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MEXICO, SOUTH AND
CENTRAL AMERICA / CARIBBEAN

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South America
Argentina   Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador
French Guiana Guyana Paraguay   Peru Surinam Uruguay Venezuela
Central America
Belize El Salvador Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean
Anguila Antigua & Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Bermuda British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada

Guadalupe
Haiti Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Netherlands Antilles St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia St. Vincent & Grenadines  Trinidad-Tobago Turks & Caicos Islands 
South America

Argentina

Associacion Gaia
Gustavo and Silvia Ramirez
Almafuerte 1732, San Martin, Buenos Aires 1650, Argentina
54+14-752-2197, 54+2-272-4-920072           http://www.gaia.com.ar     

Jaqueline Pithon cx .Postal 45 Gravatá, Pernambuco CEP 55640 - 000 (She was one of our first Presidents of the Bahian Institute, presently owns a farm which is being transformed into an agroforest system)
Bolivia
Pc Allyu Verde, Klaus Lotz, Lot 2, Casilla, Cochabamba, 5279, Bolivia Ph: int+ (591) 0411 2605

Brazil
Instituto de Permacultura Cerrado-Pantanal
http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura/
Rua Horto da Olivieras 738, Bairro Granja
São Luis, Campo Grande, CEP 79074-070, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
Tel 67 385 0546, email . Main activities courses in
permaculture, reforrrestry programs, seed collecting, local development (in
indigenous and rural reform settlements), local economic systems and
construction of demonstration site/school. Ecosystems in which we work,
Cerrado (tropical savanna) and Amazonia (wet tropics).
http://www.permear.org.br/
A Rede Permear integra permacultores de vários estados brasileiros e do Distrito Federal. Em muitos casos, estes permacultores organizam-se e mantém estações de permacultura. Para melhor lhe atendermos, sugerimos, portanto, que procures contactar diretamente algum permacultor ou estação de pemacultura mais próximo de você.
Gui Castagna
+ 55 (12) 3832-1476
Ubatuba / São Paulo

Humid tropics of Brazil
Marcio Armando
He has taught many Permaculture courses, specialist on Savannah (“Cerrado”) and Amazonas ecosystems , presently works in the Brazilian germplasm center
e-mail

André Miccolis
EQS 104/304 cx. Postal 002214 Brasilia, Brazil, DS 70349 - 970
Brother of the founder of “Fazenda Lua”, the first Permaculture project in Brazil, and himself founder of "Instituto Salvia". They are implanting a demonstration project near Brasilia.    +55 (061) 912 -1563
Débora Geane
Instituto de Permacultura em Terras Secas (Drylands)
tel /fax c/o Garra +55 74 641 2570
Cx. Postal 73, Irecê, Brazil       Bahia e-mail:

Carlos Miller
Av. Torquato Tapajos 5408 Sala B, Flores Manaus 69048 - 000, Brazil       tel/fax +55 71 692 4011
Moacir Bionda
tel/fax + 926 54-4699
e-mail:    (Moacir is a widely-recognized specialist on Amazonian medicinal herbs) Amazonas Contact for Ali Sharif of the Instituto de Permacultura de Amazonas : email

Claudio Sanchotene Trinidade
Demetrio Ribeiro, 961/72
Centro Porto Alegre, RS
tel + 55 51 226 1436 fax +55 51 221 4082
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul ( extreme south, sub-tropic /temperate) Claudio is especially interested in eco-villages and cooperativism, and is presently working with associations of farmers which occupy the edges of natural reserves, to create "green belts " which preserve the natural areas.

Adriana Junqueira Fonseca
Faz. Helena, Cx Postal 51, Guaracai,SP. 16950 - 000
tel +55 18 775 - 1268
Part of a group of young farmers, all agronomists graduates from Rio de Janeiro, who meet regularly to implant Permaculture systems ( region of sugarcane monoculture)

André Soares
Permaculture teacher in Projeto Novas Fronteiras de Cooperativismo Ministério de Agricultura Brasilia
e-mail
Has given many courses around Brazil, contact in the federal government. Marcio and I also worked in this program 1995 - 1997. He and colleagues are trying to bring Permaculture into the federal agrotechnical schools, apparently ( hopefully!) with success.. For publications in Portuguese (Brazilian magazine, translation of the Introduction, coursebook of André Soares, etc.): Fernando Soares

Permacultura America Latina' (Brazil)
Amad Ali Sharif (president),
and his friend Fernando Soares, other Brazilian email links:

Fadenza Lua (Moon Farm), S.Q.S. 108, Bloco H, Apto. 305, Brasilia, D.F. 70347 -080, Brasil
Ph/fax: int + 55 61 244 2218
Instituto Gaucho de Permacultura, Sitio Pe na Terra, Lomba Grande, Novo
Hamburgo, Pe RS, 93 490 000, Brazil          Ph/Fax: int+ (55) 51 596 11 14

Pc Institute of Brasilia,    Maria Indindoli, Fazenda Lua (Moon Farm)
S.Q.S. 108, Bloco H, Apto. 305, Brasilia, D.F. 70347 - 080, Brazil      Ph/Fax: int + (55) 61 244 2218
Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia
Marsha Hanzi, Condominio Aguas Finas QE L4, Lauro de Freitas,
Bahia, CEP 42700-000, Brazil    Ph: int+ (55) 713 78 2676 Fax: int+ (55) 713 78 1520
Email:      http://www.permacultura-bahia.org.br
Our speciality has become the training of young professionals in the areas of agriculture, biology, architechture, and education. We are particularly interested in training "multipliers" ( changing paradigms,preparing teachers etc.) and have begun an apprentice program

Vale da Esperança and Lua Ecological Sanctuary
A 10 year old permaculture project featuring Ethno-Botanical Gardens, Permaculture, Agroforestry, Eco-tourism, Retreats, workshops, Research and Work-exchange.   http://www.yatra.yage.net/vale.htm
Instituto de Permacultura e Ecovilas da Pampa (IPEP)
Estrada Higienópolis, 17 - Zona Rural, Bagé/RS - CEP 96410-490,
fone: (53) 241-0665     (53) 9977-1220
http://www.permacultura.org.br/ipep       

Colombia
Fundación CIPAV
(Centro para la Investigacion en Sistemas Sostenibles de Produccion Agropecuaria), Carrera 2 Oeste # 11-54, Cali, Colombia
  Telef: +57(2) 8930931 - 8930898 - 8935492 Fax: +57(2) 8935535
mailto:                 http://www.cipav.org.co/
Costa Rica

Punta Mona (Monkey Point) - Our Center for Sustainable Living & Education
Punta Mona is a 30-acre organic farm and educational retreat center dedicated to bringing about environmental consciousness by creating an example of sustainable living through permaculture design methods including eco-technology, organic farming, and a sense of community. Surrounded by primary rainforest and fronted by the pristine, coconut fringed Caribbean Sea, Punta Mona is an ideal retreat for student travelers and groups wishing to connect to the land, its resources, and its people.

Costa Rica International Center for Sustainability
Scott Steedley  steedleynaturescaping@msm.com
Rod Rylander rarylander@yahoo.com
Mighty Rivers Eco-farm
For those of you interested in eco-tourism or eco-agriculture, we now offer tours and budget lodging at Mighty Rivers Eco-farm. We offer simple, affordable accomodations including bed and breakfast along with a first hand view of our nature friendly, sustainable farming operation amid jungle, rivers and wildlife in this tropical Caribbean setting of Limon Province, Costa Rica. info@mightyrivers.net    Nathan Lapp..011 506 386-8833 Phone in USA...001 540 801-0649
San Juanillo EcoRetreat Center
Our 66-acre property is located in the hills of San Juanillo, Costa Rica. San Juanillo is a small fishing village in a tropical dry forest ecosysyem, in the middle of Guanacaste province on the Northern Pacific Coast. It is a relatively remote area that has recently begun to attract international residents involved in establishing communities. Nosara B&B 506-682-0209   nosarabandb@yahoo.com

Ecuador

Fundacion Golondrinas (Cerro Golondrinas
Cloudforest Conservation Project)
Centro Productivo y Educativo Agroforestal
in Guallupe / La Carolina, Western Slopes of the Andes
Piet Sabbe or Eliza Manteca Onate, Calle Isabel La Catolica 1559, Quito, Ecuador.
Ph: int+ (590) 2 22 6602 Fax: int + (593) 2 22 2390
Permacultura America Latina Ecuador
http://www.permacultura.org/ecuador.html
PAL began its activities in South America with its first projects in Ecuador in 1989. In the Andes a bilingual education school was created in Cayambe and on the coast in San Lorenzo a series of community programs were developed around the nucleus of a permaculture farm model which has since become a regionally important seed bank. In the Amazon work with the Huaorani has been the subject of a prize winning book and numerous articles in magazines such as the New Yorker. Our students have been the recipients of the Rolex Award and numerous Community Service awards.

Peru
Permacultura America Latina Peru
http://www.permacultura.org/peru.html
PAL began working with the Shipibo in early 1995 in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon. A village development program resulted in the construction of five wells, a womens sewing and kitchen cooperative and an agroforestry system. Working with indigenous fishermen we pioneered the development of the Shipibo aquaculture model.

Uruguay

Puert'al Sur
Cno Independencia y Vía Férrea,
parada 78 San Luis,
Canelones, Uruguay Tel 0378 31 60 http://www.internet.com.uy/luc/permacultura/elda/indexelda.htm

Central America

El Salvador

CESTA
Carlos Canos & Silva Flores
Apdo 3065,Calle PTE 316, San Salvador, El Salvador
Ph: int+ (503) 225 6746 Fax: int+ (503) 226 6903

Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Karen Inwood
Apartado Postal 68, Centro de Gobierno
San Salvador, El Salvador
503 2262 7932    permacultura@terra.com.sv

The Permaculture Institute of El Salvador (IPES) was founded as an independent organization in 2002 by small farmers concerned to halt the destruction of their environment and way of life. Over the past 6 years, we have built a network of subsistence farmers who work with ecological farming methods. We have a training centre and 4 demonstration permaculture sites, the most important of which is the ecological community La Florida in the La Libertad department. Our aim is to train community leaders within poor rural areas to enable them to tackle the environmental crises that face them. http://www.permacultura.org/elsalvador.html

Guatemala
Permacultura America Latina  Guatemala http://www.permacultura.org/guatemala.html
Our work in Guatemala began in 1995, in and around San Lucas Toliman in the country’s central highlands. Early support led to a profitable fair trade program for 300 indigenous organic coffee growers. Building on this achievement, numerous other small cooperative projects were initiated, among them work with orphaned children and local women. Our rapidly growing mission led to the formation of the Institute of MesoAmerican Permaculture (IMAP) in 2000, and a beautiful parcel of land was purchased on the shores of Lake Atitlan, becoming the new, permaculture reference center.

Nicaragua

Fundacion Augusto C Sandino
(FACS)
Apdo. 2458, Managua 5, Nicaragua
Ph: int+ (505) 2 74773 & 505 2 75706 Fax: int+(505) 2 675670

Mexico
Instituto Tonantzin Tlalli
Paraje Bonanza, Ejutla, Oaxaca
Email: parajebonanza@grupedsac.org
www.grupedsac.org

The ITT is a project carried out by the Group to Promote Education and Sustainable Development (GRUPEDSAC), a Mexican non-profit organization dedicated to providing sustainable solutions, mainly through appropriate technologies for rural communities. The ITT ("Mother Earth" in Náhuatl) was born out of the conviction that a new vision is necessary to accomplish positive change in the Mexican countryside, a vision inspired in stewardship of all that is sacred in Nature and in human beings.
Tierramor
http://www.tierramor.org/index.htm
Granja Tamu Tariaticha, Apdo. 15, Arocutin,
Municipio de Erongaricuaro / Michoacán; C.P. 61630
E-mail: click here
Holger Hieronimi y Marina Ortiz 

N.W. Mexican PC Institute
Jose & Alejandro
Hotel American Colonial, Guaymas , Sonora, Mexico
Pc de Mexico/Mexico City
Blanca Domingues
Apdo Postal #21, 140 Mexico City, 04000 D, Mexico
Tamu Tariaticha (community)
Permacultura en México
Apdo # 391, Patzcuaro, Michoacan, CP. 61600 México
http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura/index.htm
fax (52) 01 (434) 24743
Instituto de Permacultura de Mexico, A.C.
Calle de Santa Cruz -11A, Barrio La Aldea San Miguel Allende,
Guanajuato C.P.37700, México
415 149 0153 Terresa Beck

Biocenosis AC
Levania y Mauricio Causabon      Tel 726 61497 Fax 726 20336

Aztlan Centro de Rescate Ecologico AC
Apdo 1248 Queretaro Qro. CP 76000
Tel 42 122262
Email

EDUCE AC - Edo. de Campeche C, Alejandra Acosta
Bus Tel 982 20164 Email:
Laura Kuri (in Cuernavaca, state of Morelos)
44 Circuito Conquistadores Col. Alvero Lionel Jautepec
Tel 73 62730        Email:
Los Palomitas (in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco)
C/0 Eric Saracho    Email:

New Moon Foundation
Great people and well worth a visit, but contact them first!!!!
Valerie Nadeau
Apdo 1296, Oaxaca, OAX 68000, Mexico
Ph/Fax: int+ (52) 951 7 5755

Judith Katz
Domocilio Conocido, San Juan Bautista Jayacatlan
Etla, Oaxaca CP 68210 MEXICO
judithkatz@yahoo.com
We are starting a small pc demonstration site in the northern sierra and would welcome volunteers. We offer opportunities to speak or learn spanish, practice pc design and do cultural exchange.

The Sexto Sol Center for Community Action
Escuela de Agro-Ecologia "Tierra Linda"
Barrio Ecologico Tierra Linda, 1a Poniente #200B Motozintla, Chiapas CP 30900 Mexico
fax: 52-9-641-0088 www.sextosol.org
We teach permaculture, bio-intensive, organic agricutlure to subsistence farmers in the Sierra Madre of Chiapas and do sustainable coffee work and reforestation, solar ovens and more. We would like experienced teachers to come stay on the farm to help. Need ideas for creating an alternative energy demonstration on site. Volunteers welcome. Like-minded travlers who contact us first can stay with us in exchange for work.

Caribbean

Cuba
Permaculture in Cuba
http://www.peg.apc.org/~adamt/cuba/
Grupo Para el Desarollo Integral de La Habana
Elio Guevara & Mario Coyula
Calle 28 #113, e/ 1ra. y 3ra, Miramar,
Cuidad de La Habana, Cuba
Ph/Fax: int+ (537) 33 2661

The Green Team, Permacultura de Australia
Luis Sanchez
Santa Fe Community, Havana, Cuba
 Ph/Fax: int+ (53) 7 33 1788

Haiti

International Seed Saving Institute  http://www.seedsave.org/issi/projects/haiti.html
PAL Haiti      http://www.permacultura.org/haiti.html

Lambi Fund of Haiti
http://www.lambifund.org/

We are a diverse group of individuals from many walks of life who work together toward economic justice, democracy and alternative sustainable development in Haiti.The Lambi Fund of Haiti is a 501(c)(3), tax exempt not for profit organization.

The Lambi Fund's mission is to assist the popular, democratic movement in Haiti. Its goal is to help strengthen civil society as a necessary foundation of democracy and development. The fund channels financial and other resources to community-based organizations that promote the social and economic empowerment of the Haitian people.

The Lambi Fund supports projects that embrace the following principles: non-violent, non-partisan, community-based, promoting the advancement of women, using education and training for empowerment, and promoting the overall democratic movement.

Trinidad / Tobago
Wa Samaki Ecosystems
Corner La Cuesa Road & Freeport Todds Road, Freeport, Trinidad and Tobago
Phone: (868) 673-4180/ Fax: (868) 673-4180
wasamaki@tstt.net.tt
 http://www.wasamakipermaculture.org/
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