Learn skills to respond to the end of cheap energy and create landscapes that trap carbon and reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Change the way you will look at environmental or agricultural projects forever. Become part of the pioneering movement that has introduced Permaculture to Trinidad and Tobago. Join us at Wa Samaki Ecosystems on the Central Range of Trinidad as we undertake continuing hands-on intensive Permaculture courses and associated projects.

  

Course Instructors

John Stollmeyer : Conceptual artist/Deep Ecologist,
  • Reaserch Officer/ Technical Advisor to the Fondes Amandes Community Re-forestation Project
  • Completed intensive Permaculture Design Course with Bona Fide, Ometepe, Nicaragua
  • Completed Earth Building Workshop in Texas with Cob Cottage Company

Erle Rahaman-Noronha : Owner/Manager of Wa Samaki Ecosystems

  • B.Sc Biochemistry / M.Sc Zoology University of Guelph, Canada
  • Recirculating Aquaculture (short course) Cornell University USA
  • Tilapia production internship, Tilapia International Inc., Florida , USA
  • Dendrology (short course) ECIAF, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Basic and Advanced Tropical Landscaping (short course) UWI , Trinidad and Tobago
  • Current participant in the Community Based Forestry and Agroforestry Project

Also featuring presentations by

Dr. Hugh Skinner on experiences gained from practicing Permaculture in Trinidad since his initial encounter with the founder of Permaculture, Bill Mollison almost 30 years ago. Dr Skinner was among the pioneers of Permaculture, transforming a fire climax Eucalyptus forest into a diverse ecosystem. He was a founding member of the Rare Fruits Council of Australia. On his return to Trinidad in 1989 he was able to establish up to 50 exotic tropical plant species here.

 


Objectives of the course

  • Continue to introduce and expand upon the concepts of Permaculture to the Trinidadian public
  • Provide an environment for the exchange of both local and international ideas and information on Permaculture
  • Provide a platform to produce local instructors for Permaculture
    • Provide a setting at Wa Samaki Ecosystems to observe Permaculture concepts in practice and provide a demonstration site for further courses and projects.

Corner La Cuesa Road & Freeport Todds Road, Freeport, Trinidad and Tobago
Phone: (868) 673-4180/ Fax: (868) 673-4180
wasamaki@tstt.net.tt