Description of the courses at Val de Vie
Two routes are offered to “explore” equine permaculture at Val de Vie.
- introductory course
- and advanced internship
Everyone is welcome : individuals, professionals, curious.
Ce sont These are three days of immersion in the Ecodomain of Val de Vie. You will discover the foundations of equine permaculture.
principles of ecology,
ethics and principles of equine permaculture,
methods of designing an equine permaculture accommodation.
=> Final objective of the internship : be able to develop the main design guidelines for your site.
The course starts on Friday morning and ends on Sunday at the end of the day.
The students are expected the day before to be able to settle down quietly: camping pitches are reserved for them on the banks of the "la Vie" river. Everyone takes their marks and we meet in the evening for dinner and start to get to know each other.
The three days of the Equine Permaculture Initiation course are an integral part of the long Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) training course which continues:
- either in line with modules 3, 4, 5 and 6,
- either during the second course
Note: for trainees who have already validated it, they are not required to start the Initiation course again.
=> the days are loaded with theoretical learning but expect many very concrete practical applications.
=> à l’issue du stage il vous sera remis une attestation de présence : dans un second temps vous pourrez obtenir une attestation de réussite en rédigeant un compte-rendu avec votre Plan de Base.
Indicative PROGRAM of the THREE DAYS of Initiation :
from 8 am: breakfast
9 a.m. to 10 a.m .: free time, note taking, free visit, horse care on the slopes for those who want
10 a.m. to 1 p.m .: lessons
1 p.m. to 2 p.m .: lunch
2 p.m. to 6 p.m .: lessons
9 a.m. to 10 a.m .: free time, note taking, free visit, horse care on the tracks for those who want
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m .: dinner
from 8:30 p.m .: free time, note taking, free visit, horse care on the tracks - various actions on the ecodomain
DAY 1 :
- Welcome snack: presentation of the students and their sites.
- Morning course: environmental emergencies - notions of sustainability and ecological footprint - definition of equine permaculture.
- Afternoon course: principles of ecology and ecosystems.
DAY 2 :
- Morning course: ethics, principles and strategies of permaculture - principles of Bill Molisson and David Holmgren applied to the ethics of equine permaculture.
- Afternoon course: site design methods. Prepare your notebooks.
DAY 3 :
- Morning lesson: map reading on the table and practical interpretation while reading the landscape.
- Afternoon course: realization of the elementary Design of its Site.
SECOND PARCOURS : le stage d'approfondissement
EQUINE PERMACULTURE DESIGNER COURSE
Ce sont 14 journées intense and convivial combining knowledge and know-how.
Prérequis : avoir effectué le parcours d’Initiation (soit en présentiel, soit en ligne)
Le stage d’Approfondissement se déroule pendant 2 semaines au Val de Vie et commence le lundi matin et se termine le dimanche dans l’après-midi.
IMPORTANT : il est nécessaire soit d’avoir participé à un stage d’Initiation soit d’avoir achevé un Parcours d’Initiation en ligne.
Les stagiaires sont attendus dès la veille pour pouvoir s’installer tranquillement dans les emplacements de camping qui leur sont réservés sur les bord de la rivière « la Vie ». Chacun prend ses marques et on se retrouve le soir pour dîner et commencer à faire connaissance.
=> the days are loaded with theoretical learning but expect many very concrete practical applications.
=> à l’issue des stages il vous sera remis une attestation de présence ou de réussite.
=> la certification de Designer est remise après le stage : il vous sera demander de rédiger un portfolio de votre Design.
PROGRAMME indicatif des JOURNÉES de stage :
from 8 am: breakfast
9h à 10h : ateliers pratiques et soins aux chevaux sur les pistes
10 a.m. to 1 p.m .: lessons
1 p.m. to 2 p.m .: lunch
- 14h à 14h45 : pause – temps libre (départ en visite)
14h45 à 16h45 : cours
- 16h45 à 17h30: pause – temps libre
18h à 19h30 : ateliers pratiques et soins aux chevaux sur les pistes
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m .: dinner
à partir de 20h30 : diverses actions sur l’écodomaine pour préparer votre projet au Val de Vie – travail sur votre projet personnel
Stage d’Approfondissement :
JOURS 1 et 2 : The objective of this two-day stage is to deepen your knowledge of your site through the main themes of ecology, in order to understand how they work and integrate them into your Design.
- Cours du matin : Reconnaître les modèles dans la nature – bio-mimétisme. CDesign with climate and microclimates.
- Afternoon course: Water and landscape. Plants - functions - productions - spread.
- Morning lessons: The tree and the forests. Hedges and windbreaks.
- Afternoon lesson: The ground. Earthworks, access, tracks and fences.
JOURS 3 et 4 : Each course of these two days is a detailed study of the possibilities of your site, zone by zone, element by element, which will guide you to go further and with more precision in your Design.
- Morning lessons: Zone 0 (the house), THEN Zone 1 (feeding and watering areas for horses; sheds and workshops; small vegetable garden; aromatic plants).
- Afternoon lessons: Zone 2 (the tracks; orchard and food forest; medicinal plants; small animals).
- Morning lessons: Zone 3 (grazed plots; agroforestry), THEN Zone 4 (production of fodder and wood).
- Afternoon course: Zone 5 (wilderness), THEN discovery of global climatic biozones.
JOUR 5 – 6 – 7 : These three days will lead you to do a detailed analysis of your site in order to make it a balanced and resilient ecosystem.
- Morning course: site analysis - design deepening - shaping of the first stages of the presentation of your design. Graphic design and creative problem solving.
- Afternoon Class: Managing Costs - Creating Income and Decreasing Expenses.
- Morning course: Design to mitigate the impact of disasters (floods, fires, drought).
- Afternoon Class: Start Planning for Implementation.
- Morning lessons: integrated management of horse pests and parasites. Living with the "weeds".
- Afternoon course: welcoming wild biodiversity.
JOURS 8 à 13 : L’objectif de ces journées est d’élargir la réflexion autour de la permaculture équine : pour mettre de l’éthique dans l’argent, l’accès à la propriété, l’accessibilité au handicap, et aussi le droit de naître, de grandir et de vieillir jusqu’au grand âge dans le respect, tant pour le cheval que pour les humains …
Le programme est donné à titre indicatif :
- vous allez avoir plus de temps libre pour travailler sur un projet au Val de Vie et sur votre projet personnel.
- des visites de Paddock Paradise et de lieux gérés en permaculture seront organisées.
- Cours du matin : Notion de bio-régions – communauté régionale et ressources.
- Afternoon class: Concept of ethical money - discovery of community economic systems.
- Morning course: Concept of permaculture in the workplace - work ethic and ergonomic design of the workstation
- Afternoon course: Eco-responsible equestrian infrastructure - management of non-renewable resources and waste.
- Morning course: access to land ownership, to buy or not - how to choose.
- Afternoon course: access to land and ethics - cost and income management - participatory stable and shared equine habitat.
- Morning course: some models of legal structures - writing an equine permaculture charter.
- Afternoon course: designing communities in equine permaculture.
JOUR 14 : C’est le jour des étudiants !
- Présentation des Designs des étudiants : projets au Val de Vie et projets personnels.
- Remise des attestations.
Important Information
Pour valoriser au mieux votre Parcours d’Approfondissement et pour bien préparer votre certification il est conseillé de :
have access to a site and gather all the information possible on this site, in order to learn to observe differently and to put into practice the achievements of each day of the internship. If you don't have a site, you will be offered one. It is recommended to choose a site of at least 1 hectare up to a maximum of 5 hectares.
practice using the computer tools that will be offered to you as you go along (Geoportal, Powerpoint and many others ...).
have a computer to prepare certification documents.
devote approximately 2 hours each day to explore the content that will be delivered to you and to carry out the practical exercises allowing you to prepare for the certification.
- apportez votre Plan de Base et toutes les informations réunies lors de votre Parcours d’Initiation. Vous aurez besoin de papier claque, de crayons de couleur et de feutres (et tout ce qui vous semble utile).