permaculture

["Tyrone LaFay" <earthcaredesign@peacemail.com>]

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PERMACULTURE & ORGANICS SKILLBUILDING IMMERSION
  - an internship style course at Tui Community, Golden Bay, 
Aotearoa/New Zealand

6 WEEKS:  Sun 24 SEPT - Sat 4 NOV 2006

This is a very practical hands-on course where participants put 
directly into practice in-situ on Tui land what they learn 
theoretically.  Teaching style is interactive, energizing and fun.  It 
is a balance of head, heart and hands! The main tutors are Tui 
Community residents, Robina McCurdy and Huckleberry Leonard. For their 
backgrounds, check out their website:  www.greenworld-earthcare.org   
 From time to time, other residents of Tui Community and Golden Bay may also 
tutor in their specialized fields.

The course includes covering the standard international two week 
Permaculture Design curriculum, spread in an integrated way over the 
full duration, culminating in a main design project, applied near the 
residential area.  A permaculture Design Certificate (from Earthcare 
Education Aotearoa) will be issued.  For newcomers to Permaculture, 
this is a very grounding way to learn it 'in your bodies'.  For 
participants already holding the Permaculture Design Certificate, this 
will be an excellent refresher, with the possibility of also doing a 
little tutoring. During the course, participants will be given guidance in 
the designing of their own properties/a property of their choice, and will be 
given research to do in this respect, in advance of the course.

Course programme broadly covers:
-       organic growing (emphasis on vegetables),
-       rural land management (eg orchards, pastures, trees),
-       permaculture design & implementation
-       intentional community integrated land-use (this community being one 
of the models amongst many)
-       personal & community development/empowerment,
-       bioregional wildcrafting, outdoor adventuring & nature connection.

The home-base for this residential course is in the Tui Treefield - a 
separate cultural & education area in a land-based community operated 
by a Charitable Trust.  The Treefield is a purpose-created outdoor 
events field, with kitchen-dining room area, shower-toilet facilities, 
two gathering centres/classroom spaces, plus some tipi, dome & caravan 
accommodations.
Internet access will be provided, and there is an excellent library of 
relevant books available. To find out more about Tui Community and Tui 
Trust, visit:  www.tuitust.org.nz

It is planned for the first two weeks of the course to happen elsewhere than 
Tui, with the first few days in a retreat type situation to begin building 
our learning community and establish the basis of learning, followed by a 
tour of Permaculture and organic properties in the top of the South Island.

Whilst on Tui, the course will operate Monday to Friday, and every 
alternate Saturday morning.  The rhythm of each day would be shaped 
somewhat as follows:
Early Morning:  Community-building time & introduction to theme of the 
day
Mornings:  Outdoor hands-on learning
Early Afternoon:  Own time/self study
Mid Afternoon:  Indoor tutored session on the theme of morning's 
practical activity
Some Evenings:  relevant slideshows, videos, cultural experiences.

Number of Participants:  8 - 12, full time.
Cost:  Aiming to be affordable. Course is still being budgeted.

This is the first course of its kind on Tui, and so is somewhat of a 
pilot for us.  However, the organiser has had substantial experience 
through running the year long course 'PLANET Organic', in Golden Bay in 2002 
and 2003, and is applying the learnings from that to create this new 
programme. We plan to run this course twice a year, and possibly to increase 
its duration.  For further information, contact Robina McCurdy:  
robina@win.co.nz    Phone 03 5258399




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