permaculture

["Bellows,Wendi Lynn" <bellows@ufl.edu>]

Dear Permaculture Community,

My name is Wendi Bellows and I am a graduate (doctoral) student at the 
University of Florida in the Interdisciplinary Ecology Program and also an 
avid permie. My dissertation research focuses on the research question: How 
do different modalities of training affect adoption of Permaculture by 
participants? Therefore, I will evaluate four different types of Permaculture 
courses currently offered at different venues throughout the United States  
(1. Intensive residential course taught by consultants and/or PDC graduates, 
2. Non-residential courses taught by Extension, 3.  Undergraduate college 
courses taught by university faculty, and 4. online courses). I will use 
mixed methods including participant questionnaires, interviews and 
observations. Results of this study will identify the strengths and 
weaknesses of each type of training as they affect adoption of Permaculture 
by participants.

Please e-mail me off the list if you are an instructor interested in 
participating. If you have any comments or questions about this study, of 
course this list would be a good place for the discussion to transpire.

Thank you,
Wendi Bellows, M.A. Environment & Community

University of Florida
Interdisciplinary Ecology Doctoral Student
bellows@ufl.edu