<p><a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/candela.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4742" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/candela-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a> <a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_9974.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4708" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_9974-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a> <a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_9954.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4707" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_9954-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a> <a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC05341-1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4869" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC05341-1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a> <a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC_3008.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4704" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC_3008-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a> <a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/yes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4737" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/yes-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG-20180120-WA0013.jpg"> <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4870" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG-20180120-WA0013-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> <a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20170712_192051.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4872" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20170712_192051-300x180.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="180" /> </a><a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/La-Bolina-image.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/La-Bolina-image-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a></p> <h2><strong><i>Questions/Contact: </i></strong></h2> <p><em><b>Luis:</b> <span style="font-weight: 400">ptm@permaculturasureste.org</span> <span style="font-weight: 400"><br /> </span><b>Candela</b><span style="font-weight: 400">: +34601465875 </span></em></p> <h2>Sign-up <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/RaMqgh19XnP16eXk1"><em><strong>HERE</strong></em></a></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"><a href="http://www.bluemountainspermacultureinstitute.com.au/resources/permaculture-teaching-matters/">Permaculture Teaching Matters (PTM)</a> is an international teachers training course organised by the <a href="https://www.labolina.org/">La Bolina Regeneration Project</a> and facilitated by <a href="http://www.12pdesign.net/alfred-decker">Alfred Decker</a> and <a href="https://permacultureglobal.org/users/20297-candela-vargas-poveda">Candela Vargas</a>. The course will be available to PDC holders from any country.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">PTM is designed for those who want to teach based on Rosemary Morrow’s participatory learning methods. The course will help participants to:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Change the way they think about education. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Move towards a permaculture teaching career</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Empower others with life-changing skills</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Learn to pass on knowledge of permaculture theory and practice in ways that creates real change in your students, and activates entire communities</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Make connections with an international community of permaculture teachers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Gain skills in working with students from different cultures and backgrounds</span></li> </ul> <h1><b>When and Where</b></h1> <p><a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image2.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-4866 alignleft" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image2-300x154.jpg" alt="" width="368" height="189" /></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The PTM course will take place from December 8-15, 2018, at the facilities of La Bolina restoration project in Saleres, a beautiful little village in the depths of the “Valle de Lecrin” in Granada. La Bolina is an association that works for the integration of refugees and migrants in rural environments, through the creation of sustainable livelihoods based on agroecology, permaculture and sustainable commerce.</span></p> <h2><strong><a href="https://www.labolina.org/">More info about La Bolina</a></strong></h2> <p><b>Course Begins:</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> Dinner on the </span><b>night of December 8th</b><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></p> <p><b>Course Ends:</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> Certificate ceremony on the </span><b>night of December 15th</b><span style="font-weight: 400">, followed by optional dinner, party and “No Talent Show”. There will be an optional breakfast available the next morning.</span></p> <h2><strong><a href="http://www.bluemountainspermacultureinstitute.com.au/about-us/">More about Rosemary “Rowe” Morrow</a></strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"><a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_9949.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4060 alignnone" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_9949-300x200.jpg" alt="img_9949" width="300" height="200" /></a></span></p> <h1>The PTM Teaching Team in Granada</h1> <p><a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/alf.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4867 alignleft" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/alf-293x300.png" alt="" width="293" height="300" /></a><a href="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/certified-educator-500.png"><img class="wp-image-4763 alignnone" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/certified-educator-500-300x127.png" alt="" width="692" height="293" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.12pdesign.net/alfred-decker">Alfred Decker</a> is an <a href="http://springprize.org/shortlisted/montbio-montnegre-biochar/">award-winning</a> permaculture designer, a certified educator with the Permaculture Association UK, and one of Europe’s leading permaculture educators. Since his first PDC in 1998 in California, Alfred has been involved with social movements and projects throughout Europe and the Americas. He is the founder of the <a href="http://www.12pdesign.net">12 Principles Permaculture Design</a> consultancy, <a href="http://www.permacultura-bcn.org/">Permacultura Barcelona</a> and the Forest Gardens project at <a href="http://www.canmasdeu.net/">Can Masdeu</a>; is a co-founder of the Spanish Permaculture Academy (<a href="http://www.permaculturaibera.org/">Academia de Permacultura Íbera</a>); and was a member of the <a href="http://www.permateachers.eu/">European Permaculture Teachers Partnership</a> and the <a href="http://permaculturecouncil.eu/">Permaculture Council of Europe</a>.  Alfred holds a post graduate diploma in sustainable architecture and renewable energy (<a href="http://www.cat.org.uk/">Centre for Alternative Technology</a>).<br /> After taking a permaculture teachers training with Rosemary Morrow in 2011, he undertook a two year mentorship and later co-taught six courses with her, ultimately earning a <a href="http://www.12pdesign.net:2082/cpsess2688933650/download?skipencode=1&file=%2fhome%2fpdesignn%2fpublic_html%2fDiploma%20final-Alfred%20Decker.pdf">Diploma in Permaculture Education & Community Development</a> in 2013 through the <a href="http://www.bluemountainspermacultureinstitute.com.au/">Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute (Australia)</a>. Committed to furthering the teachers’ training platform “Permaculture Teaching Matters” (PTM) that Rosemary developed in over three decades of teaching experience around the world, Alfred co-edited her forthcoming PTM manual and organised a successful crowdfunding campaign to develop the platform.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"><a href="https://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image5.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4868 alignleft" src="http://12pdesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image5-297x300.png" alt="" width="297" height="300" /></a></span></p> <p><a href="https://permacultureglobal.org/users/20297-candela-vargas-poveda"><span style="font-weight: 400">Candela</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> began investigating the mechanisms of life at an early age, and later studied Biology at the University of Granada. She became a passionate activist and fighter for Climate Justice at COP 15 when she moved to Denmark, where she lived for 8 years, completing a masters in Nature Management and a </span><span style="font-weight: 400">thesis</span><span style="font-weight: 400"> on Forest Garden Design and Implementation. She is  a cofounders of </span><a href="https://pirn.permaculture.org.uk/food-forests-and-forest-gardens"><span style="font-weight: 400">FFIRN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> (Food Forest International Research Network), has been a member of the board of </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Permaculture Denmark</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">for 5 years, a LAND advisor, a volunteer coordinator at the pioneering urban garden in Copenhagen </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Byhaven 2200</span><span style="font-weight: 400">, and involved in many other projects such as Seed Pop Up, Gift Circle, and many other environmental/cultural collectives. Candela has been teaching permaculture in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Spain. In Italy she enjoyed with Rowe and Alfred a great PTM course that reinforced her teaching skills and got her teaching  PTM courses with Alfred.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">She loves gathering wild foods, doing acroyoga, and singing her Permaculture songs.</span></p> <h1><b>This course is for…</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">PDC holders in any of the following fields: teachers and students of architecture, landscape design, school/community gardeners, local government community development officers, ecology and other disciplines including geography, regenerative agriculture and agroforestry as well as permaculture design. If you’re looking to do any type of sustainability or permaculture education/communication, this is the course you’ve been waiting for. In addition, this course will have a special focus on permaculture for refugees and migrants.</span></p> <p><b>You will learn how to:</b></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Design a short or a long course</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Develop clear course outcomes and ethics</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Adopt appropriate body behaviour and use nonviolent communication</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Prepare learning resources and use teaching aids effectively</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Organise classroom and learning environments</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Work with a broad range of people from different cultures and backgrounds</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Draw on strategies that promote thinking and integrate practical experience</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Deliver clear explanations and concepts</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Explain the structure and function of the Permaculture Design Course</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Give engaging digital presentations</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Debrief, appraise, and apply other teaching techniques</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Work collaboratively in groups</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Practice teaching in a safe, supportive community of peers</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"><strong>We require all students to have completed a PDC</strong> (anywhere in the world) before the course starting date.</span></p> <h1>Fees & Accommodation</h1> <p><b>The price for the course is 600€.</b></p> <p><b>Your fees include:</b></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Three healthy vegetarian meals a day and accommodation in shared bedrooms</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">A life-changing learning experience</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Digital resources</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">A Permaculture Teaching Matters Certificate</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">A new generation of permaculture teachers and doers for you to join!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">A free copy of </span><a href="http://www.permaculture.co.uk/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Permaculture Magazine</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Option to buy Rosemary’s </span><a href="http://permanentpublications.co.uk/port/the-earth-users-guide-to-permaculture-%20teachers-notes-by-rosemary-morrow/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Earth User’s Guide to Teaching Permaculture</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> at a 30% discount.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400">Option to buy Rosemary’s <i>PTM Manual</i> at the cost of printing (free download <a href="http://www.bluemountainspermacultureinstitute.com.au/resources/permaculture-teaching-matters/">here</a>)</li> </ul> <h1><strong><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/RaMqgh19XnP16eXk1"><span style="font-weight: 400">Sign-up For the Course HERE</span></a></strong></h1> <h2></h2>