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Permaculture
for Third World & Indigenous Peoples
This
course has been revised to meet the competency requirements of Accredited
Permaculture Training.
Completion of a PDC or equivalent
permaculture course is a prerequisite. The new training will be delivered
in 2 modules.
1.
Working in other cultures & facilitating community development.
This course is designed for people interested
in working as supervisors and project officers and leads to assement in Permaculture
Certificate IV competencies RTD4802A
2. Managing
Overseas Permaculture Projects.
This course builds on Module 1 with more in-depth training and project
management skills and leads to assessment in Diploma of Permaculture competency
PIL 508A Plan management strategies for overseas development projects.
Are you ready for the challenges of working in another
culture?
The aim of this
course is to prepare you for working in developing countries, with traditional
cultures and indigenous communities.
The course explores strategies for sustainable development as a two-way process
in which skills in facilitation, cross-cultural communication and working
with people are equally important as the practical gardening, design and technical
skills you take with you.
Activities include:
case
studies, presentations, in-depth discussions, role play, group work and practical
activities, guest speakers, slides & videos of international projects.
Topics include:
•
subsistence agriculture for humid & arid tropics & the impact
of green revolution technology and globalisation
• evaluating & working with sustainable traditional cultural
practices - building on what exists
• adapting Permaculture to local conditions, cultural and social
factors
• health and nutrition, food security, kitchen gardens
• environmental health & housing
• appropriate development & technology options
• facilitating self-help & self-determination, community directed
problem solving & empowerment
• communications, education, working with low literacy groups and
language barriers
• ethics of interference, cultural sensitivity, subtlties of racism
and discrimination
• personal security, burn-out & taking care of yourself.
A
challenging week of intense information sharing, treading on the edge of personal
development.
A basic working
knowledge of permaculture is assumed thus the PDC or other introductory permaculture
course is a pre-requisitee
Tutor: Robyn
Francis
Award-winning
permaculture designer, educator and writer with an 18 year international track
record which includes founding director of Permaculture International Ltd,
Permaculture Education and Erda Institute. Her experiences ranges from the
hands-on practicalities of food production to eco-village design & community
development in diverse cultures and climates.
In this course Robyn draws from her experience working in India, (including
co-teaching India's first PDC with Bill Mollison), Indonesia and with Australian
Aboriginal and New Zealand Maori as well as knowledge gleaned from years of
international travel & working with Permaculture activists involved in
projects and programmes in other 3rd world countries & indigenous communities.
Permaculture Education | Who We Are | 2006 Course Calendar | Short Courses & Workshops | Registration