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  • From: Pacific Edge Permaculture <pacedge@magna.com.au>
  • To: Permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: unsw-permaculture 'SMALL SPACE' PERMACULTURE workshop with Robina McCurdy
  • Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:38:54 +1000


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
>




  • Re: unsw-permaculture 'SMALL SPACE' PERMACULTURE workshop with Robina McCurdy, Pacific Edge Permaculture, 08/21/2000

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