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Commenced:
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01/06/2011 |
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Submitted:
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26/01/2012 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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Buccleuch Park, New Brunswick, NJ, US |
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Website:
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http://ruripe.wordpress.com |
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Climate zone:
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Warm Temperate |
The Rutgers Initiative for Permaculture Education or RIPE , hopes to empower students and their community by educating them about how low to no tech solutions as well as Permaculture design principles can be viable, safe and most importantly fun for producing food and stimulating local self sufficient economies.
Permaculture is about creating intelligent design systems that work with the power of the ecosystem and use these harmonious natural relationships to create communities that provide for themselves. Self sustaining communities become producers and are not forced to be dependent on corporate chemical companies that are poisoning our country and laughing all the way to the bank. By redesigning our homes and communities we can redesign the way we live and produce everything we need in a local, sustainable and beautiful way! We want to teach people how to setup rainwater catchment systems, backyard composting, edible forest garden, aquaponics (growing fish and food together), companion planting, beneficial animal plant insect relationships, herb spirals and many more. We hope to show people how they can turn their homes into lush, productive gardens that can catch and store rainwater, grow fruits and vegetables and produce many more important essentials in our lives.
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. |
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