Livestock management strategies – Chicken tractor provides controlled rotational grazing while sheltering chickens. Cutting swales, water harvesting ditches, to divert rainwater off the road and increase absorption. Swale after a rainstorm before planting. Diverse tree crops planted on the berm of the swale to provide tree roots with water. Newly planted Mango fruit tree on swale berm. Stakes provide protection from animal grazing. Organizing trainings and workshops about composting toliets and organic agriculture. Appropriate technology -- photovoltaic cells power water pump and electricity for educational center in Uganda. Layout of composting toilets for PROMETRA School in Uganda, Africa. Chambers for composting toilets for PROMETRA School in Uganda, Africa. Composting toilets for PROMETRA School in Uganda, Africa - exterior. Composting toilets for PROMETRA School in Uganda, Africa - exterior. Composting toilets for PROMETRA School in Uganda, Africa - interior. Building kitchen for PROMETRA School, Uganda, Africa. Making compressed earth blocks for orphanage school building in Tanzania, Africa. Slow curing of compressed earth bocks in Tanzania, Africa. Jeremiah Kidd planting trees with the Gardening Club, Tanzania, Africa. Layout of school building in Tanzania, Africa. Finished school for orphanage in Tanzania, Africa. Jeremiah Kidd and building crew, Tanzania, Africa. Jeremiah and company in Tanzania, Africa. Rainwater catchment workshop lead by Jeremiah Kidd for Social Policy Ecological Research Institute, HEPA Farm School, Cau Treo, Vietnam. Rainwater catchment workshop lead by Jeremiah Kidd for Social Policy Ecological Research Institute, HEPA Farm School, Cau Treo, Vietnam. Building a rainwater catchment vessel at HEPA Farm School, Cau Tro, Vietnam. Rainwater catchment workshop lead by Jeremiah Kidd for Social Policy Ecological Research Institute, HEPA Farm School, Cau Treo, Vietnam. Jeremiah Kidd demonstrating plastering rainwater catchment vessel, Cau Treo, Vietnam. Building a rainwater catchment vessel at HEPA Farm School, Cau Tro, Vietnam. Jeremiah consulting and lending a hand at IDEP Farm School, Bali, Indonesia. Constructing a grey water system to irrigate nearby fruit trees in Mexico

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"San Isidro Permaculture's hands-on outreach, such as sustainability partnerships in Africa, inspires us and we feel good about supporting the broad scope of this work."
- Char and Emily Rothschild
International
Sustainable Development
San Isidro Permaculture partners with foundations and organizations to offer design consultation, site visits, project coordination, installations, and trainings.

We have sustainable project design and installation experience in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mexico, and Guatemala.

Applying permaculture principles and design techniques in the developing world — building natural structures, growing food, catching rainwater, restoring damaged landscapes and ecosystems — creates opportunities for people to improve their lives while sustaining their environment.