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  • From: "Tyrone LaFay" <earthcaredesign@peacemail.com>
  • To: bellinghampermacultureclub@egroups.com, outbackcommunity@yahoogroups.com, permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org, permaculture@openpermaculture.org, vanpermaculture@yahoogroups.ca
  • Cc: tlafay@villagedesign.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] (no subject)
  • Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 16:42:09 -0700

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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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  • [permaculture] (no subject), Tyrone LaFay, 05/24/2006

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