Week One
Lectures/Discussions:
Bio-mimicry: Nature as our teacher
Permaculture: A new approach to production
Stacked Poly-culture: Technique for the tropics
Terra Preta: An ancient solution to soil depletion
The new Epidemic: Consumerism and Social Deterioration
Workshops:
Biomimicry Scavenger Hunt
Hands-on Permaculture Design
Understanding Stacked Poly-culture
Creation of Terra Preta
Crafts:
Biomimicry Collage
Natural Cloth dyeing
Flint Knapping
Jippa Jappa Baskets
Field Trip:
Tube the Roaring River from the entrance
of the gorgeous Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
Week Two
Lectures/Discussions:
Sustainable Communities: Generalized Reciprocity
Natural Building: The art of natural design
Stone Masonry: The natural air conditioner
Thatch Roofing: The roof that breathes
Earthen Floors: Getting grounded
Workshops:
Natural Design Applied
Stone Walls
Earthen Floor
Thatch Roof
Field Trip:
Visit Caracol (Mayan Ruin)
Special Event:
Maroon Creole Drum School Drum Show + drum making lesson
(You may pay extra to make your own drum)
Lectures/Discussions:
Bio-mimicry: Nature as our teacher
Permaculture: A new approach to production
Stacked Poly-culture: Technique for the tropics
Terra Preta: An ancient solution to soil depletion
The new Epidemic: Consumerism and Social Deterioration
Workshops:
Biomimicry Scavenger Hunt
Hands-on Permaculture Design
Understanding Stacked Poly-culture
Creation of Terra Preta
Crafts:
Biomimicry Collage
Natural Cloth dyeing
Flint Knapping
Jippa Jappa Baskets
Field Trip:
Tube the Roaring River from the entrance
of the gorgeous Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
Week Two
Lectures/Discussions:
Sustainable Communities: Generalized Reciprocity
Natural Building: The art of natural design
Stone Masonry: The natural air conditioner
Thatch Roofing: The roof that breathes
Earthen Floors: Getting grounded
Workshops:
Natural Design Applied
Stone Walls
Earthen Floor
Thatch Roof
Field Trip:
Visit Caracol (Mayan Ruin)
Special Event:
Maroon Creole Drum School Drum Show + drum making lesson
(You may pay extra to make your own drum)
| The STAND Center has designed our first field course for University level students and independent scholars which we call 'Journey into Sustainable Development' to begin May 19th and run through May 31st, 2008. We are currently working with Galen University to try to obtain credit for students who participate in the course. Journey into Sustainable Development will focus on a hands on experience of sustainable development in action. |
| Students will share a bunk house tucked snugly within the farm and encircled by the noble rain forest. A series of interactive lectures leading into vigorous group discussions will teach students about topics like stacked poly-culture, biomimicry, and natural building. Hands on workshops will teach students what the techniques and methods of sustainable development feel like to the people practicing them on ground level, and solidify their understanding of the topics. We feel that the only way for sustainable development to ever take a global effect is for those currently earning degrees in the field to have a complete understanding of the practical realities of what this kind of development requires. From harvesting fresh spinach to preparing and applying herbal anti fungal teas, students will learn to better understand and appreciate what sustainable agriculture is like in action. Our week long natural building workshop will help them understand both the advantages and disadvantages of Natural Construction. Ad the feildtrips will give them a relaxing and engaging experience of Belize and how ecotourism can be a part of sustainable development here. |
| Journey into Sustainable Development |
| Costs: $700 per student (includes transportation to and from the airport, all meals,bottled water, lodging, course materials, and field trips) $620 per student (budget package- student provides a tent as lodging) |
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