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Location
  • Bolivia
    • Cochabamba
Subject Areas
Agriculture Animal Science Conservation and Preservation Ecology Food Science and Nutrition Medicine

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Program Type
Direct Enrollment
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Dormitory

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Starting Price
157.5
Price Details
The full price of the course is $225 USD, but we offer a 30% discount to GoOverseaers who stay an additional week as a volunteer on the farm.
The price includes: • 7 nights in a cabin with breakfast, lunch and dinner on the farm • 5 days onsite training with 4 hours per day including lectures, instruction and practice • Afternoons and an extra day free to explore Mizque • Certificate specifying techniques learnt
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What's Not Included
Activities Airfare Domestic Airfare Airport Transfers SIM cards Transportation Travel Insurance Visa Wifi
Jan 18, 2023
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About Program

In this course, we wish to enable participants to produce healthy food, become more self-sufficient with energy, and produce a surplus of fertilizers which can be easily sold or traded. Combining these elements provides a means to live sustainably. We believe that our bodies and minds are equally important and a part of nature so we included techniques and strategies to encourage self-care practices. Simon has been studying and actively practicing permaculture for 15 years. The opportunity to learn hands-on from the projects on his land is a valuable opportunity.

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3 students preparing the mud to make adobe bricks
A Sun Salutation routine is taught in the course
Hands-on practice building a solar hot water system
Students creating fresh garden spaces
Students learning about water management
Students preparing a swale to recharge the ground water
Student preparing a soil mixture to plant seeds
One of our french students preparing an instant garden
Students practicing the head ache and neck pain relief techniques
One of our best feedbacks is about the incredible food quality.
Learning about the solar oven
Special time with the baby rabbits, aka kits
Students fresh from caring for the farm
A student bonding with Malbena
Student helping with the adobe brick making
Students learning about permaculture design
The bonfire pit
Sweet time with Mason as a puppy
Eco building with adobe bricks
More delicious food
Grill and rocket oven that we built.
Plaza Mizque
Mizque Rivers
The location of PRC in relation to town and the river
Hang out area for students and volunteers
Inside the Smurf House
Inside the Smurf House
Bathroom we built with volunteers inside the Smurf House
Bathroom inside the Smurf House
Private upstairs loft in the Smurf House
Hang out area Smurf House
Path to the Smurf House
More outdoor space at the Smurf House
Playing Settlers of Catan at the Marae House
Graduates from the permaculture course
Graduates from the permaculture course
Simon giving instruction
Our free roaming turkeys
Graduates from the course
Graduates from the course
Marae cabin for couples
Marae cabin for couples
Bathroom at the Marae Cabin
The Marae Cabin
Outside of the Marae Cabin

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Program Highlights

  • An introduction to permaculture • How to plan a land from the beginning • How to make an instant garden
  • How to plant a garden • How to design a food forest • Water management and watering techniques • Three types of composting (Bokashi, aerobic and hot composting)
  • How to make two liquid fertilizers to sell for a profit • How to integrate animals into vegetable production • Alternative, energy saving technologies (solar oven, rocket stove, solar water heater)
  • Yoga routine for back health (sun salutations) • Chinese kinesiology for healthy living • Upper and lower back techniques to alleviate back pains and migraines
  • Bonus: community building lecture and tools

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About Permaculture Retreat Center

PRC was founded in 2014 by Simon Kaiwai, a certified permaculture designer with a big vision for a small piece of land. He turned barren, compacted soil into a lush oasis with 3.5 cabins, a large pond, 3 continuous contour trenches, on-going productive gardens, 60+ fruit trees, a 250 liter water-filtration system, and many happy animals. We are...