Introduction to Permaculture at Atitlan Organics
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Spend six days and six nights studying permaculture in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America. Atitlan Organics offers weeklong permaculture intensives almost every month. This permaculture course is not the design certification course, but a shorter, more intensive permaculture course that provides a solid foundation and climate independent knowledge and principles. We are very proud of the weeklong intensives and want to spread the word.
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Gardens, Animals, and Food! What more could you want? This is our new intro clip that will be included in all future videos. To me, this video truly marks the formal launch of our Youtube channel. Look out for our new thumbnail style, as well as our vlog that aims to capture what we do everyday down here in Guatemala. Enjoy! and Subscribe!
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DAY 62-63 - Atitlan Organics, Tzununa, Guatemala - September 7-8th, 2016
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Stunning Waterfalls in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan Guatemala!!!
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The amazingly stunning waterfalls in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Explore the cave and hidden waterfalls and rivers. Easy to arrange tours at El Bambu in Tzununa.
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The newest episode of our amazing vlog. Permaculture Apprentices begin their ninja training. We have some light gardening and loads of beets.
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Intro to Permaculture Trailer
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Spend six days and six nights studying permaculture in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America. Atitlan Organics offers weeklong permaculture intensives almost every month. This permaculture course is not the design certification course, but a shorter, more intensive permaculture course that provides a solid foundation and climate independent knowledge and principles. We are very proud of the weeklong intensives and want to spread the word. Share if you agree!
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Atitlan Organics Field Trip! Quixaya; A Permaculture Paradise
We take every Permaculture course on a field trip to Quixaya to experience their beautifully implemented system for sustainable living. Quixaya provides for over 80 families, it's amazing what we can do when we work together.
Stay tuned for an educational video all about Quixaya and their optimized methods for living off the land! Check out everything else we're up to at atitlanorganics.com!
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Goats at permaculture farm Atitlan Organics
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Check out a day in the life of our goats, here at Atitlan Organics, a permaculture farm in Lake Atitlan Guatemala. Goat Greens forever!
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Elements of Natural Building Course in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Houses and buildings are the nuclei of any site, through which the majority of energy and resources flow to be either wasted or maximized for best use. And yet, most permaculture courses barely touch on physical structures! We here at Atitlan Organics think that your house and other structures deserve more attention as integral and essential parts of your overall permaculture design. That is why we offer this one-week course grounded in the permaculture principles offering a deep dive into the art and practice of Natural Building. From stone to cob to natural plasters, you'll learn a wide range of natural building styles and technique which can be put to use in any climate or region of the world. Learn how to reduce your footprint and maximize your efficiency all while creating beautiful, durable structures! We like to think of it as Permaculture for Zone 0.
Each day is split into two parts: a hands-on practical in which you get the chance try out different techniques in natural building, and a classroom session which delves deep into topics such as stone foundations, building with cob, and troubleshooting design flaws.
UPCOMING COURSE DATES: January 18-25, 2020 and March 21-28, 2020.
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Composting Chickens: How to design and manage a composting chicken house (FUN)
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Real Chicken Coop Design
How to produce amazing compost right inside your chicken house while letting the chickens do all the work. This chicken house design offers real-time composting, which also eliminates bad odours and cleaning chores. Learn how to keep happy healthy hens and chickens in your backyard. This video presents, in full detail, how to build and maintain deep bedding under chickens. The hens turn the compost and produce amazing fertility and even better eggs. We have been using this system at Atitlan Organics for many years and always have happy healthy hens and ridiculously amazing huevos!
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Greetings. I'm Shad and I'm coming at you from Atitlan Organics here in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
Today we're going to be talking about alternative ways to keep happy healthy chickens no matter where you live in the world.
Before we get into that I want to start by looking at ecosystems.
I'm gonna paint you a picture. Imagine there's a raccoon walking along in a forest and all of a sudden, BOOM, it drops over and dies.
What happens?
Within a matter of minutes, things start to come and use the resources that are from that raccoon body.
So maybe some birds come and get some of the fur. Some scavengers eat some of meat and within a couple of days all of the raccoon body has been worked back into the forest.
This is an example of a healthy ecosystem and of an Active Decay Cycle!
But let's look at an alternative. What happens if that same raccoon is walking in a walmart parking lot and falls over and dies? Then what happens?
The next day maybe some flies come and lay some eggs. Maybe a couple of seagulls or pigeons or some weird birds come.
It starts to smell really bad. It could potentially get people sick. Eventually someone has to come and expend human enegy and effort to clean it up because that resource has become a waste.
And that's the big difference. An Active Decay Cycles has no waste. All potential waste gets worked back into the system.
But what does this have to do with chickens?
Well lets consider out typical backyard chicken setup.
Everyone recommends that first you build a chicken coup and then you give them a range, maybe sectioned off by fence. Or maybe they don't have any fence and they're just allowed to go wherever they want.
But what happens over time?
On the first day the chickens go out and they eat all their favourite plants and all of their favourite bugs. They go back in. The next day they go and eat their next favourite plants and bugs.
As soon as their favourite plants start to grow again the chickens immediately come and eat them back down.
And over time the chickens change the composition of plant species that are growing on their range. Now the range is no longer providing the nutritional benefits for the chickens.
Furthermore, their manure and constant scratching
burns the organic matter and creates bare patches and hard ground in the range. It starts to look less like a forest and more like a walmart parking lot.
Which leads to unhealthy or sick land, which eventually leads to sick chickens.
So if free range is not an acceptable solution, then what are our alternatives?
As long as you have enough space to build a small chicken coup, you can keep happy healthy hens.
How do we do this?
We will build the active decay cycle directly underneath the chickens.
So lets go check this system out!
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Guatemala Lago Atitlan,Tzununa.『ゲストハウスHAPPY LOCO〜電気を使わない生活』てるてるてるえ
グアテマラのアティトラン湖周辺の村ツヌナには、日本人女性が経営する「ゲストハウスHAPPY LOCO」があります。そこは電気を使わない生活をしていて、日が暮れたらロウソクに火を灯し、肩寄せ合ってみんなでご飯を食べ、虫や鳥、動物の声に耳を傾けつつ…自然と眠くなって…朝は朝日と共に目が覚める。そんな、とてもシンプルで豊かな時間空間でした。
動画中にもありますが
オーナー伸子さんからのメッセージ
「シンプルな生活 自然との調和 自分が本当に望んでいるもの」それを感じてもらえたら。
そして
「生きる上で（水と火は重要だけど）電気はそれほど重要ではないのではないか…」ということを共に感じ考えていきましょう。
とのことでした。
とても大切なことを気づかせてくれる場所。
グアテマラに行く機会がありましたら
どうぞ足を運んでみてください！
VLOG#001 - Limes, Chicks, y mas!
The pilot episode of our new Atitlan Organics VLOG! Check out a bumper crop of limes, the preparation for our new baby chick endeavor, and as always, a bit of lite gardening. And don't forget to Pee Outside! Check out everything else we're up to at atitlanorganics.com!
We start out as always with a nice harvest session. Limes are literally dripping off the trees. All managed completely organically, these limes are absolute health food to the extreme. We put the juice of one whole line into a glass of water every morning to keep the body alkalized and feeling great.
We checked out the book review of the old school classic, Success with Baby Chicks by Robert Plamondon. Great book with tons of info. Absolutely essential for raising day old chicks. We are raising Cornish cross broilers for meat birds but we will also use the same set up with a few minor adjustments for the laying hens that arrive in a few weeks.
Then we checked in on the project of the week, which is a wattle and daub chick house to raise our new baby chicks. The techniques used to build the chicken coop are amazing and considered natural building or bio construction. For more information on natural building, check out
We swing by the Bambu Guest House to see what's for lunch. Always some delicious farm to table food. More info at
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How to kill a chicken. Detailed Instructions of the butcher porcess.
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How to kill a chicken, the full process. How to kill, pluck, eviscerate, and butcher a chicken in a home or backyard setting. Thorough explanations of every step and done in under 12 minutes. Learn proper killing technique, setup, and scalding details. We process the chicken, from live bird to meat with organs, head, and feet.
It starts with the kill, using a sharp knife. Using cones, we drain the blood from the chiken, ad then bring it over to te hot water bath. the water in the pot is heated to 160 degrees F, assuming that it will cool off a bit, by ten degrees or so, which is perfect for scalding.
We dunk the chicken for ten to fifteen seconds, moving the body all around. then lift the body up ad wait, and dunk again.
Then we get to the evisceration. Taking out the organs. First, you take off the feet. Then position the bird on its back with the neck towards you. slip your finger in, along the neck, under the skin and through the membranes. separate all the organs from the inner body cavity.
then position bird on its breast with its but towards you. Cut a square around the butt hole, without cutting the pooptube. Cut through the fat, and the membranes, and then pull pooptube and all organs, using the gizzard as the holding point to pull everything out.
Save liver, pancreas, lungs, heart, and gizzard.
Its all in the video.
Meat independence!
we can do it
eat healthy animals and be healthy
humane kill
it works
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Bringing Water to a Landscape - Shad Qudsi - Atitlan Organics - Guatemala
Permaculture farmer Shad Qudsi talks about the World Water Cycle.
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How to Plant a Food Forest
Want to learn how to design, create, and maintain your own food forest? Check out our brand new course Food Forests: Practical Skills in Permaculture this February 16-22, 2020 at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala! atitlanorganics.com/food-forest
Harvesting fruit from the food forest is one of the most fun and rewarding experiences. This video shows you how to plant a food forest from the first step of preparing the land, planting, and then discussions on maintenance and upkeep.
Permaculture Design Certification in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala! (80+ hours)
Just a taste of what to expect during one of our internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification Courses in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America. These courses offer the perfect balance of class-time, practical hands-on activities, and fields trips and connections with local mayan farmers. The permaculture design certification course, also known as a PDC, is the internationally recognized format for studying permaculture and certifying permaculture designers. Our courses always take place over two weeks and across two sites. This gives participants a rich and diverse experience across different sites and with the guidance of a number of talented teachers and designers. Food and lodging is always included and is always amazing. Permaculture Courses have always been known for providing delicious organic farm-grown food to participants and we are no exception.
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A Glimpse of the Bambu Guest House
Atitlan Organics works closely with the Bambu Guest House, a naturally-built hotel and eco-retreat center in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Equipped with balconies, hammocks, a farm-to-table restaurant, wifi, hot showers, and amazing views, the Bambu Guest House proves that natural building can be clean AND luxurious!
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How to Propagate Plants and Herbs Using Your Intuition
How to Propagate plants and herbs using your intuition. The idea of this video series is that you can use your intuition to guide you into a dialogue with the plant that enables you to determine how to make more of that plant. After watching, you will be able to go anywhere in the world and look at any plant, even if you do not know what it is, and have a good i dea of how to propagate or make more of it.Plant Propagation, cuttings, plant division, root division, layering and air layering are all covered in this series. Using basic tools and permaculture ideas, anyone can start a nursery and make millions of plants for free.
Atitlan Organics is a downright ninja permaculture ninja farm located in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. We run a profitable farm and also offer a wide range of courses and workshops. Check it all out at atitlanorganics.com
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Bamboozled : The Bambu Guest House
A fresh look at the Bambu Guest House, partners of ours and lodging for course participants and farm volunteers. Check them out at bambuguesthouse.com