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Joined:
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17/04/2011 |
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Last Updated:
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18/05/2011 |
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Location:
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Whanganui, New Zealand |
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Climate Zone:
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Warm Temperate |
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Gender:
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Male |
| PDC |
| Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course |
| Teacher: Geoff Lawton |
| Location: Whitianga Bay, NZ |
| Date: Jul 2008 |
Some Before and After Shots
Two years and counting.
An Ecological Model for Community Sustainability Education
Over the last 2 years we have been developing an ecological model for whole community sustainability / resilience education. We learned heaps about the difference between theory and practice with surprising results.
Looking Back on 1 Year of Eco-Renovation and Cost Savings
With a year of data on power use and waste disposal, we are in a position to demonstrate what is possible to others in our community.
The Little House That Could
The Little House That Could is a multi-disciplinary curriculum about passive solar design and energy efficiency designed for upper primary school and lower intermediate school children.
Excellence in Environmental Education
We are currently working in an innovative, cross-curricular programme for primary schools based on the science and maths of passive solar design and energy efficiency.
Low-Maintenance/High-Productivity Gardening
Four-dimensional, beyond organic, carbon positive food production.
Multiple Functions
We've been busy over the last 10 months converting an abandoned property into a low-cost / high performance permaculture paradise.
A Permaculture Approach to Permaculture Education in Schools
Designing around the existing strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and barriers, energy flows and resources in state schools is essential for implementing effecting, sustainable permaculture education in schools. Here are three examples of how we've go
Permaculture as Education
I'm involved in applying a permaculture perspective to education from Year 1 students through Year 13 students, adult learners and even education research. Here is a glimpse on my ideas about permaculturists as educators.
"If it lived, it can live again." - Geoff Lawton
Waste management, resource recover, and building organic matter on sand.
Taking the Project into Schools
We are now involved in sharing our project - the Eco-Thrifty Renovation - with area schools.