Patos Suertudos is a permaculture demonstration site in the southern highlands of Costa Rica. Since 2012 we’ve been practicing balance in a delicate dance with nature.
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
― R. Buckminster Fuller
Situated near Panama in the area of San Vito, Coto Brus, Costa Rica
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Guests to Patos Suertudos drop into a lifestyle of permaculture design ethics and principles; a wide variety of examples of ways to harmonize with nature in daily life.
So proud to share the final project work of our Permaculture Design Certificate graduates! Please like and share!
Link to the Los Patos YouTube channel
Follow Freaky Fun Fridays on Youtube:
300 Tumblr blog posts of the project evolution at First Five Years Blog.
What is permaculture? Learn more about following the ethics and principles of Permaculture with this free booklet from David Holmgren, one of the founders of the movement:
Essence of Permaculture free download
Patos Suertudos, offers day tours, individualized introduction to permaculture, internships, and permaculture design certification. See guests.
Guests experience a comprehensive collection of permaculture design in action including:
- Passive solar hot water systems
- Off-grid solar electric energy
- Cooking in a simple wood-fired earth rocket kitchen
- Solar cooking with parabolas
- Zone design planning
- Soil regeneration
- Humanure composting
- Medicinal Plants and preparation
- Diversity of food, fiber, and medicinal production including chocolate, turmeric, bananas, bamboo
- Kitchen gardening and food forests
- Grey-water systems
- Designing water harvesting drainage systems, swales and diversion drains
- Erosion erosion control and prevention strategies
- Regeneration of soils
- Spring water and water supply backup systems
- Partnering with community promoting permaculture and regenerative practices