Hello Esther Thank you for your response.
*1. Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) - I will present the 1st PDC on the farm in December 2011* - I have not purchased the farm at this point in time. - I think this will happen in 2011, God willing. - The farm needs a lot of rehabilitation. - I would like to establish a tented bush camp for the course delegates. - All of this will take time, effort and a lot of capital. - I will develop the course material for the Permaculture Design Course (PDC) from January 2011 to November 2011. - I will be ready to present the 1st 14 day Permaculture Design Course (PDC) *in December 2011* on the farm. ** *2. From Tuesday 2 to Sunday 7 November 2010 the Powers of Place gathering will take place at Kufunda Learning Village in Zimbabwe (in the area of the capital Harare) * *http://www.kufunda.org* <http://www.kufunda.org/>* * We are currently about 40 people gathering at Kufunda - from Kufunda Learning Village itself, plus from North America, Iran, Brazil, Israel, Greece, Belgium, Germany, South Africa, Kenya, India, the UK and New Zealand...! Aged 2 years to 75...! *Please contact Sarah Whiteley who is the Powers of Place Initiative Steward * *if you are also called to join us in Kufunda.* ** *http://www.powersofplace.com* <http://www.powersofplace.com/> ** *http://powersofplace-workspace.ning.com/events/powers-of-place-gathering*<http://powersofplace-workspace.ning.com/events/powers-of-place-gathering> * * Kind regards Nici Richter South Africa On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Esther Ewing <ewingcha...@gmail.com>wrote: > Nici: > > I would have liked a bit more notice. Please let us know when the next > Permaculture course is. > > Esther E. > > Ewing Change Consulting > Toronto: 416-792-0971 > NY: 646-963-3747 > ------------------------------ > *From: *Nici Richter <nici.rich...@gmail.com> > *Sender: *OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > *Date: *Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:05:15 +0200 > *To: *<osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > *ReplyTo: *OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > *Subject: *Re: [OSLIST] Powers of Place Gathering. November 3-7. Kufunda > Learning Village, Zimbabwe. > > Hello > > *I am attending Kufunda in Zimbabwe from 2 to 7 November 2010!* > > I would like to purchase a 200ha farm in the Klein Karoo, Western Cape > South Africa *and open the space of the farm for everyone wherever you are > *. > > On the farm you can just come and chill-out, relax, go on faboulous walks, > find yourself, share your insights and ideas and have the opportunity to > learn more about sustainable agriculture. > > You can also stay on the farm for 14 days to complete the Permaculture > Design Certificate (PDC) training in sunny South Africa. > > Interested? Let me know. > > Kind regards > > Nici Richter > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Raffi Aftandelian > <raffi_1...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > >> Friends, >> This is very short notice, but might be of interest nonetheless. >> >> I think this has lots of relevance to living in OS, in part I see it as an >> attempt to answer the question, "What if we understood the capacity of >> space >> to be self-hosting?" >> >> Full details at: >> http://powersofplace-workspace.ning.com/events/powers-of-place-gathering >> >> appreciatively, >> Raffi >> >> A POPI (Powers of Place Initiiave) gathering around the question: What is >> the new narrative for co-evolving people and place? >> >> We hear the powers of place asking us to gather - the land is asking for >> reconnection. We call together stewards of places and people who are >> inquiring into intentional relationship with place - rural or urban - to >> gather together to be in a council of places. >> >> We invite each other to share stories and practices, collect our wisdom on >> the powers of place, illuminate a field of practice of place as partner in >> our evolution, create a web of people and places to continue this work >> beyond the gathering and to simply be together in a resonant space. >> >> * >> * >> ========================================================== >> osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >> ------------------------------ >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >> view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html >> >> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> >> > > > -- > > Nici Richter > Strategist > Strategic Insight > > mobile +27727406181 > nici.rich...@gmail.com > > 90 WestMeath Road > Parkview > Johannesburg > Gauteng > South Africa > 2193 > > * * ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- Nici Richter Strategist Strategic Insight mobile +27727406181 nici.rich...@gmail.com 90 WestMeath Road Parkview Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa 2193 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist