The 2008 Permaculture Design Course has been cancelled.
However, we are still offering the Sustainability Tour in Costa Rica!
Please click below to find out more.

Punta Mona is a 85-acre organic farm, a community and center for sustainable living education located on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Our mission at Punta Mona is to expose all people who come to the farm to the ideals of Permaculture and educate about sustainability. Punta Mona does this while living sustainably, off the grid and communally. The ideals of sustainability, conservation of energy and reduction of waste permeate our everyday lives. Our houses are built from local, fallen trees, solar panels provide our electricity, we compost our leftover food, make our own dirt and our chickens provide eggs for us to eat. To support our diet and local communities, we grow over 100 tropical fruits, vegetables, herbs, medicinal plants and shop locally. Our washing and drinking water is collected rainwater from our water-catchment system.

In addition to living as sustainably as possible, we are dedicated to teaching environmental awareness and consciousness. As such, we invite new people to come to our community, whether as part of an educational or retreat group, as an intern, or just as a guest for a few nights. Here, you get to be immersed in a sustainable-living, energy-conscious, off the grid experience, complete with composting toilets, hand powered grinders, extremely loud howler monkeys and a complete lack of any extraneous noise. Where else could you experience a power outage from leaving a light on or have entertainment consist of dancing around the fire and taking mud baths in the nearby river? We believe Punta Mona is a unique place and one that has much to teach about the things we take for granted, the power of community and shared intention and the beauty of living a simple, unplugged life. As such Punta Mona's door is always open to those who wish to contribute to the farm, experience a new way of life and catch a glimpse of our beautiful jungle farm and community.

Our website contains a wealth of information about Punta Mona and how you and others can join our community– we encourage you to explore it. We invite you to immerse yourself in a community working in harmony with nature.

Con paz,

The Punta Mona Team