Three weeks PDC
Next date 7 to 28 October 2023
With:
Frances Osborn, Diploma in Applied Permaculture
Emilio Gilabert, Farm Manager
Fermin Olalla, Eco-builder
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How is our PDC course special?
Learn new skills
Providing you with the skills to live a holistic life in harmony with nature, this unique one month course will teach you how to use and implement different eco-building techniques in small constructions and create an organic vegetable garden while nourishing mind, body and soul in the heart of Andalusia.
One month
Over 3 transformative weeks, you will embark on an accredited permaculture design course (PDC) combining hands-on experience in the garden with classroom time where you will learn about vital topics in today’s times such as syntropic farming and agroforestry.
Hosted by a Yoga retreat center
As you learn with us, you will be welcomed into the arms of Suryalila’s supportive yoga community and nourished with a daily yoga session, delicious vegetarian food, dips in the salt water swimming pool, meditation, inspiring discussions, outdoor pursuits, cultural excursions and much more.
Practical
The PDC will be integrated with an expertly led practical course in eco-building where you will learn how to create a sustainable small constructions from the ground up using organic, natural materials.
Our experience includes:
- Certification: By the end of the course you will be certified in Permaculture Design by REPESEI, the permaculture association of the south west of the Iberian Peninsula with over 30 years of existence.
- Sleep in an eco house: You have the opportunity of sleep into different sustainable eco-building. Other accommodations also possible.
- 60 hours of classes: To compliment your time in the garden and eco-building, you will receive daily classroom time where you will learn the theory behind the practical.
- 40 practical hours: Gain hands-on experience growing food and flowers in a Mediterranean climate following permaculture principles – skills which can be adapted and applied anywhere from an urban garden to a small holding and building small constructions with different eco-building techniques.
What else?
- 1 cultural excursion/ visit to local eco projects: Enjoy a trip to local beauty spots such as a walk along the El Bosque River; a scenic hike up a well preserved Roman road from Ubrique to Benaocaz or a visit inspiring regenerative projects in the area that make a difference at grassroots level
- Daily yoga practice: Through out the course, you will be welcomed into expertly taught Vinyasa and Restorative yoga classes held in Suryalila’s beautiful yoga shalas and spaces.
- World-class vegetarian food: Enjoy delicious and nutritious organic vegetarian buffets a day lovingly prepared with seasonable produce many of them harvested from the garden as well as access to a selection of fresh fruits and beverages.
- Great community spirit: Feel supported, nurtured and inspired within the arms of our creative, positive and international community where freedom of expression and respect for others are actively encouraged and held in the up most regard.
Watch the whole PDC movie shot by the talented BBC filmmaker Michael Reilly
Teachers
Frances Osborn
Frances is an ecologist with a degree in Environmental Sciences from Southampton University, UK, and a PhD in Insect Ecology from the Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela. With a Diploma in Applied Permaculture in March 2021. Frances has extensive experience in garden and agricultural systems at different scales. She is particularly interested in soil ecology and restoration.
Emilio Gilabert
Farm manager at Danyadara.
The search for a healthier and more respectful life choices with Mother Earth led him to train in Yoga, Meditation, Health and vegetarian cooking, organic farming and mindfulness.
His objective is to create a ‘green lung’, a ‘school of flavours of the earth’ and a native forest that recreates and shelters the ecosystem that 100 years ago reigned in this region of Spain.
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Option 1
- Shared accommodation:
- – Triple yurt x 3 ppl or
- – Minidome x 2 ppl – one queen size bed or
- – Family yurt x 2 ppl – one king size bed
- 3 organic meals a day
- Yoga clases
- Tools & materials for hands-on activities
- Tuition fees
- * all prices are per person
Option 2
- Shared accommodation:
- -Glamping tent x 2 ppl
- 3 organic meals a day
- Yoga clases
- Tools & materials for hands-on activities
- Tuition fees
Option 3
- Shared accommodation:
- -Bring your own van.
- 3 organic meals a day
- Yoga clases
- Tools & materials for hands-on activities
- Tuition fees
Reservations:
Limited places!
To make a reservatio, send us an email: [email protected]
Once you have made the reservation, more info, the schedule and timetable will be sent to you.
Cancellation policy:
- If you cancel your attendance to the course up to 8 weeks in advance, you are entitled to a full refund minus 5% admin costs and possible bank fees.
- The 80% of the total fee will be refunded in case of cancellations made up to 8 weeks before the course start.
- Payments are non-refundable if cancellations are made within 2
month of the start date or once the course has started. - *If you need to cancel within 1 month
before the course start, no refund will be made but you can rebook the course for other dates.
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