EXPEDITIO Centre for Sustainable Spatial Development is organizing a lecture on permaculture which will be held on 22 June 2012. at the House of Free Thought in Kavač, Boka Kotorska.
Permaculture from permanent agriculture is a branch of ecological design and ecological engineering which develops sustainable human settlements, help building a healthy society and self-maintained agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems. Permaculture is a way of the organization of life, modeled on nature, life with the lowest consumption of energy.
Additional information on permaculture can be found on the following links:
The lecture on permaculture is organized as an introductory activity of a two-day course in permaculture. The course which will gather about 20 participants from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia will be held on 23 and 24 June 2012 also at the House of Free Thought. While the course will offer the participants the opportunity to learn how to apply the basic principles of permaculture, the introductory lecture will present basic information on permaculture, its main principles, as well as concrete experiences in permaculture from Slovenia.
The introductory lecture will be held by Tomislav Gjerkeš and Ira Zorko from Slovenije who also will leed the course. Tomislav Gjerkeš is a permaculture designer who tries to live by permaculture. He owns a company and his focus is on ecosystems interwoven in infrastructure, economic and social networks. Ira Zorko is an architect. Inspired by nature and culture of all times and traditions, he understands and tries to apply architecture, parmaculture and art as a living language, complementary to the spoken ones.
The course in permaculture brings together the activities planned within two projects currently implemented by EXPEDITIO: Valorization of the Vernacular Heritage in Montenegro (donor: Headley Trust) Promoting the Principles of Sustainable Development in Public Spaces of Boka Kotorska (donor: Rockefeller Brothers Fund).
The lecture is open to all interested persons!
EXPEDITIO is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to encourage sustainable spatial development in Montenegro and SEE region through activity in the fields of sustainable architecture, cultural heritage, urban planning and through projects that encourage overall development of the civil society. Expeditio was established in 1997.
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