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Bilingual Permaculture Design Certificate Course

In Costa Rica  February 11 through 26

 Curso Bilingue de Certificado en Diseņo de Permacultura en Costa Rica 2011  desde el  11 hasta el 26 de febrero.

 This first course offered by Red Permanezca will feature five days taught by Scott Pittman, Director of the Permaculture Institute in the US and  has taught Permaculture since 1985 in more than 18 countries and 4 continents, from indigenous tribes in South America to corporate teams in Guinea, with projects ranging from small gardens to ranches of a thousand acres.  For many years Scott taught with Bill Mollison one of the founders of Permaculture.

and will also be taught by Ronaldo Lec of Guatemalaof the Mesoamerican Institute of Permaculture (IMAP) with its base in Atitlan, Guatemala.  Rony has been teaching how to implement permaculture systems and self sufficiency to indigenous and rural people for more than 10 years.

As well as Juan Rojas from El Salvador. Juan Rojas is a member of the Directive of the Permaculture Institute of El Salvador (IPES) and promoter of the Campesino a Campesino movement in El Salvador.  He is a graduate of the Permaculture Institute in Australia with Bill Mollison.

Taught in English and Spanish with simultaneous translation, the course will be given on an established working organic farm with opportunity for hands on experiences with goats, chickens and horses in addition to gardens of all types.

Costa Rica is not just jungle and beaches or as we say,  pineapple and bananas.  This course given at La Finca La Flor de Paraiso in the province of Cartago shows off the beautiful Orosi Valley in Costa Rica.  The town of La Flor, located at 4000 ft above sea level, is a typical rural community of the Central Valley about one and a half hours from San Jose.
Finca La Flor (www.la-flor.org/index.html) has comfortable cabins and most areas of the farm are easily accessible from the main house and dining "rancho".  Accommodations for 15 nights, three meals, (from the farm) per day, and laundry service are included in the course cost.

 $  700 for Latin-American natives (verifiably living in Latin America)

$1700 for those from North American countries

 Please contact us in English or in Spanish to pre-register at redpermanezcacr@gmail.com

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