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  • From: "Adrian Hanzi" <hanzibra@svn.com.br>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Ecovillage workshop in Australia
  • Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 05:53:51 -0000


Robina is here in Brazil until the middle of November...

MArsha
----- Original Message -----
From: Pacific Edge Permaculture <pacedge@magna.com.au>
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: Ecovillage workshop in Australia


> Hello Mikal...
> I have forwarded your message to Robina McCurdy in New Zealand, who is
> organising the program.
>
> ...Russ Grayson
>
> ---------------------
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> on 17/10/00 12:02 AM, Mikal Jakubal at mjakubal@asis.com wrote:
>
> > The workshops sound really interesting, especially the Introduction to
> > Ecovillage Design and Development, but the location is a bit far away
for
> > me right now. Has the curriculum been put into any books or
Web-accessible
> > form? I'm particularly curious about the "13 key issues of social
design."
> > Eleven years ago I co-founded a community land trust/intentional
community
> > that had serious problems from the start. I left it about six years ago
I
> > came here, and I'm now thinking of making my place here into a sort of
> > Pc-based mini village (say, 5-8 people with houses, gardens and craft
shops
> > for site-based cottage industries). But, the bad experiences at the
first
> > place, and very negative impressions of and experiences with other
> > "communities" and collective projects have left me rather skeptical. I
> > still have too many unanswered questions to open the door to all the
> > potential problems of a group project. Doing this alone is difficult,
but
> > still easier than always having to fight five other people just to get
> > anything done.
> >
> > Mikal
> > "When I hear the word 'consensus' I want to run screaming."
> >
> >
> >
> > At 07:25 PM 10/16/00 +1100, you wrote:
> >> Hi friends & colleagues
> >> you might be interested in promoting the following workshops at Crystal
> >> Waters Ecovillage, Australia:
> >> Warm regards
> >> Robina
> >> ---------------
> >> 3 Days of Workshops with Earthcare Education Aotearoa
> >>
> >> at The Kiosk, Crystal Waters Ecovillage, near Maleny, Queensland
> >>
> >> Day 1: Mon 27 November (9am - 5pm)
> >> 'Taking Down the Fences'
> >> - creating community from just where you are!
> >>
> >>
> >> Days 2 & 3:
> >> Tues 28 & Wed 29 Nov (9am - 5pm)
> >
> >> plus public slideshow Tues eve 8pm - 10pm.
> >>
> >> Introduction to Ecovillage Design & Development
> >>
> >> Cost
> >> Day 1: $60 - $95
> >>
> >> Day 2 & 3:: $95 - $160
> >>
> >> All 3 Days:: $160 - $230
> >> (on a sliding scale according to income).
> >> Lunch is being provided for an additional $7
> >>
> >> Registration: By Fri 17 Nov, send a non-refundable deposit cheque
(made
> >> to Earthcare Education) for $35 total, with your name, contact details,
> >> name of specific workshop/s, lunch - yes/no?
> >>
> >> to: Earthcare Education Aotearoa,
> >
> >> C/o Robin Clayfield, Lot 58,
> >> Crystal Waters, Maleny 4552, Queensland, Australia.
> >>
> >> Receipts issued at workshop.
> >> Note: No number limits, once you register, just come!
> >> 'Taking Down the Fences' - creating community from just where you are!
> >>
> >> This workshop is for urban dwellers who want to stay where they are,
and
> >> still experience the richness and benefits of community life, or for
> >> permaculturalists and community development workers who want to
facilitate
> >> this happening. It is divided into two parts:
> >>
> >> Community Development through 'Small Space' Permaculture
> >>
> >> An introduction to Earthcare Education Aotearoa's multi-tier community
> >> development strategy underlying the methodology they have developed for
> >> accelerating the 'permaculturising' of suburban properties. 'Taking
down
> >> the fences', the neighbourhood amalgamation of arable urban land and
joint
> >> sharing of labour and food production related resources is a natural
(and
> >> encouraged) outcome of the approach that Robina McCurdy and Margaret
Kwok
> >> facilitate throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, under various titles:
> >> 'Permaculture for the Suburbs'/'Small Space' or 'Backyard'
Permaculture.
> >> These workshops are for urban dwellers with small sized properties, who
want
> >> to work in harmony with nature to produce an abundance of food, in an
> >> environment of beauty.
> >>
> >> The methodology works with low cost overheads and happens on the
property to
> >> be designed and developed. The outcome of the weekend is a
permaculture
> >> design of the host's property, based on their wholistic goals. Part of
the
> >> workshop strategy is an efficient and effective approach for collective
> >> implementation of the design and further workshops tailored to people's
> >> interests, with an emphasis on organic methods of production. The
'Small
> >> Space Permaculture' workshop provides the potential of part time
employment
> >> to local permaculturalists who have the flair for both education and
design.
> >> A 'package' of resource materials, including teaching aids, visuals
and
> >> participants handouts is available for people who attend a full
training
> >> course.
> >
> >>
> >> Resource Centre's for Community Outreach
> >>
> >> An introduction to the range of neighbourhood resource & recycling
centres
> >> and community gardens that Margaret and Robina have worked in or
visited.
> >> Such centres play a valuable demonstration role, providing education
and
> >> offering resources (eg plant materials and composting systems) for
purchase.
> >> They work as a catalyst for, or an outcome of, the 'Urban Permaculture'
> >> workshops. We will look at how to go about setting up a community
resource
> >> centre. This will include forming the group, local networking, the
legal
> >> structures and funding support mechanisms which make them work
effectively,
> >> and ownership, labour and sustainability.
> >>
> >> Introduction to Ecovillage
> >> Design & Development
> >>
> >> This workshop is for anyone who is interested in
ecovillages/intentional
> >> communities, from those who want to apply the concept to a new or
existing
> >> settlement to those who want to better understand the broad
implications of
> >> the ecovillage movement. It will especially benefit people living in
> >> land-based communities, permaculture designers and community
development
> >> workers. The workshop is designed to work as a consecutive one, but

people
> >> can attend just one day if they choose.
> >>
> >>
> >> 1st Day: Participatory Approach to Ecovillage Design
> >>
> >> . An overview of Earthcare Education Aotearoa's entire design process,
using
> >> slides of Robina's work with ecovillage design in New Zealand, Ireland
and
> >> South Africa.
> >>
> >> . Ecovillage & Intentional Community
> >> Range: Communal - Private
> >> - examples of 7 Community-Villages which illustrate a wide range of
> >> options, from kibbutzim to freehold 'ecological sub-division', and how
to
> >> find where a (your) group is placed within this range.
> >>
> >>
> >> . Social design, for clarity and workability on consequent rights,
> >> responsibilities, ownership and power (these social issues will be
addressed
> >> from the angle of 'being in it' on Day 2).
> >>
> >> . Wholistic goal setting using Earthcare Education Aotearoa's three
> >> templates: Community Culture, Social Structure and Physical
Environment.
> >>
> >> . Site Analysis, involving all generations (children, adults, elderly)
in
> >> the process.
> >>
> >> . The Use of Models in participatory design.
> >>
> >> . Approaching Ecovillage Zoning from several perspectives, to arrive at
a
> >> marriage of tthe needs of the people and the needs of the land.
> >>
> >> . The Web of Ecovillage Infrastructure - integrating natural, social,
> >> cultural, physical and economic elements.
> >>
> >> Day 2: Skills for Living in an Ecovillage
> >>
> >> . The Ingredients of a Successful Ecovillage, including methods to
develop
> >> the following: social & physical action planning, capital investment
and
> >> internal financial systems, skills, labour and time management.
> >>
> >> . 13 key Issues of Social Design
> >> Robina, together with Robert Gilman has researched and unearthed
thirteen
> >> major issues which block the success of intentional communities and
> >> ecovillages worldover. Robina will share these, then we will address
the
> >> issues most pertinent to the participants, using interactive processes
they
> >> can adapt to working with their own groups.
> >
> >>
> >> . The Group as an Organism - phases and cycles of a group; forming
new
> >> groups; defining group identity; shaping a healthy code of behaviour;
> >> clarifying and activating common purpose; creating alignment;
building
> >> group power for effective action.
> >>
> >> . Group Process Skills - some keys to good communication; designing
out
> >> conflict and designing in trust and safety; conflict resolution
strategies;
> >> leadership and power; meeting facilitation; formats for successful
meetings;
> >> decisionmaking methods; working with the consensus process.
> >>
> >>
> >> TUTORS
> >>
> >> Robina McCurdy, has been working in permaculture design and community
> >> development for the past fifteen years with households, schools, farms
and
> >> communities in NZ, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Brazil and USA.
> >> Through this experience she has developed a powerful and effective
> >> facilitation methodology for creating sustainable community, anywhere.
> >> Robina lives at Tui Community in Nelson Province of Aotearoa/New
Zealand,
> >> where she manages the orchard and is part of the community garden team.
She
> >> is currently organising and will tutor in two international training
courses
> >> within her bio-region: 'Design for Sustainable Community' and
'P.L.A.N.E.T.
> >> Organic'. Robina's bio:
> >> http//www.context.org/PEOPLE/RMBio.htm
> >>
> >> Margaret Kwok (Day 1 only) is an experienced and highly creative
> >> permaculture designer and organic gardener. She has worked developing
the
> >> St Benedicts Community Gardens and the Beachlands Resource Depot in
> >> Auckland. Margaret has co-facilitated hands-on workshops in urban
> >> permaculture strategies, and taught in permaculture design courses.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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