permaculture

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

Hello fellow permies, 

I am in the middle of co-teaching a year-long PDC course through Leon County 
Extension in Tallahassee, Florida with an Extension Agent and two community 
members who are PDC graduates. We are at the midway point in the course and 
we would like to give the students and instructors in the course a survey to 
help them gauge the degree to which their individual practices follow 
Permaculture Ethics (Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share). In other words, we 
hope to be able to evaluate if and how folks practice what they preach... how 
people act upon their beliefs in permaculture philosophy and ethical 
principles. We have been trying to look at sustainability metrics and 
indicators out there to help us get the survey together, but we are 
struggling to find them very useful in this instance. The social justice and 
personal well-being dimensions are virtually absent from such indicators, 
with their main focus being on ecological footprint.  

I am wondering if any other instructors out there have done something similar 
in their courses, and if so, if they are willing to share their survey 
questions with us. I am hoping to eventually use this research instrument as 
part of my PhD dissertation work.

Thank you,
Wendi Bellows

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