permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>]

On 10/27/2010 9:28 PM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> On 10/27/2010 8:09 PM, Robyn Francis wrote:
> On 10/27/2010 6:29 PM, Andrew Millison wrote:

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So...here we have dedicated permaculture practitioners turned teachers who have had no formal training, no PDC, no 
accreditation and no certificates but are doing much needed, valuable work, helping many people, permaculture ethics in 
action. Some of these may well be far more knowledgeable and skilled, with wider experience, than many members of the 
existing  permaculture professional establishment. My thoughts: those working to define and maintain permaculture 
standards and oversee professionalism in teaching, design and consulting, need to consider the situation these many 
millions of folks all over the world will find themselves in as they seek to become part of the greater global 
permaculture community or family, without having taken the standard "required" coursework. Some may even reach the goal 
of being able to put real permaculture to work for themselves and their communities without having read Mollison's 
books.... As publicity spreads, many people in urban and rural areas will find out about permaculture, will want to know 
more about it and how they can make it work for themselves; mentors will facilitate this. This is likely a somewhat 
random, informal process, driven by hope and enthusiasm and should be encouraged by the entire permaculture community. 
How will any emerging permaculture professional oversight group or organization incorporate these people into the 
movement, encourage them, making educational resources available (pro bono work, monetary donations, grants, 
scholarships, etc. perhaps) knowing that they have become practitioners and teachers without following the standard 
procedures? They need to be encouraged and helped in order to spread the permaculture word in all the places where it 
can be spread.
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