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Dominique de Bruin
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Joined:
30/05/2011
Location:
Bad Zwesten, Hessen, Germany
Climate Zone:
Cold Temperate
Web site:
www.permacultureegypt.com/home





My Projects

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Permaculture Egypt

Permaculture Egypt

Cairo (main hub), EG


Followers
Adam Molyneux-Berry Alex Kruger Arturo Marroquin Ashraf Al Shafaki Asmae Bee Aurelia Weintz Fraser Roberts Gavin Stockden Gurjeet Kaur Ignazio Schettini Maged El Said Mohammad Saleh Niki Neave Starr Brainard Stewart Littler
Following
Geoff Lawton Kent Muhammad Tahir Cooper
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About Dominique de Bruin

Permaculture is my passion for applied spiritual ecology. It seems to be the only viable path for human evolution. I love to study how different cultures and belief systems relate to their natural environment and design permanent ecological spiritual culture systems.

First exposure to permaculture was in 1994, volunteering at Gardens for Africa (GFA), a ghetto based permaculture project near Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal province of South Africa. The project seemed to embody the dream of a new Rainbow Nation South Africa as embodied by Nelson Mandela, with abundance for all.

1996 - Australian travels, attended EcoVillage design workshop hosted by G.E.N. at Crystal Waters EcoVillage, and represented SA at IPC 6 in Perth. Woofed with EarthCare Education and Jangbung Gardens. Part of core team that developed GFA into permaculture training and resource center.

1997-2005 organised GEN Eco Village Design and Earthcare Education Teacher Training workshops in SA. Developed first community based tertiary permaculture qualifications in Landcare with University of Natal - Pietermaritzburg. Developed indigenous medicinal plant cropping models with indigenous Zulu healers at GFA. Developed seed security programs and training courses with PELUM network in SA. Worked on several SA schools permaculture programs and competitions. Organised and facilitated on many PDCs at Rustlers Valley farm and other locations across SA.

2005 Graduated from Thokoza lineage of Sangomas (African traditional medicine practioners) and developed models and training programs for urban food security and primary healthcare gardens as AIDS prevention and treatment strategy across SA.

2005-2009 became coordinator and dance chief for "Dance For The One" (DFTO), an international cross cultural and interfaith cermonial peace dance, which aims to connect all people across these traditional boundaries using cermonial dance, community building methods and plant medicine exchanges. Worked for DFTO in SA, Egypt-Sinai, Israel, Germany, Norway, Bosnia.

2009-2010 Designer and project supervisor for Rustlers Valley Farm ecovillage project.

2011-2012 Permaculture Egypt. "Permaculture Poentials Workshops" with Nahdet El Mahrousa's Green Arm. Workshops and Urban Permaculture training courses for community food gardens, reGreening unused urban space, Rooftop Urban Farming, Tilapia Aquaponics.
Founder Member, PDC Trainer and Design Consultant for Nawaya Egypt in Cairo, Sakkara, Minya and Nuweba.

2012 - Noord Hesen, Germany. Team Divine International Spiritual Ecology Development Agency. Cold temperate climate homesteady sustainability and intercultutural community developement strategies for Europe. Using indigenous and modern plant based medicinal sytems and cultural preservation in modern times. Landscapes for water security and indigenous agroforestry, etc. Personal empowerment to actively engage in earth care, people care, and surplus share. Team Divine pretty much does it all by this stage of the game....

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Consultant Aid worker Pdc teacher
My Permaculture Qualifications
Verified
Permaculture Design Certificate Course
Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course
Verifying teacher: Kent Muhammad Tahir Cooper
Other Teachers: Tim Houghton, Malcome Draper, Erna Kruger
Location: Rustlers Valley Farm, South Africa
Date: Dec 1995
Other course verified
Permaculture Teachers Facilitation Course
Type: Teacher Training
Teacher: Robin Clayfield
Location: Thlolego
Date: Nov 1998
Other course verified
Eco Village Design Workshop
Type: Other
Verifying teacher: Albert Bates
Other Teachers: Max Lyndegger, Declan Kennedy
Location: Crystal Waters Eco Village
Date: Aug 1996
1 PDC Graduates (list)
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Climate Zones
Dominique de Bruin has permaculture experience in:
Cold Temperate
Cool Temperate
Warm Temperate
Sub tropical
Arid
Semi Arid
Hot Desert

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