Prerequisites:
Profound interestand/orpractical experiencein ecological agriculture, ecology and sustainable development.
Very good knowledge of the English language(only an English-Bulgarian translation will be offered).
Course Organization:
The course is oriented towards:
- students, Masters, PhD candidates and lecturers from high school levels, specialized in educational programmes with agricultural and ecological purposes, but is also open to all kind of specialities of the higher education;
- farmers with interests in natural, sustainable, biological and ecological agriculture;
- new penetrators in the agriculture and gardening;
- representatives of NGOs and community organizations.
The course is focused in permanent agriculture and sustainability, landscape systems design, preserving and rebuilding of soil and biodiversity, forests, animal systems and aquaculture, bioregions, legal and economic systems, urban agriculture, eco-communities and transition.
After successful graduation of the Course the attendees will be granted with Certificates from the Permaculture College Australia.The course combines in-class and outdoors sessions (lectures, workshops, presentations with discussions), as well as interest visits to sites in the local community and farms on permaculture principles, also taking a first-hand look at the local traditions.