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  • From: "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Expanding outreach
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:18:31 -0700 (PDT)

Aloha,

> On a slightly different note, Bob Ewing and I have been pondering about
> how to expand the scope and reach of permaculture education to include the
> cashless and dispossessed.

Yay yay yay! Me too.

> I would like to
> involve and teach a permaculture vocational course to troubled youth who
> have to perform community service.

Yes yes yes!
Seattle Tilth has some programs like that/like SLUG has that are proving
quite valuable. East Palo Alto (CA) community development corporation or
someone related had something similar going some years back for adult
parolees as I recall.

> We should also offer Pc vocational
> courses for prison inmates who wish to advance themselves while doing
> their time, and plug in to private firms who are vested with the task and
> funds for federal job training programs, such as Gary Job Corps ...

Yes yes yes!



John Schinnerer, MA
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