posted 10 years ago
Sadly, there isn't a central website for Permaculture sires, organic farmers, volunteers etc. to connect with each other in south America (that I know of). Hopefully, someone will come along and reply to your post with info of any that come up and of course keep checking this forum, as PDCs often get advertised here, especially for Costa Rica (it seems). If your plans take you down to Brazil, I can check out the network here and see if any good ones will be run in your time frame.
If things don't work out and you don't find a PDC you like in the time frame, then you may want to consider using the online resources and even online PDCs (Geoff Lawton's is amazing) and pick up experience at a Permaculture site that accepts and offers hands-on training to volunteers. After all, the PDC (as envisioned by Bill Mollison) is a 72 class room course that covers the theory. The intent afaik was for students to supplement this knowledge with hands on experience during and afterwards. PDCs run at Permaculture sites tend to either provide additional training beyond the 72 hours needed to cover the full course with the obvious benefit of gaining hands-on experience, or they reduce the theoretical content, thinking that the hands-on experience compensates for not providing the full course. I have seen the results of both as well as online students and imo those that were not given the full theory suffer the most.
Whichever, route you take you can supplement the theory with online material and gain the hands-on experience as a volunteer. The beauty of being a volunteer is you can plot your travel route and when you find a place with good people and good training opportunities, you can slow down and stay awhile.
Good luck
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