Huertos Urbanos: Buenas Prácticas Sociales, Ambientales y Territoriales, IV Edición.

Huertos Urbanos! Comienzo del curso 24 de noviembre de 2014!!

Documental agricultura urbana en Colombia

Alright! A documentary in Spanish about microgardens in Bogota and Medellin!

Permacultura (Permaculture in Spanish) double dip

Over the last couple of weeks I have seen a lot of great stuff in Spanish. Like these permaculture videos...Wow! There are a few good ones and lots more if you follow the youtube trail/suggestions.

And some more golden info:

http://www.rlc.fao.org/es/capacitacion/nucleo/cursos/virtual/aup201304/

Agricultura Urbana y Periurbana como herramienta para la seguridad alimentaria y el desarrollo municipal

E-learning course on Urban Agriculture at the Municipal Level held, since 2009, at the virtual platform of the FAO – Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Note: Contents are in Spanish.

120 horas / 12 semanas. El participante debe dedicar al curso entre 8 y 10 horas de trabajo semanal.

El curso aporta toda la experiencia acumulada en la FAO para la formación de capacidades al interior de las instituciones públicas para la formulación y ejecución de programas integrales de agricultura urbana y periurbana y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en los municipios de la región.

Los contenidos fueron diseñados y editados por el Grupo de Agricultura Urbana y Periurbana (GAUP) de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, IPES Promoción del Desarrollo Sostenible y la Fundación RUAF.

English translation:

UPA as a tool for food security and local development
The course provides all the experience accumulated in FAO capacity building within public institutions for the development and implementation of comprehensive programs of UPA and food and nutrition security in the municipalities of the region.

The contents were designed and edited by the group and Peri-Urban Agriculture (Gaup) of the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, IPES Promotion of Sustainable Development and Foundation RUAF.

Green roof training in Philly, green roof food production in Vancouver

I've taken a breather between celebrations to catch up on some living architecture news.

-Valcent Products, one of the first to the vertical farming table, has signed on with the City of Vancouver to open a parking garage green house which could churn out over 95 tons of produce per year.

-In Philadelphia a green roofing program over the last year has trained over 30 individuals and installed 11 "green roofs", 2 vegetated and 9 white roofs. The program features a unique combination of government, non-profit and private support.

-Remember when I admitted knowing very, very little about urban agriculture projects in the Southwestern US? Thanks to the Worldwatch Institute I now know a whole lot more!

-The UK's Offshoots Permaculture Project won an International Green Award last week. If their beekeeping tutorials are par for their teaching courses, the award is well-deserved. And speaking of permaculture, it's been a while, but here's a little permaculture informationin Spanish.

Now for more resting!!!