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Commenced:
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01/01/2001 |
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Submitted:
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15/03/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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Westcliff on Sea, Essex, GB |
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Website:
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http://www.spiralseed.co.uk |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
Spiralseed is an independent enterprise founded in 2001 to promote permaculture education and earthright living.
Spiralseed is an independent enterprise founded in 2001 to promote permaculture education and earthright living. We produce publications and run regular courses and workshops, including weekend introductory events as well as an accredited full 72 hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course. We also offer permaculture design consultancy services.
Values
We are an ethical venture based around the core values of Earthcare, Peoplecare and Fairshares. We reflect these throughout all of our practices and activities, working in partnership with others who share our concerns around social and environmental justice. We have worked with a number of Transition Town initiatives, as well as projects ranging from inner city housing estates to orchards and farms; and with organisations as diverse as Bioregional, Comic Relief, Naturewise, Plan-It Earth, Designed Visions, OrganicLea, The Idler, Permorganics, Permanent Publications, Vegan Organic Network, Ars Terra (Los Angeles) and Ekosense ecovillage (Croatia).
Publications
Our publications including Graham Burnett's 'Permaculture: A Beginners Guide' - over 5000 copies sold and translated into several languages worldwide. We also offer a small range of organic, fairly traded teeshirts featuring original designs and artwork.
Courses
Whether a one hour workshop or a two week residential course, our ethos is solutions-focused, participatory, and learner-centred. We run permaculture introductory and full design courses, as well as bespoke training and workshops designed to meet client requirements, including;
•Forest Gardening
•Building a Compost Toilet
•Permaculture and nature awareness for Families/Children
•Creating your own 'Right Livlihood'
•Organic Gardening Basics
•Therapuetic Permaculture
•Apple Juicing
•Preparing to teach permaculture training courses
•Permaculture Diploma support and training
Design and Consultation
Permaculture and sustainable design services for individuals, projects, businesses and organisations wishing to respond positively to the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil, including telephone or email consultancy through to full design solutions.
Note: The various badges displayed in people profiles are largely honesty-based self-proclamations by the individuals themselves. There are reporting functions users can use if they know of blatant misrepresentation (for both people and projects). Legitimacy, competency and reputation for all people and projects can be evidenced and/or developed through their providing regular updates on permaculture work they’re involved in, before/after photographs, etc. A spirit of objective nurturing of both people and projects through knowledge/encouragement/inspiration/resource sharing is the aim of the Worldwide Permaculture Network.
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MemberA member is a permaculturist who has never taken a PDC course. These cannot become PDC teachers. Members may be novice or highly experienced permaculturists or anywhere in between. Watch their updates for evaluation. |
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Permaculture MatchmakerOne of these badges will show if you select your gender and the "I'm single, looking for a permaculture partner" option in your profile. |
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PDCPeople who claim to have taken a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course somewhere in the world. |
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PDC VerifiedPeople who have entered an email address for the teacher of their PDC course, and have had their PDC status verified by that teacher. Watch their updates for evaluation. |
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PRI PDCPeople who’ve taken a Permaculture Research Institute PDC somewhere in the world. |
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PDC TeacherPeople who claim to teach some version of PDC somewhere in the world. |
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PRI TeacherWith the exception of the ‘Member’ who has never taken a PDC, all of the above can apply to become a PRI PDC Teacher. PRI PDC Teachers are those who the PRI recognise, through a vetting board, as determined and competent to teach the full 72-hour course as developed by Permaculture founder Bill Mollison – covering all the topics of The Designers’ Manual as well as possible (i.e. not cherry picking only aspects the teacher feels most interested or competent in). Such teachers also commit to focussing on the design science, and not including subjective spiritual/metaphysical elements. The reason these items are not included in the PDC curriculum is because they are “belief” based. Permaculture Design education concerns itself with teaching good design based on strategies and techniques which are scientifically provable. PRI PDC Teachers may be given teaching and/or consultancy offerings as they become available as the network grows. |
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Aid WorkerThe individual with this badge is indicating they are, have, or would like to be involved in permaculture aid work. As such, the individual may or may not have permaculture aid worker experience. Watch their updates for evaluation. |
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ConsultantThe individual with this badge is indicating they are, have, or would like to do paid permaculture design consultancy work. As such, the individual may or may not have permaculture consultancy experience. Watch their updates for evaluation. |
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Community ProjectCommunity projects are projects that help develop sustainable community interaction and increase localised resiliency. |
Permaculture A Beginners Guide book - special offer for course and event organisers
With its concise yet information rich text and clear graphics and diagrams, Graham Burnett's 'Permaculture A Beginner's Guide' is is the perfect accompaniment to any Permaculture Design or Introductory Course, and a great 'additional extra' reference book