Permaculture meal: potato and celeriac tart
As some of my colleague at Brighton Permaculture Trust know, I keep harping on about meeting more often. Not in meetings. But just to meet, chat, find out what projects people are up to and hang out. There are some great people in the organisation and I wouldn’t mind spending time with them. Some time … Continue reading
Permaculture Design: St Margaret’s Lee School
Three weeks ago, I went to go and visit a school in London. I had been asked to come and give them some advice and do a permaculture design to grow more food in the school grounds. I went up one afternoon with the aim to do some initial surveying and to have the initial … Continue reading
Reflecting on Permaculture Design Using The Four Questions
This weekend I just taught a session about using the four questions in groups, and in particular between days on a long permaculture design course. So I’m sharing it with you too. Permaculture design draws heavily on action learning, the four questions are a useful reflection/evaluation tool as part of this process. They can be … Continue reading
Permaculture Design Course: the residential weekend
I am not really the sailing type. Just never did it as a kid, and it has never really come up since. But this weekend I spent three days at a Sailing Club. Cobnor Activity Centre photo by Bex Harris What has a sailing club got to do with permaculture design courses? Good question. Well, … Continue reading
Permaculture Diploma Working Group: first face to face meeting
Some time last year I was asked to join the Diploma Working Group (DWG). The DWG is made of people from different parts of the diploma ecosystem: apprentices, trainee tutor, tutors, senior tutor, and members of staff. The group works on developing the diploma, before this week I couldn’t have told you a lot more … Continue reading
Homework for the Permaculture Design Course: Patterns
As part of the permaculture design course that we (Brighton Permaculture Trust) are running at the moment, we have requested that people do some work in between the days. Now, that sounds like homework to be… but it’s called Linkwork. Why do we do it? ‘It helps you apply permaculture design away from the course, to … Continue reading
Homework for the Permaculture Design Course: Ethics
As part of the permaculture design course that we (Brighton Permaculture Trust) are running at the moment, we have requested that people do some work in between the days. Now, that sounds like homework to be… but it’s called Linkwork. Why do we do it? ‘It helps you apply permaculture design away from the course, to … Continue reading
I got the go ahead to plant a little orchard!
Tonight I got some really exciting news. We have a budget to plant up the garden, which means that we have the go ahead. We can get some fruit trees, seeds and a watering system. Woohoooo! More news to follow… So exciting.
My first permaculture diploma induction event
Yesterday, my adventures as a permaculture diploma tutor, really began with my first induction event. An induction event is your first tutorial between an apprentice and a tutor. It is where you meet to discuss your first project or two. I suggest that apprentices design their diploma as their first project. So you can end … Continue reading
Permaculture Design Course: first day
The day before our Permaculture Design Course started we decided to change venues. We like to live on the edge here at Brighton Permaculture Trust. We had 22 participants, 5 tutors and 1 support person to co-ordinate plus a few others. Somehow we managed to start just about on time, with only one person at … Continue reading
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