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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to share with you and your students a unique and awesome opportunity to learn Permaculture Design in the jungle of Caribbean Costa Rica!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This July 3 - 16, <a href="http://www.puntamona.org/">Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies</a> is offering a 2 week, 75 hour, internationally recognized <a href="http://puntamona.org/permaculture-design-courses-punta-mona">Permaculture
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<p class="MsoNormal">The course covers ecological design methods and techniques, water and alternative energy systems, earth works, natural building strategies, soil science and many other regenerative practices as well as community living and development and
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<p class="MsoNormal">This course can be used as an independent study or as internship credits through many universities, students just need to be proactive and self motived. Our student body is very diverse, coming from around the world, the ages range from
16 - 65 and the course is bilingual in English and Spanish.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Punta Mona Center is a 20 year old, beach front, off-the-grid, organic permaculture farm, eduction and retreat center on the Southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica in the heart of the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in primary and secondary
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this amazing Summer program and I hope very much you share this with your students and other interested faculty.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out TEDx Talk on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBA19OeNMIo">Building Intentional Communities</a> and <a href="https://vimeo.com/18572269">The Pursuit of Sustainable Dreams: Permaculture & Quality of Life</a> by Punta Mona
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much for your time and attention.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:#355617">Sarah Wu</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Futura",serif;color:#355617">For Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sarah@puntamona.org">sarah@puntamona.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#355617">Punta Mona founder, Stephen Brooks TEDx:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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