72-HOUR PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE, THE BALKAN RETREAT, FRUŠKA GORA, SERBIA, September 6 - September 20, 2018.

Teacher: Graham Burnett. www.spiralseed.co.uk

This Permaculture Design Course lead by experienced teacher and author Graham Burnett is about positive design for your life, your community and your world by empowering the genius inside all of us! Through a regenerative learning approach we will come together to create empowering solutions to the real world challenges we are all facing in these times of change. Adapted from the Permaculture Association (Britain)’s PDC core curriculum, this is a person-centred, fun, lively and inclusive course, exploring and utilising concepts such as Systems Thinking, Holistic Design, Community Empowerment, ‘Whole Person’ Health, Skill Sharing, Critical Thinking, Appreciative Inquiry, Right Livelihoods and much more.

Themes and subjects covered will include; What is Permaculture? • Why do we need Permaculture? • Ethics • Principles • Ecological design • Systems Thinking • Permaculture and the natural world  •  Climate and micro climate • The living soil • Trees and forests and their energy transactions • Water in the landscape • Nature’s Cycles • The web of life • Mycology and fungi • Patterns in nature • Permaculture and the built environment/human world • Bioregionalism • Futures • Kitchen gardening • Fruit growing • Organic techniques • Natural Pest Management • Composting • Forest gardening • Community building • Transition Towns • Consensus building • Shelter and ecological building • Alternative energy and conservation • Livelihoods • Alternative Economics • The Ecology of the Self • Urban Permaculture  • and much more!

Minimum Donation: €600, price includes 3 meals per day (veg/vegan options), camping or shared dormitory, and transport to and from Belgrade Nikola Tesla airport.

For more information please visit: http://www.balkan-retreat.com/events