permaculture

[Marimike6@cs.com]

Adam offers that "There are a number of issues
that really have me worried. There seems to me to be an awful
number of people, and a large concentration of them within the
Permaculture movement, that feel that formal education is the
holy grail and we should all be qualified teachers in order to
educate others."

I think this is in a way understandable. Once one devotes one's life to the 
study of permaculture, it occurs to one that we need to make our living 
somehow 
as well as just live in harmony with Nature. And what better way than to 
teach a Permaculture course, to other interested parties?

I submit that there is a need for this kind of service, as there exist many 
people who (1) are comfortable learning within the teacher-student paradigm, 
and (2) pick up the gist much faster that way. Plus, of course, (3) they are 
willing to pay cash for this service.

So we are in a "consenting adults" mode here. Any of us who learn more 
readily directly from nature are free of course to disregard the occasional 
notices 
here that such and such a course is being offered. It costs less and for many 
of us it works just as well.

Just my two cents again.

Michael