REX - INTEGRATED AND REAL FARM PLANNING CONVENTION - 10 days

Mas alavall - polyculture & LIVESTOCK FARM DESIGN IN PROGRESS

FROM MONDAY 12th TO WEDNESDAY 21st OF JUNE 2017

FUNDING POSSIBILITIES,

TRAINING COSTS FINANCED FOR VIVÉA PARTICIPANTS

Take Note : this event has a limited number of participants able to attend

The REX is the Regrarians® marquee convention with the intention of accelerating the development of regenerative land management. The REX convention is run over 10 intensive days (no day off!) and is based on a real farm with real hosts taking real risks and looking for a real future.

The lead attendee, Regrarians Ltd. Director, Darren J. Doherty, will guide all attendees (including the convention hosts) through an intensive convention program which is a participatory balance of practical theory and hands-on decision making and practice just as happens on real projects & Mas Alavall is a real project !

Based on P.A. Yeomans' ‘Keyline Scale of Permanence' (1958) Darren has developed a specific method mixing different efficient design processes (Keyline® Design, Holistic Management®, carbon farming, Permaculture Design etc...)

WHY PARTICIPATING ?

Mas Alavall is representative of a big number of small scale European farms going toward productive and diversified agricultural systems (polyculture/livestock).

Participants are not only students but considered as active participants to the design process of Mas Alavall.

DO YOU WANT ?

• To attend a convention that is ‘cut to the chase’ and respects your valuable time, investment & involvement ?
• To attend a convention that is led by someone has over 20 years of real project experience in well over 40 countries ?
• To walk away from a convention with less questions than when you started because now you know how to get to work ?
• To do a convention where you are working on a real project with real people and real outcomes ?
• A level of support following the convention ?
• To do daily convention exercises that build your confidence and understanding from Day 1 ?To get constructive and participatory feedback on your work ?
• An intense experience that is big on you understanding processes you’ll be able to take to any regenerative agricultural project ?

TRAINER

Darren J. Doherty has extensive experience across the world in project design, development, management & training. A career-long focus on the profitable & regenerative retrofit of broadacre landscapes has seen Darren acclaimed as a pioneer in this important & often overlooked field.

With the advent of the Regrarians Ltd. non-profit in 2013, Darren has shifted his service profile to being that of a volunteer of that organisation, and is a leading attendee at conventions and conferences organised in conjunction with local organisations and individuals all over the globe.

Darren is a 5th generation Bendigo region farmer, developer, author & trainer and has been involved in the design & development of nearly 2000, mostly broadacre projects across 6 continents in close to 50 countries, ranging from 1 million hectare cattle stations in Australia’s Kimberly region to 110,000 acre Estancia’s in Patagonia, EcoVillage developments in Tasmania to public:private R&D agroforestry & education projects in Viet Nam, novel AG Machinery development + family farms across the globe with a range of private, corporate, government & non-profit clients.

A true ‘integrationalist’, Darren has more recently been the originator of the Keyline® Design (2006), Carbon Farming (2006), Carbon Economy (2007), Regenerative Agriculture (along with RegenAG® {2009}) & Regrarians® (2012) and Regrarians® REX, ROC & RAP conventions and conferences across Europe, North & South America and Oceania. This wide experience has created an international reputation of achievement plus and enviable & expansive network that integrates many disciplines. Globally many of Darren’s alumni of well over 15,000 people are at the cutting edge of the movement towards regenerative agriculture & living systems.

Darren is the originator of the Regrarians Platform® process which outlines a strategic & logical process to the development of regenerative agricultural systems, and is the program extensively outlined in the Regrarians Handbook which is now being released chapter by chapter as an eBook.

Darren is married to Lisa Heenan & together they have three children, Isaebella (24), Pearl (1T) & Zane (15). Lisa, Darren & Isaebella are all Directors of Regrarians Ltd., a family-operated non-profit attending conventions and conferences across the world, whilst organising Australian-based events, development, AG products & multi-award winning media from the family farm in the Bendigo region of central Victoria, Australia.

Course translated into French.

LOCATION - PROJECT

- Mas Alavall - 
Céret - Pyrénées catalanes - close to Perpignan - 6 ha - rainfall 650 mm - mediterranean climate

Mas Alavall is a 6 ha farm in Céret, in French North Catalunya area. It is ten minutes from the village, his modern art museum and local shops. Farm activities stopped forty years ago. It used to host cows, sheeps, pigs and chickens mixed with tree crops.

Beauty is everywhere in Mas Alavall, bordered by three rivers, including Le Tech. Mas Alavall is a preserved place with a high permacultural and agricultural potential.

We installed the headquarters of Permaterra in December 2016. After some renovations during 2017, Mas Alavall will host the Permaterra Training Center and its design office.

The vocation of the place is to produce, experiment, learn and transmit.

Currently we are working on the building part of the site. A polyculture / livestock project, planned for 2018, is currently being developed in accordance with the principles of permaculture and regenerative agriculture.

Participate in the design process of the site and connect to our local and international network!

LE PAYS CATALAN

Mediterranean Sea, Local Culture, Pyrenees.

Céret & Arts :
 Le Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret
Chemin Faisant

Céret et her activities : 
http://www.ot-ceret.fr

Le Pays catalan :
 Explore here ou there

Darren J. Doherty, the Regrarians platform® & REX :

PRICING

Permaterra is declared as a "training organisation", a French agreement. If you are working in France, you can possibly benefit an external funding. Do not hesitate to contact us, according your situation we will study together the best solutions.

PRICE
(WITHOUT ACCOMMODATION)

1 300 €

Down payment : 650 €

If you have financials difficulties, please let us know in order to find a solution for you to participate.

FOR EMPLOYEES AND INDEPENDENT WORKERS (WITH EXTERNAL FUNDING)

Please, contact us to build the personalized financial demand

For French people and workers : external funding : DIF, CIF...

PRICE FOR FRENCH JOBSEEKER (WITH EXTERNAL FUNDING)

Please, contact us to build the personalized financial demand

For french people and workers: external funding : DIF portable, AIF, APRE...

 

FREE PARTICIPATION IF YOU ARE A CONTRIBUTOR VIVÉA

DOn't have the money

Find crowdfunding here  : www.wethetrees.com.

ACCOMMODATION and food

- Only food (breakfast, lunch and dinner):
270 € / 10 days.

- Tent at camping les Cerisiers (take your tent and bed, sanitaries) + food (breakfast, lunch and dinner):
310 € / 10 days.

- Mobil-home at camping les Cerisiers (kitchen, sanitaries, 2 or 3 person/mobil-home) + food (breakfast, lunch and dinner):
410 € / 10 days.

Les Cerisiers Camping is just on the other side of one river : http://www.camping-cerisiers.com.
A list of different accommodations options around the farm or in the village will be given during the registration period prior to the event.

FOOD

Breakfast, lunch and dinner
100 % organic, omnivorous

REGISTRATION

Register at info@permaterra.fr.

For the price without financial support (and Vivéa participants), your registration will be confirmed after receipt of the deposit (by bank transfer or French cheque). In cases of financial issues, contact us to find a solution. 

For prices with financial support (without Vivéa), your registration will be confirmed after receipt of the deposit (by bank transfer or cheque cashed upon receipt). Documents containing a contract or agreement is established. Casework OPCA or job center is a relatively long process, it is important to allow time for instruction.