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Permaculture Design Course now running

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 09:56 administrator
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Taking a  Permaculture Design course is for anyone interested in gaining practical skills and perspectives for sustainable living and productivity. There is a Permaculture Design Course currently running over 6 weekends in locations around Sheffield. The course is designed to give you a good grounding in all aspects of permaculture design, principally covering aspects of land management, but touching also on settlements, buildings and waste management. The course is lead by Angus Soutar who has been teaching permaculture in the north for the last 15 years.Angus Soutar

Weekend One: 3/4 October 2009 at Firshill Community Centre, Burngreave Sheffield

This weekend covers the ethics and principles of permaculture, zones and sectors, and the importance of observation.

Weekend Two: 21/22 November 2009 at Greave House Farm Stocksbridge

Weekend 2 will deal with soil, how to assess its composition and quality, soil restoration and cultivation strategies.

Weekends Three to Six will cover other aspects of earth repair and community regeneration and will include topics such as:

how to get healthy food from non-destructive sources
how to save money on energy use in the home
how to get about with environmentally-friendly transport
building and construction to create a sustainable future
how to work together effectively - people, money, organisation

The rest of the programme will be announced shortly so watch this space.

The cost of this course is designed to be affordable, as we want as many people as possible to be able to benefit from learning about permaculture design. In addition to the teaching itself, students are able to benefit from additional materials available on the course website. For further information please see http://westpenninepermaculture.org.uk/permaculturecourse

It is not too late to join this series of classes and workshops, as a one-day workshop is also available as a basic introduction to enable you to catch-up. For further details of both the one-day introduction and the full Design Course please contact Sue.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 October 2009 14:50
 

Permaculture Ethics

Monday, 28 September 2009 16:09 serenity
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Permaculture is founded upon 3 ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Shares. Within Earth Care, we understand this to encompass care not solely of the soil and plants but also of all the living creatures which form the environment which we ourselves inhabit. This beautiful and moving short film illustrates this message perfectly.

Last Updated on Monday, 28 September 2009 16:18 Read more...
 

Permaculture in a Nutshell

Monday, 02 March 2009 17:40 administrator
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You may never have heard of it, but Permaculture has been an established world-wide design system for over thirty years. In essence it is a design system for sustainable living, an approach to designing and creating healthy and productive places to work, rest and play. In Britain, people are using permaculture to transform homes and gardens, farms, schools, community projects, businesses, allotments and woodlands, in cities and the countryside.

Permaculture works because it can inspire you to create your own solutions to local and global problems, and enhance your quality of life using local resources and your own skills and talents.

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