In Two Months One of the Most Amazing Courses Will Begin – Don’t Miss the Pre-IPC PDC!!

When: 3rd – 15th September 2011
Where: Amman, Jordan
What: One of the Most Dynamic Permaculture Design Certificate Courses You’ll Ever Have the Chance to Attend!

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In two short months, one of the most dynamic PDCs you will likely ever have the opportunity to attend will begin, in the lead-up to the Tenth International Permaculture Conference & Convergence (IPC10).

Presenters of the course include Bill Mollison, Geoff & Nadia Lawton, Brad Lancaster and Warren Brush. Between them they have a wealth of people- and planet-saving knowledge to share.

I’m looking forward to it myself!

Please see more details on the teachers below, and I hope to see you there!!

Click here for more info and to book!

Teacher Bios

Brad Lancaster is the author of the best-selling, and award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 and 2. Living on an eighth of an acre (0.05 ha) in downtown Tucson, Arizona, where rainfall is less than 12 inches (305 mm) annually, Brad practices what he preaches by harvesting over 100,000 gallons (379,000 liters) of rainwater a year., creating an oasis in the desert by directing this harvested rainwater not off their property and into storm drains, but instead incorporating it into living air conditioners of food-bearing shade trees, abundant gardens, and a thriving landscape that includes habitat for wildlife. This living example, dynamic public talks, and countless hands-on workshops have inspired thousands of citizens and numerous businesses in Tucson and around the country to harvest water and sustainably grow their local resources.

Brad’s engaging style and entertaining and informative speaking and teaching are in demand resulting in interviews with National Public Radio, New Dimensions, and Natural Home and Garden, along with presentations and workshops for the Bioneers Convergence, the Green Festival, the Texas Natural Building Colloquium, the New Mexico Xeriscape Conference, Organic Farming Conferences, the U.S. State Department in the Middle East, and more.

Brad Lancaster is a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder of native foods non-profit Desert Harvesters (DesertHarvesters.org). Brad has taught programs for the ECOSA Institute, Columbia University, University of Arizona, Prescott College, Audubon Expeditions, and many others. He has helped design integrated water harvesting and permaculture systems for homeowners and gardeners, including the Tucson Audubon Simpson Farm restoration site, and the award-winning Milagro and Stone Curves co-housing projects.

Warren Brush is a certified Permaculture designer and teacher as well as a mentor and storyteller. He has worked for over 25 years in inspiring people of all ages to discover, nurture and express their inherent gifts while living in a sustainable manner.  He is co-founder of Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm, Sustainable Vocations, Wilderness Youth Project, Trees for Children and his Permaculture design company, True Nature Design.  He works extensively in Permaculture education and sustainable systems design in North America and in Africa as well as in other countries worldwide. He has devoted many years to mentoring youth to inspire and equip them to live in a sustainable manner with integrity and a hopeful outlook.  His mentoring includes working with those who are former child soldiers, orphans, from troubled families and situations as well as those youth from other varied and privileged backgrounds. 

Geoff Lawton is an internationally-renowned permaculture educator, consultant and practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and later studied permaculture with Bill Mollison in Tasmania. He established the Permaculture Research Institute at Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147-acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. PRI was eventually moved to Zaytuna Farm, in The Channon, where it continues today.

Since 1985, Geoff has designed and implemented permaculture projects in 30 countries for private individuals and groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, and multinational corporations. He has taught the Permaculture Design Certificate course in 30 countries.

Nadia Lawton, co-teacher and translater on this course, was born and raised in the Jordan (Dead Sea) Valley, in the lowest and one of the driest places on earth. She completed her PDC with Sindhu Webber in Jordan and went on to complete a Permaculture Diploma in Education and Site Design. She regularly travels with her husband for aid project and permaculture consulting work, and assists in teaching permaculture design courses.

Nadia established PRI Jordan and the Jawasari Permaculture Society.

Bill Mollison is a researcher, author, scientist, teacher and naturalist. He is the developer of the curriculum for the world class Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course and authors many books dealing with Permaculture.  He established and continues to direct the first and longest running Permaculture Institute in existence. He is the first teacher of anything  permaculture, both domestically in Australia and on a global scale, and continues teaching Permaculture Design Certificate courses today, most recently in Istanbul in November 2010.

Students will be privileged to hear Bill speak at the PDC!