| This course offers the required 72-hours of course work to achieve an official PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE in only 9 days.
This means that it is an intensive program with full days of lecture and practicals, as well as evening sessions to cover all the recommended material in such a short amount of time.It is ideal for individuals with jobs and families, who live locally and cannot take more than a week out of their regular lives, but still desire the experience of a full PDC.This course is designed to present the basic ideas and philosophies of Permaculture design for people who are interested in integrating this method into their personal and professional lives, as well as seeking others with similar interests.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Confidence and ability for individuals to know how to apply permaculture design in many aspects of life
• Connections between participants with a follow-through, such as collaborating together on other projects and community action
• Inspiration to experiment with these methods and potentially create new ideas
SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED IN THE THEORY...
- History & Ethics of Permaculture
- Permaculture Principles
- Pattern Understanding
- Soil science (maintaining life and fertility, etc.)
- Growing your own food
- Agroforestry and Forest Gardening
- Water management
- Animal and pest management
- Ponds and aquaculture
- Climates and micro climates
- Companion planting and other PC gardening strategies
- Ecological entrepreneurship
- Appropriate technology
- Design process (sectors, zoning, etc.)
SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE PRACTICAL PARTS...
- Practice in observation and site analysis
- Making a base map and other drawings
- Reading the landscape
- Soil building activities (mulching, composting, etc.)
- Plant identification, care and propagation
- Basic earth works
- Visioning and planning exercises
- Natural building practical
- Food fermentation
- A final "Design Project" to be presented at the end
OTHER GOOD PRACTICES THAT WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE COURSE...
- Working together with others - social design
- Team-building and ice-breakers for the group
- Time for personal reflection
- Opportunities for networking and connecting with others
- Strategies for living in a sustainable community
- Creating an eco-village
- Health and nutrition
- Sustainable finances
Teacher: MIHAIL KOSSEV (mihailkossev.weebly.com) -- Mihail has been using and teaching Permaculture design since 2007.
He received his undergraduate education from New York University where he studied film, fine art and pedagogy. After graduation, he has specialized in Environmental Education, working with a wide diversity of ages and formats.
In every lesson, he makes the teaching methods to be as interactive as possible. He has many years experience in horticulture, which was the main subject he taught when he was a school teacher.
For the last two years, he has been touring Europe and the US teaching workshops on the subjects of Permaculture Design, Forest Gardening, Sustainable Food Systems, Seed-saving, Non-violent Communication and Soil Science.
He is especially interested nowadays in developing material and structure for the social elements of permaculture design.
Mihail is currently developing a forest garden in Bulgaria, while consulting and working with other projects throughout the region.
The COST
Accommodation is free
Tuition fees + Vegetarian meals for 9 days are 200 euros
please call on 064 940 2648
or email to book your place
artist.residency.serbia@gmail.com
maps how to get to Erdevik
http://artistresidencyserbia.blogspot.com/2013/05/maps-and-directions-how-to-get-to.html
ABOUT ERDEVIK
EARP ERDEVIK International artist residency is located in Erdevik, Srem region in Vojvodina Serbia. The region is rich in vineyards, two fishing lakes, swimming pool and National park Fruska gora.
Erdevik is a small village with only one pub, bakery and the small market held only on Thursdays. Artist residency house has a large organically grown garden using permaculture principals.
From May there are plenty of fresh vegetables and fruit lasting till late November.
Culture, customs and colourful costumes of the multitude confessional society of Erdevik is exciting, represented by Serbs, Slovaks, Croats, Hungarians, Ruthenians, Montenegrian, Macedonians, Slovenians, Yugoslav and others.
Erdevik is rich in vineyard and it is presumed that the first vineyards in Erdevik were established as early as 276 AD, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Probus who brought grape-wine to the region of Srem. Wine is the symbol of the Erdevik village and was traditionally awarded with respectable prizes on the domestic and international Wine fairs that made famous sorts of Erdevik wines – traminac, risling, sauvignon, burgundy and the white table wine incorporated among the most famous vines of the Central Europe. Locals of Erdevik village /used to/ live and survive and prosper by cultivating the fertile land and producing wines.
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