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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

permaculture training

greetings from haiti!

i'm still in cap haitien (the north) and, as i mentioned in the last post, i got a gig translating and assisting for a permaculture training for a group of 19 impressive youths from different regions.

the training, which wrapped up on january 25th, was a success and a lot of fun, too. it was a nice opportunity to work w/ friends, hunter and sabina, glean some of their know-how and escape at night for a drink or two.

we made sure to get the class out of the classroom as much as possible (site visits & field trips are the best). we toured a diversified organic garden, a rice farm, and a cassava cooperative. then we had a couple days of fun (mixed w/ learning, of course) hiking up to the citadelle (a historic mountaintop fortress) and spending our last day at the beach.

these guys love permaculture [!] and at the house where we're all staying, they have set up a sweet container garden; read: old tires, cans, rice sacks and gallon jugs ... all chock full 'o veggies.  love this stuff.  :)

[photos to come]

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