[permaculture] A permaculture childrens book
Primal Parent
primalparent at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 22 16:22:32 EST 2007
oh, sorry bout that. i forgot to explain that part.
see my attempt at the book became whittled down into a zine format. it's 4x5 1/2 inches and each page has a main drawing (for example a = aquaculture which is a picture of a pond with edible plants around it). then there is a small box in the corner with a main plant (a = amaranth). then around the frame is more terms (aster, adaptation, so on).
it's all hand-drawn outlines so kids can color in however they want to.
i made this as a temporary project until i can work on the book again later.
copies are free but i'd accept a trade or donation of a few dollars for copy fees/postage.
all the best,
-roman
> To: permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:30:15 -0500
> From: sinergyinaction at netscape.net
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] A permaculture childrens book
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> Hi Roman
> could not find the kid's pc book of cataplasm press in the google search
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> Can you please give me a more precise quote of the title or ISBN or a pointer/link to it
> Cheers
> Antonio
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> From: Primal Parent <primalparent at hotmail.com>
> To: permaculture <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Subject: Re: [permaculture] A permaculture childrens book
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> Ray,
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> your idea sounds great. i look forward to seeing how it evolves into a book. i
> myself have been working off-and-on on a children's book about pc. the biggest
> obstacle i found is which age range should i focus on. teenagers can understand
> more of the complex ecological terms but i personally fond that it's the younger
> ones who like to help out more in the garden. so my challenge has been basically
> "should i make it a story book or a science book?"
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> there are a few books out there for adults that have a chapter or two about
> working with children (food not lawns, food forest) but there's very little
> written specifically for kids.
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> the only exception i know of are zines: burnett's 'our allotment' and
> "permaculture beginners guide' (which is not specifically for kids but simple
> enough that older kids can read it) and 'the abc's of permaculture' coloring
> book (cataplasm press) that has pc terms and edible/medicinal plants for each
> letter (i.e. c = comfrey, chicken tractor, chamomile, compost, companion
> planting) that way parents can help explain the terminology.
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> best of luck with that much-needed work.
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> please keep the listserve updated.
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> -Roman
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> p.s. - below is a post of mine on greenschooling from this summer. it might have
> some helpful links:
> first off, sorry for any redundancies and for the delay but here are what i
> consider the most pc-relevant links for schooling:
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> the one thing i recommend above all other is getting carolyn nuttal's food
> forest and food forest resource sheets. they are excellent. i think they
> were both under $40 including shipping from australia. she's doing a lot
> with "learnscaping"
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> robin clayfield's manual for teaching permaculture creatively has a chapter
> on teaching children through games and active involvement. wonderful stuff.
> http://www.earthcare.com.au/edu/
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> heather coburn flores book 'food not lawns' (chelse green) has a chapter
> called 'the next generation' with tips and ideas for working with kids.
> she'd doing some kick-ass work and we should all support her
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> in the same vein i also recommend sharon lovejoys 'sunflower houses' and
> 'roots, shoot, buckets, & boots'. though not technically "permaculture"
> there both a lot of fun.
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> patty parks-wasserman is working on the institute of permaculture education
> for children at 78 el rey drive corrales, n.m.
> patty has been very supportive of the childrens permaculture resource
> network and i look forward to working with her in the future.
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> robina mccurdy ran the (now defunct) childrens permaculture foundation from
> 1989-1994
> i believe she wrote a small article on 'pc for children' in the vol.3 #1
> feb. 87 issue of permaculture activist (which i believe is still available).
> i think she's doing more ecovillage-community oriented work nowadays
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> salli ramsden and tania strebl presented 'zone c: a place for children' at
> he 6th ipc. supposedly salli was working on a comprehensive list of
> publications suitable for pc in schools.
> http://www.rosneath.com.au/ipc6/ch05/ramsden/index.html
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> i believe joanne tippett has done some work in this area. holocene.net
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> jacqui hunter might be of some help as well huntergd at chariot.net.au
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> fiona campbell and ross grayson compiled the amazing 'permaculture goes to
> school..." in 1997. i'd be more than glad to send you a copy.
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> dr. charlie headington wrote teaching permaculture in a school garden.
> interesting montessori experiment.
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> robin c. moore wrote 'children gardening:first steps toward a sustainable
> future' robin does a lot of work with landscape architecture and childhood
> development.
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> some past discussions archived:
> pc in schools -
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture/2006-January/022836.html
> curriculum for children -
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture/2002-July/015300.html
> workbook for children -
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture/2006-December/025475.html
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> gardening with children has some useful links
> http://www.canh.asn.au/community_gardening/sa-cgkit-Gardenin.html
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> edible schoolyard in berkely, ca http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/garden.html
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> specifically for kids:
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> elpels 'shanleyas quest' is sort of a 'botany in a day' for young readers.
> wonderful. available from hollowtop.com
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> graham burnett drew a brilliant little zine called 'our allotment'. i make
> copies and hand them out to random kids whenever we go to festivals and
> fairs. you can find it at http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/
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> april's got three stories for children on her front page at
> http://permaculturevisions.com/
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> lost valley education center in oregon hosted a kids permaculture day camp
> in 2006. worth looking into
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> here is a website called Perma-Kidz. some neat stuff kids might like.
> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/6700/permakid.html
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> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:36:02 -0800
> > From: permaquest at yahoo.com
> > To: permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [permaculture] A permaculture childrens book
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> > Dear All,
> > I'm starting a permaculture childrens book with as many models as I can
> educating kids and parents how it all works. I have many ideas of how it should
> look and flow, but I need all your help to add things that i don't want to miss
> or not be fully informed on. Can you help me with what you are best at and I'll
> give you a credit. I know we'll have to do a series, because of how much there's
> to write about. If anyone knows of a childrens book already out there let me
> know also.
> > Feel free to do your own book as we need them out there now,
> > Ray
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