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Commenced:
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01/01/1988 |
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Submitted:
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09/11/2011 |
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Last updated:
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26/12/2015 |
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Location:
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2 miles up river, San Pedro Columbia, Toledo, BZ |
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630 4386 |
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Website:
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www.mmrfbz.org |
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Climate zone:
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Wet/Dry Tropical |
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Project: Maya Mountain Research Farm
Posted by Christopher Nesbitt about 12 years ago
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Maya Mountain Research Farm is the oldest permaculture project in Central America. This course is a great opportunity to learn permaculture in a location that is a result of 24 years of work.
8th Annual
Permaculture Design Course,
February 18th through
March 1st, 2013
February 18th through March 1st, 2013
Place: Maya Mountain Research Farm
San Pedro Columbia, BELIZE
Instructors:
Albert Bates, Andrew Goodheart Brown, Christopher Nesbitt & local guest instructors.
Cost:USD1250/Belize$2500
includes organic farm fresh meals, all course materials and
expeditions, comfortable accommodation in the farm, and a certificate or
Permaculture Design upon completion of the course.
For Details, or to register, please contact Christopher at info(a)mmrfbz.org.
Through
lecture, discussion, small groups, site visits and hands on experience,
participants will gain the tools to create sustainable, ecologically
based homes, farms, businesses and communities.
Tucked into the
foothills of the Maya Mountains, two miles up river from the village of
San Pedro Columbia in southern Belize, Maya Mountain Research Farm is a
working demonstration farm and registered NGO that promotes sustainable
agriculture, appropriate technology and food security using permaculture
principles and applied biodiversity. With 24 years of organic
management and conversion from an abandoned cattle and citrus farm to a
polyculture, MMRF is one of Central Americas oldest permaculture farms.
A
scholarship for this Permaculture Design Course is being offered by
Maya Mountain Research Farm in memory of Anne Bulford. Anne Bulford
graduated from Antioch College, was active in organic agriculture in
Ohio, working at Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association, and died
in November, 2008 of cancer. She has two boys, Peter and Skyler, who
live with Annes mother, Sally. Applicants must be Belizean or
Guatemalan, working in agriculture in the communities adjacent to the
Maya Mountains in Belize, or in Izabel or Peten Department of Guatemala,
and a farmer or community leader. To apply, please contact Christopher
Nesbitt with a description of the work you are doing, and a resume or CV
and explain why you would like to participate in this course.
Teachers:
Albert
Bates is a former lawyer, paramedic, graphic artist and author of
eleven books on energy, environment and law, and produced two films on
ecovillages. He is the founder of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas
and was active in the creation of the Global Ecovillage Network. He has
lectured and universities and government agencies and worked on natural
buildings, village infrastructure, and permaculture landscapes on 6
continents. He has been teaching permaculture design courses since 1994.
Andrew
Goodheart Brown, M.Sc. in Sustainable Use of Natural Resources;
Permaculture Teacher and Practitioner since 1994; International
Consultant in Ecological Agriculture; Organic Gardener and Home
Orchardist (a total fruit nut!); Gourmet Natural Food Chef; Artisanal
Bread Baker and Home Brewer; Endangered Species Observer; Naturalist and
Field Biologist.
Christopher Nesbitt has lived and studied
agriculture in Belize since the mid 1980s. He worked for Green &
Blacks, an organic chocolate company, from 1997 to 2004 on issues
related to organic certification, Fairtrade certification and extension.
He was a founding member of Belize Organic Producers Association, and
has worked as a consultant for the Government of Belize’s Ministry of
Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Department. He installs
photovoltaic and photovoltaic/wind hybrid systems in protected areas,
schools, village level photovoltaic water pumps, and teaches
agroforestry.
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