Host: Ernestine Lüdeke (Fundación Monte Mediterráneo/ Dehesa San Francisco)
Course Dates: 20 to 27 April 2020
Application Deadline: 7 February 2020
Preparation Meeting Date: 26 March 2020
Aims & Themes: demonstrating organic agriculture & agroforestry in action on marginal land; cooperatives and rural economic diversity; conservation of habitats, species and soils
Draft Itinerary:
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Date |
Activity |
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April, 20th |
Getting to know Dehesa San Francisco – walk/hike |
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April, 21st |
Visit to ham production Visit to Aracena: Nature Park Museum, Meeting with the Head of Nature Park Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche; lunch at an ecological village (access walking) with sociocratic governance. |
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April, 22nd |
Visit to Villanueva de la Serena Lamb and Wool cooperative Visit to Wildlife Project with bird hospital in Villafranca de los Barros |
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April, 23rd |
Visit to Cork Institute and Cork Processing plant |
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April, 24th |
Visit to Roman excavation (private) Visit to Organic Olive Grove in Écija |
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April, 25th |
Visit to the slum in Sevilla and the Horticulture project of FMM Visit to Sevilla University – weed expert |
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April, 26th |
Individual activities on the dehesa – possibly visit to another farm |
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April, 27th |
Departure day |
Reports from 2019 and film from 2019
Click here to download the full NET course list for 2020.
Click here to download the NET 5 2020 application form. (SNH staff are very
welcome to email an expression of interest but they must complete their own internal HR process before submitting an application form)