*Permaculture Design Course: Isla Ometepe, Nicaragua* *January 31-February 13, 2011*
* * This course takes place from January 31 – February 13 at Project Bonafide ( www.projectbonafide.com). Project Bonafide is a 43-acre permaculture site that has been in development for nearly a decade. It has become an important center for education and community development. Infrastructure includes: natural buildings, terraced and medicinal plant gardens, an extensive nursery, fruit and nut orchards, food forests, native timber forestry, timber bamboo plantings, drip-irrigation and ferrocement technologies, renewable energy systems, and composting toilets. Outreach includes social programs that provide educational opportunities based in ecological agriculture, community reforestation efforts, local seed and plant exchanges, a children's nutritional kitchen, and a new community center and library that allows Bonafide to be an area for cultural exchange on the island and beyond. *Course Description:* Specific topics include: -site analysis and design from the tropics to temperate regions -landscape master planning and microclimate design -pattern recognition and reading the landscape -design for climate change -regenerative land management -water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution -biologically based treatment of grey and black water -natural building techniques -plant propagation and organic horticulture -soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies -myco-forestry -orchard design and maintenance -renewable energy -local and regenerative economics …and much, much more! *Instructors:* Chris Shanks (USA), Kristofer Fallas (Costa Rica), Nevis Ortiz Mairena (Nicaragua), and Maria Eugenia Hernandez (Nicaragua) *Course Fee:* $1250, includes housing and delicious meals * * *Contact:* Jackie Pitts at [email protected] *Website:* www.projectbonafide.com
