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Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course
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World Institute for Sustainability and Education
Osa Peninsula
COSTA RICA

www.wisecostarica7.homestead.com

Program description:

Get your Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) on this 10 day certification course in Costa Rica! The World Institute for Sustainability and Education (WISE) is based in the South Pacific region of Costa Rica, on a private, sustainable living, resort community.

The WISE Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course will teach you all about permaculture design and living sustainably on this great planet of ours. The course is taught by an amazing couple who spent much time with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton, and are internationally respected experts in the field of permaculture design.  

Some of the topics covered include:

  •     Design methods

  •     Understanding patterns in nature

  •     Trees and their energy transactions

  •     Forest establishment

  •     Food forests

  •     Climatic factors

  •     Temperate zones

  •     Humid tropics

  •     Dry land strategies

  •     Islands

  •     Aquaculture

  •     Water harvesting

  •     Waste management

  •     Soil biology, creation and erosion control

  •     Energy efficient architecture

  •     Legal strategies and trusts

  •     Earthworks and their use in earth repair

  •     Strategies for urban and rural environments

  •     Money and finance

  •     Bio-regional organization

  •     Ethical investment:

    This is a very intensive course, so please come expecting full days of learning and activities. Your days here at the WISE Permaculture Design Certificate course will be filled with fun, excitement, good food and lots of learning by the best professors in their field.

    Earn your Permaculture Design Certificate, live in a genuine sustainable community project, enjoy the beauty of Costa Rica, and have an amazing learning experience you’ll carry with you for the rest of your life!



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    General program information:

    Program open to: Everyone
    Travel to site: Independent Travel
    Cost or price of this program:

    WISE Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course is 10 days long and includes double occupancy in a tent cabin and all meals. Transportation is provided from Palmar Norte and back.

    Certification: You will be Permaculture Design certified when you leave.

    Dates: This course is offered 4 times per year. Next course runs May 14th – 24th 2010!

    Cost: $1195 per person
    Scholarship: $200 scholarship available for writing a brief paper on how you will help your community with the knowledge you gain at the course. Please inquire for detailed application requirements.

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