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  • From: "Bellows,Wendi Lynn" <bellows@ufl.edu>
  • To: "permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, "permaculture@openpermaculture.org" <permaculture@openpermaculture.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Whos Practicing What They Preach and How?
  • Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:00:43 +0000

Hello fellow permies,

I am in the middle of co-teaching a year-long PDC course through Leon County
Extension in Tallahassee, Florida with an Extension Agent and two community
members who are PDC graduates. We are at the midway point in the course and
we would like to give the students and instructors in the course a survey to
help them gauge the degree to which their individual practices follow
Permaculture Ethics (Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share). In other words, we
hope to be able to evaluate if and how folks practice what they preach... how
people act upon their beliefs in permaculture philosophy and ethical
principles. We have been trying to look at sustainability metrics and
indicators out there to help us get the survey together, but we are
struggling to find them very useful in this instance. The social justice and
personal well-being dimensions are virtually absent from such indicators,
with their main focus being on ecological footprint.

I am wondering if any other instructors out there have done something similar
in their courses, and if so, if they are willing to share their survey
questions with us. I am hoping to eventually use this research instrument as
part of my PhD dissertation work.

Thank you,
Wendi Bellows

University of Florida
Interdisciplinary Ecology Doctoral Student
bellows@ufl.edu




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