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Does anything exist on earth more valuable than a seed?

Millions of seeds dropped from millions of plants
are blossoming this minute around us,
though few are thankful.

Univerd Organisation (OU) of Barcelona-Catalonia-Spain,
thinking of the fact that nothing is so important for any human being
than the blossoming seeds that grow up around us,
after 22 years of promoting the importance of nutrients
from the wild local species,
is promoting the world SEEDday of native plant,
to foster the search for nutrients in wild plants,
and easier ways to prepare them,
in order to reach an easier digestion and better human nutrition.

From here, and inside the Univerd-ecoCultura group,
we are establishing the Univerd-SEEDday section
now inviting goodwill people around the world to celebrate locally
the “world SEEDday”.

Contact: ecocultura@terra.es

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Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton and Greg Knibbs combine forces to teach the

PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE
http://www.tagari.com/

Monday 22nd September through to Saturday 4th October 2008 . Melbourne University

“This course has already changed a lot of the world - Come help us finish the job!” ~ Bill Mollison April 27, 2005

BILL MOLLISON, the legendary Permaculture teacher, promoter and designer - who, over 26 years of non-stop travelling, designing, teaching and writing, personally planted the seeds of Permaculture in over 120 countries. Bill is the founding director of The Permaculture Institute, the first and longest running Permaculture Institute in existence.

GEOFF LAWTON who is world renowned for field expertise and extensive teaching experience in the ecological “badlands” of Earth, areas of extreme cultural conflicts, as well as more friendly environments. Founding director of the acclaimed Permaculture Research Institute, Geoff is working in more countries and co-ordinating more projects on the ground than any other Permaculture Institute today.

AND

GREG KNIBBS is a passionate Permaculture designer and teacher who has worked in Africa and the Philippines over many years. Greg is the founding Director of International Permaculture Services and brings to the course a wealth of experience and knowledge in all aspects of Permaculture Design.

Earth’s ecosystems are in crisis. Permaculture offers practical, sustainable solutions. You can be part of the exciting adventure of positive world change.

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS! BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC EVENT!

To book in and register please click here and follow the instructions or send an email to sales@tagari.com

We encourage you to book early to avoid disappointment and to take advantage of the early bird discounts available.

The venue for this course is Trinity College, Melbourne University. We have booked an excellent Lecture Theatre (see photo below). Delicious morning and afternoon teas are provided and accommodation is available at mgordon@trinity.unimelb.edu.au (Trinity College) or nearby for students. A course brochure is available from sales@tagari.com .. If you have questions you can ring the Permaculture Institute 61 (0) 3 6445 0945, the Convenor, Tony Watkins 61 (0) 3 9762 6356 mob. 61 (0) 427626326 or The Permaculture Research Institute 61 (0) 2 6688 6578 and we will be pleased to assist you. Information is also available at www.tagari.com and www.permaculture.org.au

This course is the full 72 hour Permaculture Design Certificate course including all theory and practical exercises necessary to enable a student to become a Permaculture designer and teacher and can lead on to full teacher registration and Diploma of Permaculture Design with the Permaculture Institute.

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Permaculture Design for Islands with Bill Mollison

Permaculture Design for Islands and Shorelines

With Bill Mollison

Bocas Del Toro PANAMA

16th, 17th 18th, 19th July 2008
Lectures begin on the 16th 9 am, please arrive on the 15th, Lectures end at noon on the 19th, please be prepared to leave on the 19th.

$1,500 AUD including accommodation and food.

About the Course

Energy Systems
Water handling
Padi culture
Sealing of sands and corals
Palm PolyCulture
Appropriate Building Strategies for the tropics
AquaCulture
Lagoon Culture
Mariculture

Class hours will be from 9 am to noon and from 4 pm to 7pm with the afternoon off.

About Bill’s island Experience

This is a rare event. Bill, retired from a heavy teaching and traveling routine sometime ago, but as the years go by he finds time to travel and teach subjects he is passionate about.

Having been born and reared on the island of Tasmania, Islands hold a special place in Bill’s heart and fascination. The first voyages of Bill’s Permaculture travels and teaching took place on the islands of Hawaii where Bill taught Permaculture and installed systems. One forest is in plain view from the window of plane as you fly into Honolulu. Elder Hawaiian’s reported they had not seen such taro as the taro yielded from the Permaculture Taro dryland Padis.

Work on the Canaries, due to their incredibly low annual rainfall took a quite a different approach, but calling on Permaculture skills and strategies the results were just as satisfactory and perhaps even more so, considering the challenge of the location.

In the Sechelles, engaged by His majesty, Sh’ Aran Pahlevi, Bill’s Permaculture skills were applied to the re-design and on-going management of a large coconut plantation in the Amarantes.

Many courses were taught by Bill in Palau where the need of the people centered around rehabilitation of shoreline and tidal padis.

And while Bill’s travel and Permaculture work has found him giving courses, designing or installing food production and energy systems on the Islands of Newfoundland, Iceland, Whiddy Island. Orcas Island, Flinders Island to name a few, this course will have a heavy emphasis on Permaculture Design for tropical and sub-tropical islands.

About the Venu
http://www.bocastesoroescondido.com

Please go to the web site to check out the venu and accommodation.

You need to arrive on the 15th of July and leave on the 19th of July. You don’t need to book in- We take care of that. The location is out-of-town and the rooms options are mixed. To make it easy, we will place each student into a room or bed that seems appropriate. All meals and accommodation are included in the price, so some will have a single bed and where appropriate and beds are available doubles will be available. We’ll do the best we can. And as it is only for three nights, everyone ought to be happy. Bill will be eating meals with students and evenings after lecture. This is a special experience for those who attend.