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Rancho Mastatal Sustainability Education Center

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Commenced:	01/11/2001
Submitted:	10/10/2013
Last updated:	14/09/2016
Location:	100 metros NO Centro de Acopio, Mastatal, Puriscal, CR
Phone:	+506 2200-0920
Website:	http://www.ranchomastatal.com
Climate zone:	Wet Tropical

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Permaculture Design Certification Course

Project: Rancho Mastatal Sustainability Education Center

Posted by Scott Gallant over 10 years ago

Join Chris Shanks, Scott Gallant and others this April 2015 for our sixth annual PDC.

Permaculture Design Certification Course

Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica

April 19th through May 2nd, 2015

Join renowned permaculture instructors Chris Shanks, Mitch Haddad, Scott Gallant and Laura Killingbeck for this annual life-changing 2-week experience. The course covers the core Permaculture Design curriculum and emphasizes creating diverse multi-functional human landscapes based on ecological patterns. Utilizing Rancho Mastatal as a living classroom, the class will mix lectures and hands-on work, exploring design solutions for both temperate and tropical regions. Putting Permaculture into pracitce, the course concludes with students working in teams to create their own permaculture site design. This course is applicable to anyone with an interest in designing resilient and regenerative futures as well as professionals in the fields of architecture, planning, ecology, education, farming and community development. The whole-systems design thinking outlined in the course will give participants the tools to re-design and improve their surroundings; from gardens, farms and homes, to livelihoods, relationships and communities.

For information on costs, curriculum, instructor bios, and much more, please visit our website here.

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Rancho Mastatal

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Elizabeth Goodman : This was awesome!! Anyone thinking about taking any course at RM should not miss out. Go for it, friends! :)

Posted over 9 years ago

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