Introducing SED

The School of Ecological Design (SED) was founded in 2000 by a group of organic producers in Tumbaco valley, as a result of several years of experience on teaching permaculture & related issues. It is now part of the Seed Guardian's Network and includes teachers from different regions of Ecuador.

The phillosophy behind SED's work is that each and every one of us has something to teach, and a lot to learn. So what we do is more like a Knowledge Exchange, focusing on learning rather than teaching. Workshops' days usually consist of a discusion phase, and an observation & practice phase. The main facilitators (SED partners) are people that have a real expertice in the field they teach, builders of a sustainable future for them, their families and regions. All of them live and work in demonstration centers.

Over the years SED has built a solid reputation and helped hundreds of people to approach sustainability issues from a practical but also very deep point of view. SED has worked with campesinos, indigenous communities, urban poor, neo-rural, university students, professionals and foreigners. What makes us go on is the shinning eyes and smiles most people share with us at the end of each journey.

If you want to know more about SED, please write us at info@redsemillas.org.

Permaculture in the Subtropics

20 days of theory and practice of Permaculture in a Subtropical situation.
(Status : recepting applications)

Duration:
20 days, September 9 to 28. Students can arrive on friday 8 September and leave on friday 29 September.

Cost: USD 600. Includes food & lodging.

Venue: Llurimahua Organic Farm & Seed Center, Intag, Imbabura, Ecuador.

Subjects:

• Introduction to Permaculture and the Subtropics. 1 day.
• Permaculture Design: Theory and practice. 1 day.
• Seeds: organic production and exchange. 1 day.
• Soil management: Improving fertility. 1 day.
• Family Food Gardens: design and management. 1 day.
• Stapple crops and fruit orchards: design and management. 2 days.
• Cooking natural foods & Human Nutrition. 1 day.
• Poultry management. 1 day.
• Aquaculture. 1 day.
• Black and Greywater management (including construcion of dry toilets). 2 days.
• Agroforestry & wildlife management. 1 day.
• Natural Building. Practices on bamboo and cob. 3 days.
• Free days: 4.

Teachers:

José Cueva
Ecuadorian, agroecologist, lives and works at Llurimahua. Has devoted years in organic production and working in campesino organizations around Ecuador. Llurimahua has a strong organic coffee orientation, complemented with dozens of other crops.

Javier Carrera
Ecuadorian, Permaculture designer and teacher. Works at the Coordination Team of Red de Guardianes de Semillas. Has 8 years of experience teaching groups in spanish, french and english. Has teached more than a hundred workshops on Permaculture, Natural Building, Alternative Economics and related issues. Javier is the Academic Coordinator of the School of Ecological Design.

Apprenticeship in Organic Agriculture at Rio Muchacho

1 month practical and theorethical course

Duration:
30 days. August and November

Cost: USD 1200. Includes food & lodging. First applicants recieve a significant discount.

Place: Rio Muchacho Organic Farm & Seed Center, Canoa, Manabí, Ecuador.

For more Information, please visit Rio Muchacho website at www.riomuchacho.com