The project responded to the concerns of the consortium, to use adult education as an instrument of sustainable development and social transformation, while solving environmental global problems, derived from current production/consumption models The 8-day training course on P.Cantabria taught how to design productive agricultural ecosystems with diversity, stability and resistance, like natural ecosystems. It was also offer valuable tools on sustainable entrepreneurship and group facilitation The objectives achieved are: Know basic techniques of Permaculture for the care of the Earth: Exchange of Good Practices, Care of the Earth: Sustainable Agriculture and Adequate Technologies Understand how we can combat climate change through Permaculture, how to reduce emissions, simultaneously mitigating climate change, improving productivity and resilience of production systems Obtain practical tools for the sustainable design of projects: innovation and sustainability principles and planning, innovative fundraising, community-based economic models Learn to streamline group processes to facilitate the achievement of projects: Skills and techniques were explained to improve the efficiency of our daily work, and will be also practiced
This course responded to the training needs of the participating entities to improve their knowledge from a leading country in Permaculture and sustainability such as Spain. Improve their organisational capacity, project management skills and international projection learning from experienced companies/entities about Permaculture and sustainability. Becoming a force of positive change in our society by creating/improving projects that are socially significant, economically viable and environmentally sustainable and that inspire different stakeholders.