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  • From: Neil Bertrando <neilbertrando@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] New RegenAG(R) Course Outlines
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:30:47 -0700

This looks like a fascinating series. In particular, the advanced design
and practicum portions are of interest to me because I have struggled
finding local mentors for these skill sets.

Any idea when these courses might be coming to North America?

Thanks,
Neil

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Darren Doherty
<darren@permaculture.biz>wrote:

> G'day,
>
> We've designed a few new courses that some of you may or may not find
> interesting.
>
> These will be rolled out this year on our tour of Europe starting later
> this
> month and then into other markets around the world from 2012. As of 2012 we
> will be no longer running Keyline*®* Farming or Keyline*®* Design Courses.
> This is not due to any dispute or schism or other conspiracy, rumour or
> otherwise, but rather that we have determined that whilst Keyline*®* Design
> is a big part of RegenAG*®*, the new courses that we have developed are
> more
> than Keyline*®* and so it is inappropriate to represent them solely as this
> discipline. The Yeomans family in Ken & Allan, along with their staff, have
> been very supportive of our work over the years and continue to be and we
> want to honour them for their, and their father's work by not
> misrepresenting their valuable reputation and brand as we head into the
> next
> stages of our own work with RegenAG*®*.
>
> An overview of RegenAG*®* and the new courses are listed as follows with
> the
> links to the detailed outlines (in Google Docs) in the headers:
>
> *RegenAG® <http://regenag.com/web/> Overview*
>
> * *
>
> After nearly 20 years of designing and developing integrated agricultural
> projects with the last 4 years developing & delivering Keyline® Design,
> Carbon Farming, Carbon Economy Courses around the world, Lisa Heenan
> & Darren J. Doherty in 2009 initiated *RegenAG®, *together with other
> farming families across the globe, including Kirsten Bradley & Nick Ritar,
> Georgie & Kym Kruse, Nina Grundner & Ben Falloon, and more recently Eliza
> Pearson & Ned RocknRoll. Together we work toward delivering the* Charter
> of RegenAG®*:
>
>
>
> *'...provide the potential for people to be informed about the
> regenerative
> economy, whether it involves their work in agriculture, land
> management, corporate life, domestic services, manufacturing or other
> activities that are within the domain of humans…*'
>
>
>
> This charter is enacted through education around the 4 Tenets of RegenAG®:
> Holistic Management® (Decisions), Keyline® Farming (Landscape), BioFertile
> Farms (Nutrients) & Local Farms & Communities (Economy). Following a
> successful start up year in Australia & New Zealand where over 2100 people
> attended courses and seminars, we have developed a bright new set of
> pedagogies titled: *RegenAG® Workshop (RAW), RegenAG® Course (RAC),
> RegenAG®
> Advanced Design Course (RAD) & RegenAG® Practicum (RAP). *
>
>
>
> The brief descriptions of these courses are as follows:
>
>
>
> *RegenAG® Workshop
> (RAW)<
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7niWOHzJ1X4NzI0MWQyYTYtNjIyZi00YTcyLWExNzktMGVmYjQ0NDdiYmNj&hl=en
> >
> *is a relatively brief seminar of between 1-2 hours right up to 3 days
> which describes and where possible demonstrates the broad principles of
> Regenerative Agriculture where there no assessment of attendees. In its
> shortest format this '*Introduction to RegenAG®**' *involves delivery of a
> highly visual presentation and in longer formats of 1-3 days has a
> combination of presentation along with field demonstrations of some core
> elements of RegenAG®: Holistic Management® Grazing Systems, Site Analysis &
> Biological Monitoring, GIS/GPS Use, Basic Surveying, Keyline® Farming,
> BioFertilizers & Integrated Polycultures. The RAW is intended for anybody
> who works in rural landscape management and who wants an introduction as
> opposed to a course.
>
>
>
> *RegenAG® Course
> (RAC)<
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7niWOHzJ1X4NzI0MWQyYTYtNjIyZi00YTcyLWExNzktMGVmYjQ0NDdiYmNj&hl=en
> >
> *expands on the information provided in the RAW over a 5-10 day period
> with
> more in-depth delivery of each of the '*10 RegenAG® Elements'*: Climate,
> Geography, Water, Access, Forestry, Buildings, SubDivision, Soils,
> PolyMarketing & Energy. The delivery of these topics is via interactive
> presentations, workgroups, field exercises & demonstrations. Course
> practicums focus on Soil Development, BioFertiliser Production, Water
> Management, Livestock Management & Site Analysis/Surveying skills.
> Attendees
> gain experiential understanding of the core 10 *RegenAG® Elements *allowing
> them to take these to their own holdings and those of their clients. The
> RAC
> is a course for people who work in the field though for professionals the
> RAC will prove invaluable in expanding their skills base.
>
> * *
>
> *RegenAG® Advanced Design Course
> (RAD)<
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7niWOHzJ1X4ZmZlNTkxNzctNDVmOC00Y2U3LTgyZWMtN2VkN2U3OWMwNGZh&hl=en
> >
> *focusses on the development of professional design and consulting skills
> needed in Regenerative Agriculture. This course runs from a workshop length
> of 3 days right up to 8-10 days. Using real projects as the subject of this
> course, attendees are guided through the processes involved in a
> professional design, development & management consultancy, which we call
> '*Our
> Works Pattern*': 1. Data Collation, 2. Concept Design, 3. Detail Design, 4.
> Budgeting 5. Scheduling, 6. Implementation & 7. Management. The RAD starts
> out with attendees covering topics such as Methods of Design, Tools for
> Design, Design Parameters and Site Analysis ahead of engaging in the
> process
> of designing the project site itself. Next we get to work on the project
> design, addressing each of the *10 RegenAG® Elements*, developing layers of
> design together with strategies for implementation & management. The RAD is
> for people who are professionally involved in rural landscape management as
> advisors and managers or want to develop the skills needed to 'do it
> themselves' on their own holding.
>
>
>
> *RegenAG® Practicum (RAP) *are experiential project development-based
> workshops where participants are involved in the process of implementing a
> RegenAG system which might include: Management Intensive Grazing Systems,
> Soil Development, BioGas Installation, Ferrocement Water Storage,
> BioFertiliser Plant, Tree Establishment, Silviculture, Water Harvesting
> Earthworks, Field Analysis & Survey. These experiential skills are
> essential
> for the development and maintenance of productive local communities and
> farms and these practicums are most effective at increasing attendee's
> capacity and capability. The RAP workshops are for anybody who wants to
> build their physical skills as part of regenerative landscape management.
> (*Please note that there is no outline for the RAP at this stage hence the
> absence of a hyperlink)
>
>
> Thanks and all the best,
>
> --
> Hooroo,
> Darren J. Doherty
> UPCOMING EVENTS
>
> 2011 RegenAG <http://goog_1946592595>® <http://www.regenag.com/> Workshop
> Series Australia & Aotearoa/New Zealand
> Autumn 2011 EU RegenAG® Tour with Darren Doherty - Iberia,
> Italy, Germany, UK
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  • Re: [permaculture] New RegenAG(R) Course Outlines, Neil Bertrando, 07/21/2011

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