[permaculture] FW: children being exposed to permaculture etc.
Graham
grahamburnett at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Sep 9 16:08:22 EDT 2007
Hi naturewise in London, UK, recently ran what, as far as I know, was
the first UK permaculture introductory course aimed at parents and their
children. We learned much and want to do it again, though the logistics
were quite a challenge!!
Theres a photogallery of the weekend here;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturewise/sets/72157601260257795/
Cheers Graham
Trudie Redding wrote:
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> Trudie Redding
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> From: Trudie Redding
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:34 PM
> To: 'permaculture-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org'
> Subject: children being exposed to permaculture etc.
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> Can we talk about this, no one ever brings up this and I don't see many
> people exposing their children to for example washing clothes by hand or
> using public transportation or making their own music , in other words
> educating about electricity use and how it used to be known as
> horsepower but before that it was people power, can we have some
> discussion about some things you are seeing around you? The people 38
> and above in the U.S. I don't see them noticing or choosing
> permaculture, for instance the Wagbag, take your poop out after you
> camp, people are complaining if a portapotty is not available on the
> highest cliff. Can we have some discussion on awareness or lack of.
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> Then the people 20 and above, not permaculture aware, I had heard
> someone say it is the children who will activate change. Are any of you
> seeing this in the last 10 years?
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Graham Burnett
Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources
www.spiralseed.co.uk
www.grahamburnett.net
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