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[sinergyinaction@netscape.net]

Hello Patty,
many thanks for your reply. Yes it is exciting  isnt't it?
I know about Robina's work and I should get in touch with her asap (I do have 
her latest address I think)
I would surely have a look at any material you may have to share and/or 
experience.
The thing here in Barcelona is that I do not yet know what are schools 
actually doing
and how they do it. The person I met said that there are programs in most 
schools
but is really difficult to evaluate how they tackle each case unless I do not 
see it.
Anyway if the information I gather is detailed enough this might be useful 
for them to compare
their methods with what PC people do around the world in schools.
 
I have seen a couple of those books from C. Nuttall and I must have written 
their titles somewhere
I'll check that out too.
 
At the moment I submitted the preliminary document that I handed to this 
school advisor to some collegues from our spanish pc network to see if 
toghether we manage to create an attractive info package. The idea is to 
share with the wider spanish speaking pc community through our web site
www.permacultura-es.org , once it is ready.
 
I'll also pass along the address of an australian collegue of ours which is 
doing very interesting work
in Adelaide, using EM in schools : Jaqui Hunter hgd.com.au 
 
What do you think is the best approach in contacting the school staff and 
presenting PC?
Are the schools of your area already doing educational work on sustainability 
other than permaculture?
How do you use (have used) PC: did you have like a formal PC class either 
inside or outside (theory and practice). did you just do garden design or did 
you also cover other topics like economy, social, appriate tech. etc.
Cheers
Antonio

-----Original Message-----
From: Pkparksw@aol.com
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:36:33 EST
Subject: Re: [permaculture] PC in schools - experiences


 

Dear Antonio,
After a year of knowing about this list, and finally getting the time to  
actually sign up for it, and only ONE DAY LATER your  letter, which has 
everything to do with my work, is sent out.... So unless I'm  missing 
something, 
that's 
real timing!  I have taught Permaculture in a  Montessori school for a few 
years as a special.  Each class would come to  Permaculture on a weekly basis 
for a anywhere from a 30 min. period  for toddlers, to 90 min. for 5th 
graders.  

We had a greenhouse, several  gardens with related chickens, a Food Forest in 
the making, and an outdoor  classroom and chicken coop built by children as 
well as adults, with mostly  local natural materials. We had a wonderful 
time!!
 
The program has been on the edge of the budget, and has been cut, mainly  due 
to lack of funds.  I will be anxious to see the response to your  letter, as 
I have begun an organization for the promotion and support of PC  programs 
for 
children in schools, and spent the last few months going to  conferences 
doing a bit of "market research", with quite favorable  results.   
 
I will be happy to share with you pictures of our work, and would also  
appreciate hearing about other schools with Permaculture programs.  As part  
of 
my 
work in promotion, I have begun writing a book about PC in schools, and am  
looking for schools with PC programs to visit and document, which was my main 
 
motivation for joining this list-serve.  My website is not ready for  
publishing yet, but I do have a newsletters if you are interested in  those.  
I 
would 
also refer you to Rosemary Morrow and Carolyn Nuttall  in Australia.  They 
have 
published books on their work.  Also, Robina  McCurdy has done extensive work 
for decades, and is a tremendous resource.   I can dig up the contact info 
for them if you wish, and I would suggest doing  searches for them online.
 
Thank you for your letter and jumpstarting this topic!  I'm excited to  hear 
about your work, and looking forward to hearing about more!
Patty Parks-Wasserman
Founding Director
Institute of Permaculture  Education for Children
78 El Rey Drive
Corrales, New  Mexico

505-250-4667
pkparksw@aol.com



In a message dated 1/18/2006 6:42:56 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
sinergyinaction@netscape.net writes:

Hi  all,
I am trying to make up an information package to hand to schools here  in 
Barcelona
and see if they could be interested in introducing PC into  their curriculum 
somehow
I had some talk with the coordinator of the "LA21  in schools" program and 
she said that they
alreday do many activities that  are very similar to those proposed by 
permaculture, (I was happy on one hand  and somewhat frustrated on the other 
...:-) 
) although I doubt
that they do  use a design method per se likewise permaculture suggests.

Anyway, she  also asked information about schools in other parts of the world 
where PC has  been applied, so I am looking for this kind of information.: 
documents,  pictures, websites that carry this data.

I would not mind sharing the  final document (in spanish) with the wider pc 
community if there can be an  interest.
Any help would much  appreciated
Antonio

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