Alderslowe! Permaculture is a holistic design system for sustainable living, creating systems for minimum effort and maximum effect. This course is one weekend per month. The first module can also be taken as a stand alone introduction, which allows you to come along and meet everyone before you commit to the rest of the course. From February to June we will be exploring all the remaining core topics of the Permaculture Design Course, which enables participants to recieve the Permaculture Association's Internationally recognised Certificate.
Using a diverse range of different teaching styles we will find out more about
* the Permaculture Design Process: SADIMET, and the theory and practice of different design tools from mapping to turning waste into resources. This includes different opportunities to use the design tools and create an entire design in a small group.
* Permaculture ethics and principles and their application
* Themes of soil, water, plants& trees, growing your own food, the built environment, resource use, social systems and contexts.
* Different sites including the Concrete Garden, Kintyre Bioregion, Tarbert Health Centre and others (tbc).
* Next steps on your permaculture pathway.

We will be based at teh concrete garden and visit various other sites on different weekends, with the May module being in Argyll on the Mull of Kintyre @ Ed Tyler's inspirational permaculture house and garden and the rest of the Kintyre Bioregion Permaculture ScotLAND Centre

Permaculture Design Course - 20 to 31 Jan
Permaculture Forest Course - 5 to 20 Feb
Indigenous Life Experience - 22 Feb to 22 Mar

The New School Permaculture PDC is centred on the needs of the student.So you get what you need.
This course is presented by creative non formal education methods, that are based on creating a bridge between the right and left side of the brain, so that the analytical and creative abilities of the students get fully stimulated and get the most out of the experience...for many people is the most empowering and inspiring transformative process of their lives...and they carry this with them everywere they go....and thats our goal.

The course follows a set syllabus and leads to the internationally recognised Permaculture Design Certificate.

Taught by Helder Valente of the New School Permaculture. Helder studied and worked with Bill Mollison, Sepp Holzer, Doug Bullock, Rosemary Morrow, Darren dougherty, Ernst Gotsh and others, and is now teaching all over the world, he started in 2009 teaching permaculture to students at the agriculture university and since then learning and teaching on many different climates. While living in the city he dedicated 3 years on developing a urban permaculture project in the center of Lisbon and co created the Portuguese Permaculture Institute. That's how it all started. Helder never stopped and this last months spent his time working with Quechua farmers in the Andes and designing projects in the Amazon jungle.

This course will be in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil in colaboration with the Kawanawa tribe and you will be able to live the life of the people of the forest and help improve their living conditions with permaculture design.