Micro-Gardens For Youth & Health

Micro-Gardens For Rural Schools

A Lodge-Based Service Learning Adventure

This program aims your energy and enthusiasm at, and aims to aid, small communities and their even smaller and often far-flung rural schools. We love this approach of micro-gardens and organic agriculture as it can have both nutritional and ecological impacts.

Our programs are always one and done. We want you to see your project from beginning to end. None of that entering-in somewhere in the process and leaving without seeing the finished gift.

BASIC PROGRAM PROFILE

Dates: Year-round, based on destination

Duration: 9 Days (with 14 and 17 Day Options)

Locations: Arizona, Mexico, Perú, Chile, Argentina

Price Includes: all program-related travel (except airfare), lodging and all but one dinner on your own. 9, 14 & 17 Day costs based on group size and dates. Contact Us for details.

Lodging: Included. Typically Hotel, Cabin and / or hosteria.

Program Type: Permaculture Workshop and Service Learning; Local Exploration; Active and Occasionally Strenuous

Meals: Organic and Abundant. We can accommodate most dietary issues. All but 1 dinner included.

ALSO

• 40/60 English and Spanish; English Translation Services Provided; Having Spanish Language Basics is Helpful.
• Passport Required for Some Programs
• See recommended clothing and gear list for comfort & preparedness.

ITINERARY

The Basic 9-Day Itinerary

(Contact us for a detailed Itinerary and for 14 and 17 -Day options)

Day 0 – Departure from Your Country; Meet Facilitator at Airport; Transfer to Local Lodge for reception.

Day 1 - Micro Gardens

+ Methods of construction and application.

Day 2–Introduction to Permaculture

+ What in the World is Permaculture?

+ Why is it Important?

+ History, ethics, characteristics, and principles of Permaculture.

Days 3-7 – AM Projects and Seminars; PM Explorations

+ Learn about natural and cultivated ecosystems, ecology, microclimates, soils, flora, fauna, and nature’s patterns.

+ Visit local community projects that practice sustainable agriculture

+ Hiking and Kayaking and other active components.

Days 8&9 – Recovery Day! Wrap-up and Return

+ Thermal Pools Abound, Spa, Sun, Swim, Plan

+ Wrap-up and goodbyes

As Featured in Moon Guide To Latin American Service Learning