Saturday 23 Sept to Thursday 5 October
Tinos Eco-Lodge
We have been interested in Permaculture for quite a while, but all the information that we are easily able to access is written in English and deals with Australia, the US or the UK. As our interest is in Greek plants and conditions it made a lot of sense to take the Permaculture Design Course (or PDC) in Greece.
So on Saturday we crossed the country by car, bus, taxi and ferry, arriving at the eco-lodge on Tinos in the dark. The next morning, a spectacular sunrise greeted us in our east-facing room, and the course started. It was intensive, fascinating, well-taught and engrossing. We were 12 students with two teachers: Elena Symeonidou from Paros island and Andrew Jordan from Ireland, and we were very grateful to find that all the teaching was in English, although a huge amount of local knowledge was available from our fellow students as well as the teachers. In all, a very worthwhile and fun thing to do, although it couldn't really be called a 'holiday'.
We have returned home determined to install rainwater capture tanks, and get some ducks to build a pond (apparently they will do that!), as well as plant even more trees! A few of our many photos are below:
Tinos Eco-Lodge
We have been interested in Permaculture for quite a while, but all the information that we are easily able to access is written in English and deals with Australia, the US or the UK. As our interest is in Greek plants and conditions it made a lot of sense to take the Permaculture Design Course (or PDC) in Greece.
So on Saturday we crossed the country by car, bus, taxi and ferry, arriving at the eco-lodge on Tinos in the dark. The next morning, a spectacular sunrise greeted us in our east-facing room, and the course started. It was intensive, fascinating, well-taught and engrossing. We were 12 students with two teachers: Elena Symeonidou from Paros island and Andrew Jordan from Ireland, and we were very grateful to find that all the teaching was in English, although a huge amount of local knowledge was available from our fellow students as well as the teachers. In all, a very worthwhile and fun thing to do, although it couldn't really be called a 'holiday'.
We have returned home determined to install rainwater capture tanks, and get some ducks to build a pond (apparently they will do that!), as well as plant even more trees! A few of our many photos are below:
Sunrise outside our room on the first morning
Outdoor teaching area
Nikos and Marilia, our hosts at the Eco-lodge
Me
Dave
Course participants getting very excited by compost!
Spiros, Stella, Nikos, Anna, and Elena
One of our mindmaps for review of the day's teaching
Another teaching area, and meal zone
My project team, at work on our design for Spiros' land
Anna and Stella
Dave's project team, at work on their design for our land!
Dave, Monica and Theano
Dave and I with our shiny new certificates
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