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  • From: "graham" <gburnett@unisonfree.net>
  • To: <cameron.little@unsw.edu.au>
  • Cc: "Ron Bates" <cft-rbates@supanet.com>, "Permaculture UK" <PermacultureUK@listbot.com>, "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Permaculture weekend courses (was Re: class time)
  • Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:16:19 -0000


Hi Cameron-

it's rick who's done the distilled evaluations rather than me- I was
replying to Rick's mail but for for some reason the little arrows that
indicate quotes didn't come out in my reply- I have however pasted in below
a couple of sylabus's for intro. courses I've been involved in running, and
hope these will be of some use to you-

I've also forwarded this to Permaculture & UK Permaculture as parts of this
might be of general PC interest...

Cheers,

Graham Burnett
35 Rayleigh Avenue
Westcliff On Sea
Essex
SS0 7DS
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Land & Liberty http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/landlib/
My artwork http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/landlibpic/
Our Garden http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/Garden/
South East Essex Organic Gardeners
http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/SEEOG/
Permaculture- a Beginner's Guide http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/Perma/
South East Essex LETS http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/
Robert Hart's Forest Garden http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/Forest/


URBAN PERMACULTURE; AN INTRODUCTION

16-17 MAY 1998, PHONE 01702 303259 FOR VENUE DETAILS

DAY ONE ("theory")

MORNING;
Introductions
What is permaculture?
Context/ potted history (Mollison/ holmgren, UK development)
VIDEO; 'PERMACULTURE IN PRACTICE'

TEABREAK

Ethics of permaculture
Principles
Zones, sectors, slopes
Stacking, edge, succession
Rolling permaculture
Hierarchy of interventions

LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON;
Community economics
Urban permaculture
LETS/ CSA/ Box schemes/ credit unions
Local distinctiveness- "A sense of place"
Bioregionalism
Economies of scale

DAY TWO ("practical")

MORNING;
VIDEO; 'FOREST GARDENING'
Reading your land
Pattern in design
Energy cycles
BREDIM

TEA BREAK

Planning the permaculture garden
Permaculture gardening techniques

LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON; To Manchester Drive for 'hands on' observation and work;
Wild food/ useful 'weeds'
Tour of Ron's forest garden allotment

Work on Mrs. McCartney's allotment (sheet mulching, tree planting, etc)
Design ideas for whole site?

CONCLUSION;Evaluation
Where next?

TUTORS/ 'LEADERS'; STEFANIA STREGA (GREEN ADVENTURE), THELMA RILEY
(NATUREWISE),
GRAHAM BURNETT, RON BATES.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------


NB. In retrospect I feel we tried to pack in too much with the above weekend
course- we actually had to set up an extra day a few weeks later to include
practical stuff, though luckily all the participants were local (it was set
up and run through the LETS system)......... Later courses reduced and
simplified this content....


The next course which I have pasted in was run about a year later and had a
far more specialist theme/audience, thus it was perhaps more apppropriate to
provide an intensive content. However, it still turned out that we had tried
to pack in too much, some of the late afternoon Sunday sessions had to be
dropped as people had had enough and basically wanted to just chill out on
the lawn after lunch- we put this to a class vote- overwhelmingly this is
what the participants wanted. I suspect far more was learned through the
informal chatting that took place in this situation anyway. We have
certainly learned that the social/informal side of our courses, eg,
preparing group meals, break times, evening chats in the pub, etc, are just
as valuable and creative than the 'formal' learning situations....


GROWING TOWARDS COMPASSION; An Introduction
To Vegan Organic Gardening & Agriculture
May 1-2 1999 at 'Fresh Horizons',
50 Ditton Court Road,
Westcliff On Sea,
Essex

Tel. Graham (for general info), 01702 303259
Ron (for accommodation info), 01702 477681
Fresh Horizons (for venue info), 01702 304931
Program
Saturday
9.30; Arrivals/ introductions
10.00; Why organic? Why vegan?
10.20; Permaculture- What is it? What's it got to do with Vegan Organics?
Ethics & Principles
11.00; Break
11.15; Healthy soil; What is it? Types of soil; Soil restoration; Cycles;
Composting; Humanure; Green
manures; Seaweed; Worm composting
1.00; Lunch Break
2.00; Healthy Plants and their needs
3.00; Site visits
Evening; Shared meal and social

Sunday
10.00; Opening Circle
10.15; Practical Systems; Video; Robert Hart's Forest Garden; Ken Fern &
Plants For A Future; Julia &
Michael Guerra
11.15; Break
11.30; Practical Systems cont.; The Integrated Garden; Fukuoka & Bonfills
12.00; Raw Food & Human Nutrition
1.00; Lunch Break
2.00; Practical Design Session
2.45; 'The Wider Picture'; Community Gardening; Greening The Cities; LETS;
Thinking Globally &
Acting Locally
4.30; Feedback & Closing Circle

Tutors & facilitators; David Holman, Al Jack (Brambles Vegan Housing Co-op),
Gina (Vegan Raw Food
Network), Ron Bates, Graham Burnett

Dear ,
Thank you for your deposit- I can confirm that we have reserved
places on the above weekend as
requested. A map with directions is enclosed.

Things to bring; Hand tools, eg, trowel, fork; Food for lunch breaks +
food/drink contributions for
shared evening meal; bedding if you are staying overnight; Weather
appropriate clothing & footwear; Any
plants/cuttings/seeds for either planting on the weekend or exchanging with
others; Plenty of energy,
enthusiasm and an open mind (all dogmas to be tied up outside to the post
provided!); Anything else we
haven't thought of...
We look forward to seeing you!!!

IMPORTANT!!!; If you have requested accommodation for either/or Friday &
Saturday night, please
contact Ron to arrange details...



----- Original Message -----
From: Cameron Little <cameron.little@unsw.edu.au>
To: 'graham' <gburnett@unisonfree.net>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 6:43 AM
Subject: RE: class time


> Hi Graham,
> I am interested to have a look at your distilled evaluation write up as
> discussed below. It sounds very interesting - could you please forward it
on
> to me?
>
> Many thanks,
> Cameron
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: graham [SMTP:gburnett@unisonfree.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 2:11 AM
> To: permaculture
> Subject: Re: class time
>
>
> I have taught a weekend course- I can send my distilled evaluation
write-up
> to anyone interested. I prefer the 2 week residential format, which has
many
> strengths.
>
> Hi rick-
>
> I'd be very interested in see your evaluation write up. I've also run some
> weekend PC intro courses and would be happy to post up copies of the
sylabus
> we've used.
>
> Worth getting is the Permaculture Teacher's Guide edited by Andy Goldring,
> published by the Permaculture Association (Britain)- obviously it's more
> oriented towards the UK situation, but I think anyone interested in PC
would
> find it very useful- even if you don't intend to ever teach, there's loads
> in there that filled gaps in my knowledge, or clearly directed me to where
> information/experience can be found...
>
> You can get it from Permanent Publications,
>
> http://www.permaculture.co.uk
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graham Burnett
> 35 Rayleigh Avenue
> Westcliff On Sea
> Essex
> SS0 7DS
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Land & Liberty http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/landlib/
> My artwork http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/landlibpic/
> Our Garden http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/Garden/
> South East Essex Organic Gardeners
> http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/SEEOG/
> Permaculture- a Beginner's Guide
http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/Perma/
> South East Essex LETS http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/
> Robert Hart's Forest Garden http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/Forest/
>
>
>
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