10Weeks with 6 hours each session preferably 10am 4pm Sat
Next Course Starts 5 Feb at Littlehampton D.Temple Lecturer Cost $250
Learn how to nurture our bodies
To Respect our Biosphere
About the land as sacred living being
To begin healing the land cleaning the air & water
About fertile land for our children & the health of future generations
To become familiar with Permaculture basics & beginnings of Permaculture Design
To gain some easy techniques to try at home in the garden
To connect with a local network of like minded folk & resources
Become familiar with composting, mulching & companion planting
To actively become Stewards & Custodians of the land in our care
To begin Designing & planning of properties urban or rural …(& of course your own place)
Books & network contacts
Permaculture principals & Ethic’s
VIDEO ‘Danger of falling food’ ( the Permaculture concept by Bill Mollison)
‘Walking the land’ & attuning to a property
Natural medicines in your own Backyard
Fungi & fermented foods in culture
Herb spirals & window boxes or growing food in pots
Bushtucker & indigenous plants
Nutrition in foods (organic & Biodynamics Vs Chemical produce)
Food toxins & allergies
Week 3 Sun & wind quality (or pollution)
Sonic Bloom (foliar feeding)
Liquid Manure’s & green cover crops
The ELEMENT’S of wind, solar fire, water & earth in design
Mulching compost & worms
VIDEO ‘Life in the soil ‘
Agro forestry a brief introduction
Wood lots, timber & windbreak trees
Crop rotation & alley farming & companion planting
Mandala gardens & Remineralisation
VIDEO on mandala garden construction
Feng Shui (an Oriental home & landscape design system)
Seeds and GM & hybrid strains. Seed collection times
Biodynamic’s Medicine for the land
Organic’s, BD & Permaculture. Their differences & similarities
Natural pest control
Buildings & structures in varied landscapes
Landcare & Permaculture The Soil Association, Waterwatch, Greencore & Coast care
VIDEO on Strawbale building
Bees, wasps & insects as friends & pests
VIDEO on Salinity
Paramagnetism in both soil life & plants
Designing ecological landscapes
Discuss & design student property plans (a brief beginning)
Swales & drainage
Keyline water planning (drain & dams)
VIDEO on property farm planning
VIDEO on ‘LETS’ local barter & trade system
Organic shops & organisations
Student feedback & resources
Ethical banking, Trusts & organisations that belong to the community
Ecovillages and communal developments