permaculture

[Pacific Edge Permaculture <pacedge@magna.com.au>]

on 21/8/00 4:48 PM, Cameron Little at cameron.little@unsw.EDU.AU wrote:

> Small Space Permaculture Workshop with Robina McCurdy
> Venue: UNSW Ecoliving Centre, 14 Arthur St, Randwick
> Date: Sunday 3rd September, 2000
> Cost $95 (incl. GST)
> 
> COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THROUGH 'SMALL SPACE' PERMACULTURE
> 
> Earthcare Education Aotearoa has piloted a methodology for
> 'permaculturising' suburban properties which has the potential to bring
> permaculture swiftly yet subtly more into the mainstream as well as provide
> employment potential to local permaculturalists who have the flair for both
> education and design. It is being developed into a 'package' which comes
> with resource materials, including teaching aids, visuals and handouts.
> 
> Part of the workshop strategy is an efficient and effective approach for
> implementation of the design which builds local community.  The methodology
> works with low cost overheads and happens on the property to be designed and
> developed.   Practical outcomes are the design of the property and stage one
> of the implementation, based on the wholistic goals set by the property
> owners.
> 
> This day will be devoted to going through the methodology step by step.
> ---------------------
> 
> 'SMALL SPACE PERMACULTURE'
> 
> This workshop is for people with small sized properties who want to work in
> harmony with nature to produce an abundance of food, in an environment of
> beauty.  In this practical hands-on
> introduction to Permaculture workshop, we will learn how to intergrate the
> following into the small space of a typical suburban section:
> 
> * Productive organic vegetable gardens * Wildlife attractant areas
> 
> * Fruit trees, herbs and flowers   * Children's play spaces
> 
> * Household recycling systems     * Kitchen micro-gardens
> 
> * Special areas for quiet reflection and energy recharging
> 
> DATES:  Sunday 3rd September, 2000
> 
> TUTOR:  Robina McCurdy of Aotearoa/New Zealand, who has been working in
> Permaculture for the past fifteen years with households, schools, farms and
> communities in NZ, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Brazil and USA.
> 
> NUMBERS:  as this will be a hands-on workshop the number of participants 
> will
> be limited to 16.
> 
> COST:  $95. (incl. GST)
> 
> CONTACT PERSON: Cameron Little, UNSW Ecoliving Centre,
> cameronlittle@unsw.edu.au
> Or phone: 02 9398 8838, or mobile 0414 385 644
> 
> STRATEGY:  The strategy is that you get together with past and future
> friends who are interested in 'home and garden' and who want to help you to
> enhance your space.  You learn, work, have fun and be creative together.
> Under the guidence of the permaculture facilitator,  you collectively work
> in a focused and guided way, with the long term practical outcome of
> enjoying a pleasant, functional, low maintenance landscape that contains the
> energy and association of supportive friends.
> 
> Permaculture (an abbreviation of Permanent Agriculture & Culture) is a
> conscious approach to landuse design, based on ecological principles. It is
> a marriage of the needs of people with the needs of the environment.
> Permaculture integrates plants, animals, structures and technologies, to
> achieve optimum productivity with zero waste.  It aims to restore and
> enhance  natural systems, whilst increasing the quality of human life
> through self reliance.  It can be applied at any scale - from a family
> backyard, to dense urban settlements, to farms, to entire regions.
> 
> 
> Cameron Little
> UNSW Ecoliving Program Co-ordinator
> 14 Arthur St,
> Randwick, NSW, 2031
> email:  cameron.little@unsw.edu.au
> Office:  02 9398 8838
> Resource Centre: 02 9398 2562
> mobile:  0414 385 644
> fax:  02 9398 2416
>