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  • From: Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] North American Permaculture History Project
  • Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:32:42 -0500

Though the Activist is a good place to start, I know that there are many
teachers in NA that haven't listed there. I haven't listed my PDCs there for
several years, and I know of several other active older teachers, and a large
number of younger ones, who don't list their courses there. So I think
Lawrence's suggestion of Google archive searches will be necessary to get
accurate results.

But there are also some PDCs being taught at universities by faculty that
never get advertised off-campus at all, so you'll miss those teachers.
Several were taught at Pacific University by faculty who never taught
elsewhere.

Permaculture is starting to get too big to keep track of. That's a good thing.

Good luck, tho--keep pluggin' away!

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com


On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Michael Pilarski <friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
> PERMACULTURE TEACHERS IN THE USA and
> NORTH AMERICA
> Historical List - Proposal by Michael
> Pilarski
>
> There hasn’t been a list of PDC
> teachers for the US and Canada since John Irwin’s 1998 American
> Permaculture Directory. It listed most of the PDC
> teachers at the time plus many PDC graduates and other useful resources.
>
> I propose we do something spectacular
> along these lines at the NAPC (North American Permaculture Convergence). If
> even half of us brought a special contribution or snippet of information, it
> would add up to a lot. Of course there
> are lots of internet resources, but I don’t think anyone has compiled a
> list of
> PDC teachers.
>
> Here
> is my proposal. Someone(s) goes through all 91 issues (as of Spring 2014)
> of the Permaculture Activist. Make a data base
> which lists every PDC instructor mentioned in the Events and Calendar
> sections.
> Start at Issue #1 and work up. Enter the first year that a PDC instructor’s
> name appears. Add each following year that their name appears. Print it
> out. That would give us a list of PDC instructors, the year they started
> teaching, the last year they taught and how many years their name
> appeared. Personally, I would be
> fascinated to read the list.
>
> Of course, not all PDC instructors
> advertise through the PC Activist,
> but it would be a darn good start. We
> can post this print-out at the NAPC and people can help fill in the missing
> pieces. After the NAPC add in the new
> names and post on-line for everyone to view. This could be further added
> to and edited if someone wants to take this
> on as a continuing history project. Most courses (but not all) in the USA
> and
> Canada list in the Activist. PDCs in
> Mexico do not get into the Activist,
> by and large. Who can fill in that part of the directory?
>
> I do have a complete set of the Permaculture Activist back issues, but
> it is currently boxed in storage. Anyone willing to collaborate on this
> project
> please contact me at friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com
> - Michael Pilarski
>
> PS. This is part of a larger North American Permaculture History Project.
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