Commenced:
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01/01/2008 |
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Submitted:
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06/02/2011 |
Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
Location:
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Marda village, , Salfit region, PS |
Website:
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http://mardafarm.wordpess.com/ |
Climate zone:
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Mediterranean |
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Project: Marda Permaculture Farm, Palestine
Posted by Murad J.R.ALkhufash almost 12 years ago
PDC to run 16th-30th May
* Languages: English with Arabic translation
* A fantastic opportunity to learn Permaculture Design at Marda’s demonstration site and to experience Palestinian culture at its richest.
* Marda is an ancient, peaceful stone village nestled in the mountains one hour from Jerusalem and surrounded by olive groves.
* The mild climate and rich soil support a great diversity of flora and fauna and being close to the soil here in the Holy Land is a life changing experience.
* The course includes 14 nights board in a comfortable house (camping if you prefer) with internet, showers, washing machine etc..
* Everyone is welcome to this 14 day event, please contact us to book and for help with travel advice.
Program Outline
What is permaculture?
Permaculture history, ethics and principles.
Palestine—cultural overview, history, land use history. Traditional agriculture—what we can learn from the ancestors.
Climate change.
Reading the landscape.
Site analysis.
Patterns in nature and their application to design.
Zones and sectors
Microclimate
Water:
Water harvesting: swales, ponds, keyline
A-frames and bunyips—finding contour
Rain catchment and storage
Graywater
Sewage solutions—black water treatment, rock and reed beds, living machines, compost toilets
Soil:
Soil structure and biology
Soil building
Compost
Compost tea
Sheet mulch
Cover crops and green manures
Soil, water and carbon cycles
Bioremediation of soil and water
Mycoremediation and mushrooms
Rotational grazing and keyline
Plants:
Plant guilds
Polycultures
Seed saving
Food forests
Orchard planning and tree care
Trees and sustainable forestry, woodland management
Coppice and pollarding
Wind breaks
Animals in the system:
Bees and beekeeping
Chickens and poultry
Sheep and goats—holistic management grazing systems
Aquaponics
Energy systems:
Energy conservation
Alternative energy—renewables
Solar—passive, active, hot water
Wind
Savonius rotor systems
Rocket and masonry stoves
Natural Building:
Traditions of the Middle East
Cob, adobe, mudbrick, strawclay
Group dynamics and decision-making:
Conflict transformation
Way of council
Open space
World cafe
Economics:
Money, debt and true wealth
Alternative currencies
Crowd funding
Microlending
Organizing for a permacultural vision:
Bioregionalism
Design:
Mapping
Site assessment
Design process and tools
Design project and presentation
Instructors
Starhawk is one of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality. She is also well known as a global justice activist and organizer, whose work and writings have inspired many to action. She is the author or coauthor of twelve books including The Fifth Sacred Thing, The Earth Path and The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups. She holds an MA in Psychology from Antioch West University, and received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 1996 from Penny Livingston-Stark. Since 2000, she has been teaching and directing Earth Activist Trainings, which offer training in permaculture with a grounding in spirit and a focus on organizing and activism, with a mission to bring the tools and insights of regenerative design to communities with the greatest need. EAT has trained hundreds of students over the past thirteen years, as well as providing support for social justice mobilizations and encampments, disaster aid and bioremediation in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and ongoing training for at-risk youth, community gardens and job training programs in inner city San Francisco. Starhawk has a special interest in the people-care aspects of social permaculture, in conflict resolution and group decision-making, and in urban permaculture. Together with EAT teacher Charles Williams, she is also developing model permaculture systems for Mediterranean climates on her Sonoma County, CA ranch, integrating olives, lavender, food forests, chickens and a holistic management rotational grazing program for sheep. She also has a deep love for soil biology and the roll soil building can play in mitigating climate change.
Klaudia van Gool has had an interest in plants and growing for as long as she can remember and has incorporated Permaculture ideas for the last 20 years. She did the Sustainable Land Use and Permaculture Design Certificate at Ragmans Lane Farm with Patrick Whitefield in 2006 and completed her Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design in January 2009. She has a degree in Environmental Science from the University of Plymouth and has worked advising and training businesses on environmental improvements. She is interested in wild foods and natural beekeeping and she has a particular interest in the role of People Care in Permaculture. Klaudia has been teaching Permaculture in a variety of places and with a range of teachers, including Aranya, Patrick Whitefield, Albert Bates and Looby MacNamara (People and Permaculture) cross-fertilising as she goes.
Murad Al Khuffash is Marda Permaculture Farm founder and permaculture specialist. In 2006, after studying permaculture at the Farm Ecovillage Training Center in Summertown, Tennessee, Murad Alkhfash founded Marda Permaculture Farm. He is creating a teaching center and model farm in Marda for local farmers and international permaculture students.
Price
International students: $1600
Local students: $400 (a limited number
of scholarships might be available)
For registration and more information
Email: [email protected]
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Website: http://mardafarm.wordpress.com/
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