Permaculture Design Courses and sustainable design for your land or your community.
______________________Simple steps for ecological and social harmony using permaculture Design.
Positive communication, conflict resolution, project management,
decision making, alternative economies, intentional communities, new school education.
Learning to design and care for ourselves, our communities, and the planet.
This 5 day course is designed to be useful to anyone who interacts with others. So unless you’re a hermit, that’s YOU!
Have you ever asked yourself one of these questions?
Managing people is so much harder than developing the land. How can I do it better?
Where do I start when trying to create and organise my project?
How do I keep the people involved in my project happy and inspired?
When challenges appear, how do I keep moving forward?
I want to keep inspired and manifest my vision for the future. How can I
get support and help others realise their own visions?
During the course we will explore:
Decision making
Social organisation
Conflict resolution
Power of celebration
Alternative economy Sustainable community
….. and much more …..!
Who is Helder Valente
Helder Valente was born in the rural countryside of Portugal and raised
in a family of sustainably living farmers, times wen oil was not a part
of the current culture, neither was television. Already as a child he
began observing the phenomenon of patterns in nature and the way
elements relate and interact,.The connection with the language of nature
was present at a very early age.
Wille living in an urban situation and practicing his gardening knowledge at the same time, he was introduced to permaculture,
by that time he was supporting the development of a social center near
the Sintra mountains in Portugal and working as an artist. Since then he
has been researching and implementing sustainable structures in
different social and ecological situations.
This past years he has been
learning and working with recognized permaculturists like the cocreator
of permaculture Bill Mollison, and other pioneers of this movement like geoff lawton, Doug Bullock, Rosemary Morrow, Darren Doherty and sepp holzer,
to name a few, and in the major world climatic regions. In this process
Helder has been researching & implementing sustainability
principles in a wide variety of environments ,from urban and rural
plotting in the north and south of Europe to the the arid landscapes of
Egypt & Turkey and lately big scale areas of tropical jungles of
Peru and Brazil, having the deep pleasure of sharing knowledge with
tribal communities of the Andes and the Amazon jungle with the Quechua
and Shipibo indigenous people.
Helder is now part of the european
permaculture teachers partnership that functions as a networking
generator to create exchange of information around permaculture
education.
He has been ever expanding his expertise in diverse
social and ecological contexts and finished the permaculture diploma
theses with the british permaculture association around the subject of
non formal education in permaculture as a way to support the future
generations and became a tutor for the permaculture diploma
jouneymans.In this maturing process he has been developing his own
teaching style and created a nomadic educational program called “The New
School Permaculture”, that is a mixture of many different pedagogic
methods, and adding some spices of game therapy, its a form of education
in wich he provides permaculture knowledge , totally based on the needs
of the student, so by that …learner centered…and with a big focus on
the creation of connections between the right and left side of the
brain, to support the development of the full potential of the learner…
he calls that creative empowering education.
This will be New School Permaculture most important course of the year
After many years listening to europeans students asking Helder to do a PTC, the time has arrived for people in this continent to have availabke and experiment with New School Permaculture educational ToolBox.
After teaching on more than 30 PDCs and 30 other diverse courses like PSC Permaculture Social courses, Food Forest Courses, Permaculture Water Course, Permaculture soil course Helder have been developing very simple tools to create a good learner, after all to be a good teacher its very usefull to be a better learner.
On that process Helder been focusing most of his energy on learning from poor people in every country he visits and try to understand that openess.
After traveling more than 30 countris and working with people in the deep amazon were rivers have deep oil polution or with quechua people in the Andes and having to face air polution due to mine extractions, there came a powerfull moment of transition.
This transition is the vision of the New School Permaculture and its to provide alternative creative educational thinking and practice by supporting people on having a different perspective on ecosocial design.
To do that we focus on what is essential and fundamental.
On this course you will learn about what are the main patterns in education and how to manage them in a way that the students get empowered.
How to design a lesson and a classroom, how to develop a course, promotion and preparations, hosting and celebration.
How to teach a PDC or any other course of any kind and how to make a living out of it, supporting the needs of nature and of people.
What is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a sustainable design system that provides for human needs while having positive effects on the surrounding environment. It is based on the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share, and provides practical solutions to the global crises we are currently facing. Course taught by Helder Valente and the New School Permaculture team
INFORMATION CONTACT newschoolpermies(at)gmail.com
The course is presented by creative non formal education methods, that are based on creating a bridge between the right and left side of the brain, so that the analytical and creative abilities of the students get fully stimulated and get the most out of the experience...for many people is the most empowering and inspiring transformative process of their lives...and they carry this with them every were they go....and thats our goal.
Helder studied and worked with pioneers like Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton in Turkey, Doug Bullock in the Amazon, Rosemary Morrow in Austria, Graham Bell in Scotland, Darren dougherty, Ernst Gotcsh, Sepp Holzer in Portugal and many others in countries like Haiti, Canada, Egipt, Finland, Peru, always learning and practicing this sustainable design methods. While living in the city he dedicated 5 years on developing urban permaculture projects and for the last 5 years traveling and developing permaculture institutes around the world. It all started in 2009 teaching permaculture to students at the agriculture university and since then learning and teaching in many different climates and getting to know the old ways and new ways of sharing information.
By December 2012 in the Peruvian Amazon working in support to the shipibo indigenous communities Helder created the New School Permaculture and is now developing alternative educational methods. In 2013 the New School has been presenting at the IPC International Permaculture congress in Cuba TheNew School Permaculture uses creative and inspiring educational tools that enable the students to empower each other in a way that many people have never experienced in their lives before.
To see testimonials from our students click HERE The subjects covered during this Permaculture Design Course include:
The ethics and principles of Permaculture
Class vision Learning styles Schools social systems Learning strategies Educational Methods Reading the landscape Social Pattern in design Biodiversity PDC and courses content Alternative economies Community development
To know more about the content of the course you can check our videos on you tube
Hope to see you together with us on this adventure
I permacultori di tutta Europa si sono incontrati dal 7 all’11 settembre a Bolsena per la Convergenza Europea di Permacultura (EUPC), evento che si tiene ogni due anni e che per la prima volta ha avuto sede in Italia. Esperti di Permacultura e materie correlate di tutto il continente hanno condiviso saperi, esperienze e progetti. Helder Valente è uno di loro e a Bolsena è venuto per raccontare il suo esperimento a Tenerife, la più grande delle isole Canarie. In questa terra di origine vulcanica in mezzo all’Oceano Atlantico, dove convivono 20 climi diversi, ha creato una food forest che si chiama Atlantis.
Cuore del suo racconto è stata una fondamentale riflessione: tornare alla terra significa tornare alle persone, “Back to the land and back to the people”. A volte ci sentiamo stanchi della vita di città, delle difficoltà nei rapporti di lavoro, o con i vicini o con la famiglia, e sogniamo di ritiraci in un pezzo di terra tutto nostro che possa nutrirci e tenerci al riparo dagli affanni che la vita sociale provoca. E’ giusto ricordare che per tornare alla terra dobbiamo tornare alle persone e imparare a costruire nuove relazioni sane, che sono l’elemento fondamentale per la felicità degli esseri umani. “Da soli in Paradiso – ha detto Helder Valente – non si sta molto bene”.
Valente ha mostrato le immagini di Atlantis accompagnate da un resoconto emozionante e ricchissimo di contenuti, alla fine del quale ha raccontato la storia del suo cane. Un giorno la sua vicina di casa, che vive vendendo uova e qualche ortaggio, ha perduto numerose delle sue galline a causa di alcuni cani lasciati liberi dai cacciatori. Per difendersi ha pensato di distribuire nella sua proprietà polpette avvelenate e a morire è stato il cane di Helder. “Non me la sono presa con la vicina, né con i cacciatori, e neppure con i produttori di veleno – ha spiegato – quello che ho fatto è continuare a portare avanti il mio lavoro, che consiste nell’aiutare le persone a connettersi con la terra”.
Atlantis è la food forest dei sogni, dove i banani crescono accanto ai castagni, il cacaoaccanto ai cavolfiori, si possono assaggiare 50 diversi tipi di fichi e le insalate si fanno con i fiori di ibiscus. Per non parlare degli avocado centenari e delle farfalle monarcache qui hanno trovato un santuario a loro disposizione.
A quick answer to the question, What is Sociocracy? is that sociocracy is both:
A social ideal that values equality and the rights of people to decide the conditions under which they live and work
An effective method of organizing collaborative and productive organizations as associations, businesses, and governments, large and small.
Sociocracy It is a governance system designed to protect and apply the values that democracies cherish. Unlike current democracies, it is also a governance structure designed to make sure those values will be applied as equally as possible for everyone.
Whatis a Sociocracy management Course?
- Companies and Organizations:
Sociocracy creates more inclusive and efficient organizations and in the process, makes profit-making businesses more profitable and non-profit organizations more effective. Using consent and collaboration as a foundation for decision-making and communications, it builds a strong governance structure that extends from the mailroom to the boardroom and from the client to the funders. Using the new sciences of cybernetics, systems thinking, and complexity theory, it creates organizations that are as powerful, self-organizing, and self-correcting as the natural world.
- Neighborhood Organization:
Processes and principles from sociocracy have been used to organize neighborhoods: sociocratic elections, linked circles and grassroots power. The biggest organization of neighborhood circles is currently was organized by Father Edwin John in India: the neighborhood parliaments and the children’s parliaments having hundred thousands of members in linked (or federated) circles, empowering people to take charge of their immediate needs and resources. There are initiatives in other countries to replicate similar structures and to strengthen and revive neighborhood communities and their ability to improve their own living situation.
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This movie coming soon talks about the Children Parliaments:
This perspective will be explored in the course by Father Edwin John, United Nations recognized leader for his work in organizing more than 100,000 "neighborhood parliaments" in southern India that use sociocracy, is coming to Greenbelt, Maryland on 4/1, on his way to participate in events at the UN.
In these course you will : Learn fundamental values, principles, processes, structures, and applications of sociocracy;
Participate in a sociocratic election process; Explore applications relevant to your particular neighborhood and organization; Meet and engage with others interested in excellent governance; Learn how to organize circles, double link, consents and elections.
Course will be at refugio Tikabamba https://www.facebook.com/tikabamba/?ref=br_rs
https://wwwrefugiotikabamba.blogspot.com/
HELDER VALENTE
Helder studied and worked with pioneers like Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton in Turkey, Doug Bullock in the Amazon, Rosemary Morrow in Austria, Graham Bell in Scotland, Darren dougherty, Ernst Gotcsh, Sepp Holzer in Portugal and many others in countries like Haiti, Canada, Egipt, Finland, Peru, always learning and practicing this sustainable design methods.
While living in the city he dedicated 5 years on developing urban permaculture projects and for the last 5 years traveling and developing permaculture institutes around the world.
It all started in 2009 teaching permaculture to students at the agriculture university and since then learning and teaching in many different climates and getting to know the old ways and new ways of sharing information.
By December 2012 in the Peruvian Amazon working in support to the shipibo indigenous communities Helder created the New School Permaculture and is now developing alternative educational methods.
In 2013 the New School has been presenting at the IPC International Permaculture congress in Cuba and its often invited for lectures at the European Permaculture Congress and many universities worldwide.
TheNew School Permaculture uses creative and inspiring educational tools that enable the students to empower each other in a way that many people have never experienced in their lives before.
The course is presented by creative non formal education methods, that are based on creating a bridge between the right and left side of the brain, so that the analytical and creative abilities of the students get fully stimulated and get the most out of the experience...for many people is the most empowering and inspiring transformative process of their lives...and they carry this with them every were they go....and thats our goal.
:: Qué es la Sociocracia y como se aplica à Organización Comunitaria? ::
La Sociocracia es un modo de toma de decisiones y de gobierno que permite a una organización, sea cual sea su tamaño —desde una familia a un país— comportarse como un organismo vivo interdependente, auto-organizarse y auto-regularse.
El objetivo más importante es a partir de un enfoque sistêmico desarrollar la co-participación y co-responsabilidad de los actores. Otorgando poder a la inteligencia colectiva en busca del éxito de la organización y aportando una vía para aumentar el compromiso, resiliencia de la comunidad, coherencia, transparencia, la inclusión y la responsabilidad.
La organización más grande de círculos vecinales actualmente es organizada por el padre Edwin John en India: los Parlamentos Vecinales y los Parlamentos de Ninos tienen cientos de miles de miembros en círculos vinculados (o federados), que facultan a las personas a hacerse cargo de sus necesidades y recursos inmediatos. Existen iniciativas en otros países para replicar estructuras similares y para fortalecer y reactivar las comunidades vecinales y su capacidad para mejorar su propia situación de vida.
Edwin Maria John of Neighborhood Community Network (NCN)
Apoio de Helder Valente de New School Permaculture
Edwin Maria John, es un líder reconocido de las Naciones Unidas por su trabajo en la organización de más de 100.000 "parlamentos vecinales" en el sur de la India que usan la sociocracia. Él es parte de Neighborhood Community Network (NCN), una organización no gubernamental, fundada en Telengana, India, y ahora disfruta de un estatus consultivo especial con ECOSOC de la ONU. NCN trabaja para una federación global de varios niveles de parlamentos vecinales de unas 30 familias cada uno para garantizar estructuras viables para la democracia participativa y el desarrollo sostenible, fomentando la rendición de cuentas hacia abajo para trabajar hacia una sociedad justa y equitativa. Su trabajo ha inspirado la formación de cientos de miles de unidades de mujeres, niños y jóvenes en la vecindad en la India y algunos otros países. Tamilnadu- Pondicherry State Parliament of Children, promovido por NCN, ganó el premio mundial UN-San Marino Alexander Bodini por la mejor organización dirigida por niños para la acción por los derechos del niño.
Te esperamos para este grand evento para aprender sobre vida en comunidad con un grand maestro!
Facilitado por Helder Valente y amigos de la Permacultura New School.
Helder estudió y trabajó con pioneros como Bill Mollison, Sepp Holzer, Doug Bullock, Rosemary Morrow, Darren dougherty, Ernst Gotsh y otros, y ahora enseña en todo el mundo.
Se inició en 2009 con la enseñanza de la permacultura a estudiantes en la Universidad Agrícola y desde entonces continúa el aprendizaje y la enseñanza en muchos climas diferentes.
Mientras vivía en la ciudad dedicó 3 años al desarrollo de un proyecto de permacultura urbana en el centro de Lisboa y co-creó el Instituto de Permacultura Portugués.
Así es como empezó todo.
Helder nunca se detuvo y estos últimos meses pasó su tiempo de trabajo con los agricultores quechuas en los Andes, el diseño de proyectos en la selva amazónica y ecoaldeas como Findhorn.
Muy recientemente, fue uno de los presentadores en el IPC Convergencia Internacional de Permacultura en La Habana Cuba
Este curso esta centrado en las necesidades del
estudiante. Se presenta a traves de educación creativa no-formal,
metodos basados en crear un puente entre el lado izquierdo y derecho del
cerebro; buscando de esta forma estimular las habilidades creativas y
analiticas del estudiante y obtener lo mejor de la experiencia .
Para alguna gente este puede ser un proceso
transformativo extremadamente empoderador e inspiracional en sus vidas y
podran llevarlo consigo a donde vayan despues…. esta es nuestra misión.
Cualquiera que sean tus planes al futuro, este curso
de Diseño en Permacultura te proporcionara las herramientas y
perspectiva necesarias para encontrar soluciones positivas en la
busqueda de una vida sostenible que busca crear abundancia en todos los
organismos y sistemas naturales.
La certificación del Diseño en Permacultura engloba
el cómo podemos utilizar las herramientas y las tecnologías apropiadas
de hoy en día para dar forma a un mundo regenerativo y más equitativo
para todas las especies.
Permacultura, es algo más que plantar un jardín
o elementos del paisaje de manera aislada. Se trata de un enfoque de un
sistema de diseño sostenible que sea aplicable en todas las actividades
humanas. Un jardín orgánico es sólo uno entre tantos elementos a
considerar para el diseño de un hogar. Permacultura atiende la ubicación
de los elementos del diseño en relación a otros como la vivienda, la
topografía del lugar, el clima, el agua que escurre, la vegetación, los
animales, las capacidades de los usuarios, de dónde viene el dinero para
financiarlo, cuales son los materiales disponibles para construir, etc.
El objetivo del PDC es dar un conocimiento y
entendimiento amplio sobre los temas contenidos en el libro
“Permaculture: A Designers´ Manual” de Bill Mollison así como las
técnicas de agricultura regenerativa, keyline, para ser un diseñador de
sistemas permaculturales, además de promover un cambio de actitud hacia
una cultura regenerativa de baja energía.
Dirigido a todas las personas interesadas en
profundizar sobre el sistema de diseño Permacultura en sus casas,
predios o terrenos, granjas, chacras, fincas, ecoaldeas, comunidades o
simplemente interesados en aprender en cómo llevar una vida en armonía
con la Naturaleza. Sin importar el nivel de estudios o experiencia
previa. El curso conduce al internacionalmente reconocido Certificado de
Diseño en Permacultura (PDC)
El curso es impartido por Helder Valente de New
School Permaculture. Helder estudió y trabajó con Bill Mollison, Sepp
Holzer, Doug Bullock, Rosemary Morrow, Darren dougherty, Ernst Gotsh
entre otros y ahora se dedica a difundir este conocimiento alrededor del
mundo.
El empezó en 2009 enseñando Permacultura a
estudiantes de Universidades y desde alli viene haciendolo en diferentes
climas y latitudes del mundo.
Mientras vivia en la ciudad se dedico a desarrollar
durante 3 años proyectos de Permacultura Urbana en el centro de Lisboa y
Co-creo el Instituto Portugues de Permacultura. Este proceso nunca
terminó y viene diseñando proyectos en los Andes y la Amazonia en
America Latina
Qué Traer??
-Lo necesario para tomar notas como: libreta, lápices, plumones de colores, regla, etc.
-Ropa cómoda
-Linterna.
-Termo o botella para beber líquidos.
-Repelente
-Semillas para intercambiar, Buena música, cámara
fotográfica, botella de lo que te guste tomar y que quieras compartir
con los otros participantes, instrumento que sepas tocar, energía
positiva, ganas de aprender y divertirte.
Permaculture Teachers Course 31 August - 4 Sep 2016
With Helder Valente in Firenze Italy
This will be New School Permaculture most important course of the year and one of the Edge events of the EUPC.
After many years listening to europeans students asking Helder to do a PTC, the time has arrived for people in this continent to have availabke and experiment with New School Permaculture educational ToolBox.
After teaching on more than 30 PDCs and 30 other diverse courses like PSC Permaculture Social courses, Food Forest Courses, Permaculture Water Course, Permaculture soil course Helder have been developing very simple tools to create a good learner, after all to be a good teacher its very usefull to be a better learner.
On that process Helder been focusing most of his energy on learning from poor people in every country he visits and try to understand that openess.
After traveling more than 30 countris and working with people in the deep amazon were rivers have deep oil polution or with quechua people in the Andes and having to face air polution due to mine extractions, there came a powerfull moment of transition.
This transition is the vision of the New School Permaculture and its to provide alternative creative educational thinking and practice by supporting people on having a different perspective on ecosocial design.
To do that we focus on what is essential and fundamental.
On this course you will learn about what are the main patterns in education and how to manage them in a way that the students get empowered.
How to design a lesson and a classroom, how to develop a course, promotion and preparations, hosting and celebration.
How to teach a PDC or any other course of any kind and how to make a living out of it, supporting the needs of nature and of people.
Permaculture is a sustainable design system that provides for human needs while having positive effects on the surrounding environment. It is based on the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share, and provides practical solutions to the global crises we are currently facing. Course taught by Helder Valente and the New School Permaculture team
INFORMATION CONTACT newschoolpermies(at)gmail.com
The course is presented by creative non formal education methods, that are based on creating a bridge between the right and left side of the brain, so that the analytical and creative abilities of the students get fully stimulated and get the most out of the experience...for many people is the most empowering and inspiring transformative process of their lives...and they carry this with them every were they go....and thats our goal.
Helder studied and worked with pioneers like Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton in Turkey, Doug Bullock in the Amazon, Rosemary Morrow in Austria, Graham Bell in Scotland, Darren dougherty, Ernst Gotcsh, Sepp Holzer in Portugal and many others in countries like Haiti, Canada, Egipt, Finland, Peru, always learning and practicing this sustainable design methods. While living in the city he dedicated 5 years on developing urban permaculture projects and for the last 5 years traveling and developing permaculture institutes around the world. It all started in 2009 teaching permaculture to students at the agriculture university and since then learning and teaching in many different climates and getting to know the old ways and new ways of sharing information.
By December 2012 in the Peruvian Amazon working in support to the shipibo indigenous communities Helder created the New School Permaculture and is now developing alternative educational methods. In 2013 the New School has been presenting at the IPC International Permaculture congress in Cuba TheNew School Permaculture uses creative and inspiring educational tools that enable the students to empower each other in a way that many people have never experienced in their lives before.
To see testimonials from our students click HERE The subjects covered during this Permaculture Design Course include:
The ethics and principles of Permaculture
Class vision Learning styles Schools social systems Learning strategies Educational Methods Reading the landscape Social Pattern in design Biodiversity PDC and courses content Alternative economies Community development
To know more about the content of the course you can check our videos on you tube
Hope to see you together with us on this adventure
