20 places available for UK and Ireland (sign up now)

from May 31th to June 14th (15 days)

100 £ (includes flights, accommodation, training and meals)

PERMACULTUREfighting for sustainable living

During 15 days, three associations dedicated to youth and the development of environmental politics (UK Permaculture, Geai and Permacultura Cantabria) will provide a meeting of 30 young people, in Cantabria, Spain.

The main goal of this project is to train future rural entrepreneurs.

There exists the need to go back to the countryside, to the popular and traditional wisdom and healthier ways of life.

Everyday more and more young people try to make a living going back to the countryside.

This project aims to bring tools, training, encouragement and examples to the participants in order to learn to be able to have business initiatives in rural areas.

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FOUR SCOPES

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WORKSHOPS AND TOOLS

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SPECIAL ACTIVITIESNIGHT ACTIVITIES

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

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· Training and learning workshops on traditional trade activities in areas where are opportunities of employment and work (permaculture, biobuilding, organic farming, management of natural products, ecological stoves, etc).

· The methodology will be non-formal education, with a detailed and varied programme of activities in order to obtain a complete view from different perspectives so as to promote the entrepreneurial spirit. During workshops, classes, debates, etc… the young people will have an active and dynamic role.

· The aim of this Project is to promote a higher social participation by young people; the self-employment and the coming back to the countryside in a logic, viable and committed way.

· This activity will take place from the Friday 29st may to Friday 12st of June in the ecological farm “La Garma” in Llanos, Cantabria, Spain. This place was chosen because it is a good example of how a group of young people can undertake rural projects.

· The creation of this kind of programmers promotes a long-term view and offers the necessary tools in order for young people to become the change and the social movement we need in our societies.

· Specialized classes for developing the skills of the entrepreneur (listening and leadership skills).

· Visit successful local examples on rural entrepreneurship.

· Each participant will have to present his or her own project at the end of the training.

ENCOURAGEMENT TOOLS EXAMPLES ACTION

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CONTENTS

· Origin of permaculture’s concept.

· Permaculture’s history.

· Permaculture’s ethics.

· Permaculture’s principles.

· Theoretical tools in permaculture’s designs.

· Practical tools in permaculture’s design.

· Design guidelines.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· Visit around “La Garma” Farm, paying attention to its design.

· Mental maps and creative thinking of any project.

· Creation in groups of a permaculture design. Needs and difficulties.

CONTENTS

· Aromatic plants. Identification and uses.

· Perfume uses during history.

· Different techniques for the extraction of essential oils.

· Essential oils. Uses and warnings.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· Identification of aromatic plants and its essential oils.

· Distilling process in a distiller.

· Decantation, extraction, separation and isolation of essential oils.

· Elaboration of an artisan perfumes.

CONTENTS

· The skin. Structural and physiological role. Kinds of skin.

· Substance involved in the creation of skin products.

· Healing herbs. Processing, uses and applications.

· Vegetal oils and oil-macerations.

· Essential oils. Properties. Extracting methods. Warning notice.

· Emulsions and Additives.

· Lotion elaboration. Watery stage. Oily stage. Enriching stage.

· Hydration and nutrition of the skin.

· Preservation and useful life of natural cosmetic products.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· Processing of different personal care and hygiene products: cleansing lotion, skin tonic, moisturizing cream, regenerating cream, facial mask, body exfoliating scrub, lip balm, tooth paste, oleates, etc.

· Dynamics about pH and essential oils.

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CONTENTS

· Dragon Dreaming principles e history.

· Create resilient and inspiring businesses and projects.

· The four-phase process.

· The 12 stages and tools variety.

· Vision and strategies for a common work.

· Theoretical tools for design.

· Conflict types and communication’s usual structural mistakes.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· New tools to improve communication, trust and team work.

· Analysis of the creation characteristics of an “Empty Centre Organization” and its possible introduction in the organization.

· Establishment of key performance indicators “KPI´s”.

· Forecast of activities for the next 6 months and organization of monitoring.

· Tools as “Empowered fundraising” in order to obtain funding.

· Creation of strategic plans for projects, including processes to create teams, financial planning and work schedules.

CONTENTS

· Feelings, emotions and believes.

· Memory and intelligence. What are they and how they work?

· The consequences of wrong encoded information.

· Internal resistances.

· Challenges and difficulties when supporting others.

· Different kinds of listening and intensities.

· Deep listening.

· Accompaniment listening.

· Boost listening.

· Questions and answers.

CONTENTS

· Bio-construction: principles and criteria.

· Building with cob, adobe, thermo-clay, straw and other systems.

· Geo-biological analysis to select the best location for a house.

· Light and accessible structures for everyone.

· Advantages and disadvantages of natural constructions.

· How to create a low cost project from beginning to end.

· Green roofs.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· Practical lessons on different kinds of buildings and constructions.

· Working with thermo-clay, straw and reused materials.

· Tools: use and maintenance.

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CONTENTS

· Passive solar heating calculation methods.

· Thermal mass and insulation.

· Sizing properly the glazing area.· Eaves calculation.

· Using easy and accessible calculation software.

· Main insulations.

· The importance of adapting design to the environment and to the usage of the house.

· Passive house.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· Design and calculations for houses on different climates.

· Exercises to distinguish between thermal mass and insulation and try to understand the materials’ behaviors.

CONTENTS

· Safety and health in the construction’s sites.

· Stone. Masonry; stonework; tools and techniques.

· Constructions’ planning.

· Lime. Kinds; stucco; natural slaked lime and lime-based paints.

· Clay. Adobe; cob; mixtures, proportions and preparation.

· Plasters and finishes, both with lime and clay.

· The importance of adapting design to the environment and the usage of the house.

· Wood. Kinds; prevention; treatments and ecological varnishes.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· Working with stone. Building a wall with traditional techniques.

· Lime slacking; lime conservation and stucco works.

· Preparation of different ecological paints.

· Clay preparation; soil analysis; bank of samples and earth plasters.

CONTENTS

· Natural heating and cooling systems.

· Rocket, Russian and high efficiency stoves.

· Rumford fireplace.

· Clay ovens.

· Solar cookers.

· Management and maintenance of biomass.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

· Building a rocket stove.

· Interpretive walk around our farm to see different fireplaces, chimneys and heaters.

· Building a clay oven.

· Cooking with the sun.

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HUMAN NEEDSANALySIS

· Elaboration of the well-being wheel.

· Identify our needs as human beings.

· Analyse our own lives with this tool.

· Set measurable, assessable and reachable goals.

· Brainstorm.

TOOLS FORCOMMON VISIONS

· The glass roof. Overcoming our limits.

· Lateral thinking.

· Being for vs. being against.

· Short, medium and long goals.

· Idea-sharing.

· Visualization of the world and our lives in 50 years.

· Use of group tools and consensus.

TOOLS FOR GROUP DyNAMICS

· 6 thinking hats.

· Essential attitudes, pro activity, vision, first things first.

· I win, you win, we all win.

· First understanding; then, being understood.

· Synergize; sharpening the saw.

· Less is more.

FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE COLLECTIVE

· The common vision for coming together and setting a limit in order to avoid conflicts.

· Appreciations, feedbacks and evaluations as a review system.

· Measure the resources and efforts to be used for the project before it begins.

· Personal analysis about the effort, enjoyment and sacrifice capacity we have for a project.

· From the personal to the collective.

· Future: from inherited individualism, to group processes.

· Being realistic with our means and challenge ourselves with balance.

TOOLS FORGROUP LEADERSHIP

· People with initiatives; people who join others’ initiatives and how to manage the limits of both attitudes. Make these roles visible.

· Organization and structure inside groups.

· The importance of leadership.

· Leadership as achosen attitude and not a position or a task.

· Teaching in order to learn.

· Reducing fears in our groups.

· The importance of confidence, spreading confidence.

· The transparency as a model.

· Accomplishing commitments.

· Excellence as a key point. Doing always a good job.

LEADERSHIP AbILITIES

· Support for our lives, support for our projects.

· Collecting information.

· Shared responsibilities.

· Balance between offering our personal potential and developing new group potentials.

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SPECIALACTIVITIESSummary ofactivities andnight programme

These activities are special because they are out of the daily routine. They are designed mainly to care for the groups’ energy.

They are designed to be carried out in specific moments where there might be nervousness, tiredness, stress or other important situations as the first day, powerful moments of training, personal experiences, farewells…

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EXCURSION TO THERIVER ISLAND

· Three hours excursion around Cantabria’s mountains.

· Walk around the beautiful river island.

· Harmony day with games and activities in the open field along the river.

· Gathering and evaluate the whole activity. Get to know each other better and improve our relationships naturally.

· Having the experience of STOPPING and breathing in the pristine Nature.

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· Discover other natural space, swimming and games on the beach.

· Light a fire and cook dinner.

· If the weather is fine, sleeping together on the beach.

VISIT TO THE“ALEGRILLA” FARM

· Discover other sustainable project.

· Guided tour, presentation of the project.· Helping in several tasks.

· Eating together and enjoying a relaxing afternoon.

· Prepare the eco-Reggae party.

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WELCOME AND GUIDED TOUR AROUND THE FARM

· Showing the facilities.

· Explanation of its uses and rules of procedure.

· General rules for the communal living.

· Room distribution.

PROGRAMME PRESENTATION

· Simple introduction round.

· Presentation of the daily activities and tasks proposal.

· Distribution of duties and working groups.

· Questions and answers session.

DINNER WITH COLLAbORATORS

· Introducing teachers, assistants, kitchen team, co-habitants of the Community and close neighbours.

· Introducing participants.

ECO-REGGAEPARTy

· Invented traditional dances contest.

· Best ecological bite awards.

· Playback awards.

FAREwELL BARBECUE

· Barbecue and fire preparation.

· Music and dance selection.

· Watching stars and pleasure.

· Present from your invisible friend.

FAREwELL

· Evaluation round.

· Last appreciations and valuations.

· Conclusions and farewell.

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· Night walk.

· Watch the stars.

CINEMA

· Video-forum.

· Forum dinamization.

THEATRE OF THEOPPRESSED

· Conflict analysis and resolution.

· Development of improvisation.

· Appreciation and closing.

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wELCOME

· Dinner with collaborators.

· Introducing teachers, assistants, kitchen team, community co-habitants and some neighbours.

· Introducing participants.

CREATIVITy

· Line of acquired knowledge.

· Explanation of the activity.

· Creation of a bulletin board where we will attachthe knowledge we will acquire during these days.

· Creation of the bulletin board.

· Meeting and easing games.

APPRECIATION

· Discover other sustainable project.

· Guided tour, presentation of the project.· Helping in several tasks.

· Eating together and enjoying a relaxing afternoon.

· Prepare the eco-Reggae party.

REVIEW

· Group review of the week.

· Facilities.

· Contents.

· Relationships.

· Needs.

· Other.

NIGHT ACTIVITIES, DAILy DESCRIPTION (from 21:30 to 23:30h.)

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RELAXING

· Guided massage.

· Guided meditation.

REVIEW

· Group review of the week.

· Facilities.

· Contents.

· Relationships.

· Needs.

· Other.

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COHAbITATION

· Spending time together and sharing.

· Setting the stage for shows, songs and improvisations.

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· Dinner at the beach.

· Fire making.

· Stories, jokes and other shared anecdotes.

REGGAE PARTy

· Visit to the “Alegrilla Farm”.

· Barbecue.

· Eco-reggae party.

PRESENTATIONS

· Project presentation.

FAREwELL PARTy

· Vegetarian barbecue.

· Farewell.

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MENU (alergies or special diets will be taken into account).

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Greek salad,

paella, custard.

Ka-salad, guacamole, pottage,

fresh cheese with apple jelly.

Mixed Salad

Fideuá, Pâté, Fruit.

Salmorejo (Andalusian tomato soup),

Green salad, lentils pottage and pepper pâté.

Veggie burger, tomato, lettuce, cheese,

mayonnaise and watermelon.

Russian salad, devilled eggs

and cheesecake.

Salad and “majada de garbanzos” (traditional

dish made from chick pea, garlic and olive oil).

Salad, pasta with vegetables

and biscuits cake.

Colorful salad, rice with

vegetables and custard.

Greek salad, pasta with soy and

tomato sauce, and apple cake.

Spanish omelet,

big salad and fruit.

Tomato and cheese salad,

lentils pottage and tomato pâté.

Cuban rice, sandwich and

vegan mortadella. Melon.

Russian salad,

devilled eggs and pâté.

Corn soup, vegetable stew with

tomato, gado-gado or mayonnaise sauce.

Cream of Zucchini soup, assorted crepes: leek with

mushrooms, sauce, tomato, milk, cheese, chocolate…

Cauliflower soup, vegetable pudding and

vegetarian black pudding.

Carrot cream and

“my delights” rice.

Pasta salad and

vegetables with nuts.

Broccoli with garlic shoots

and cous-cous.

Cauliflower soup, vegetable pudding

and vegetarian black pudding.

Celery cream and

vegetable stew.

Corn soup

and pizza.

Garlic soup and

vegetable quiche.

Creamy pumpkin soup and

vegetable and nuts pudding.

Onion soup

and lasagna.

Pasta salad

to taste.

Spinach creamy soup

and eggplant cake.

Milk, vegetable milks, coffee, cocoa,

homemade yoghurt, raw and brown

sugar, honey, jam, butter, bread...

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VENUE, FACILITIES AND CONDITIONS

The project will be carried out in the ecological farm “La Garma”. This farm is located in the Cantabrian Mountains. There is a project of communal living with several people; there are several bio-constructed buildings; organic orchards and vegetable gardens; farm; and a social fabric where many different social projects come together. Some of the actual projects are:

· Neighbour teams for community work.

· Creativity and development group for adults.

· Play and free education area for children.

· Consumer’s cooperative/group: fruits and vegetables, bread, natural cosmetics, soaps…

· Emotional management groups.

· Exchange and alternative economies network.

· Native seeds network.

· Meditation, yoga, tai chi and dance groups.

· Support groups for teenagers and parents.

We have a photovoltaic panel system; biomass heaters and stoves; hydraulic ram; different solar cooker models; hydrogen car prototypes; natural swimming-pool; bio-accommodation; native forest; a yearly flow river; good orientation; four different straw-bale houses using wood, stone, mud and green or living roofs; composting toilets; organic garden for around 30 families; chickens, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, bees…etc.

The social and physical environment is completely favourable for this training and experience-based project.

Although things might seem ideal and perfect, we do not want people to have a false idea.

Training takes place in a farm prepared for vegetable production and the facilities are quite humble. Normally, we are not used to share room with other people, use latrines, work in teams, etc., etc.… All these conditions, in addition to the rural environment might be a shock for the participants.

On the other hand, this situation is suitable to enjoy sharing the current recourses and experiencing a communal living. Difficulties arise every time we live with other people. We are aware of that, and the programme is designed in order to make it visible and to learn how to work on those difficulties.

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THE FUNCTIONING OF THE FARM

Sleeping:

We have 2 main buildings with space for 20 people. Both are open spaces, so the room will be shared.

In the beginning of the activity the group will decide how they will be shared.

Showers and toilet:

We have a room with showers. We have hot water from solar energy, but we can use a heater in order to support the supply during cloudy days.

Training room · dining room:

We have a 100 m. multifunctional space for the classes and meals. Group will be in charge of keeping the place clean and tidy.

Tasks:

In order to run smoothly during these days together, the group will divide into small task-groups.

These groups will be in charge of keeping the facilities clean and tidy; serve meals; helping cleaning the kitchen; watch out that the latrines have toilet paper and sawdust; and other small tasks necessary for a good cohabitation.

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CANTABRIAPRACTICAL INFORMATIONMenu,facilities,team…

MAP

Some of the most interestingCantabrian spots to visitfrom the camp:

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“La Garma” Farm

“Picos de Europa”

National park(40 min.)

pasieganvalleys(15 min.)

prehistoriccaves(20 min.)

medievaltowns

(10 min.)

sandbeaches(25 min.)

Cabárcenozoo park(5 min.)

to Bilbao(1 h.)

to Oviedo(2 h.)

nativeforests

(35 min.)

TEAM WORKING ON THE PROJECT

Responsible team of the Project

· María Hernández Yago Main Coordinator of the Project.

· Oscar Argumosa Designer and Project supervisor.

Principal teachers

· Julia Ramos Design, dragon dreaming, group facilitation and community experiences.

· María Hernández Yago Agriculture, botanics, alchemy, group dynamics, vegetarian cooking, bio-construction, distilling plants, elaboration and preservation of natural cosmetics.

· María Samperio Baker, social worker, facilitator, accompaniment of infant spaces.

· Oscar Argumosa Emotional management, group dynamics, Project elaboration, bachelor of permaculture, bio-constructor, sacro-craneal therapist.

· Mario Martinez Palao Bio-constructor, permaculture and renewable energies.

· John Logos Architect, bio-constructor, consultant and collaborator.

· David Villen Renewable energies expert.

· Simon Perez Wiesner Permaculture, Agriculture, ecosystems restoration.

Translation

· Silvia Abascal Translations, free time coordinator, languages assistant.

Kitchen team

· Daviz Perez Main chef.

· Martín Domínguez Carral Kitchen assistant andperson in charge of the purchases.

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looking forward to seeing you around here…

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PRODERPas Pisueña

CENTRO DE PERMACULTURA

La Alegrilla

20 places available for UK and Ireland (sign up now)

from May 31th to June 14th (15 days)

100 £ (includes flights, accommodation, training and meals)

660 798 485 · 942 554 338info@permaculturacantabria.comwww.permaculturacantabria.com