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Joined:
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15/02/2011 |
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Last Updated:
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21/02/2011 |
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Location:
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bittern, VIC, Australia |
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Climate Zone:
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Warm Temperate |
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Gender:
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Male |
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Web site:
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www.SFpermaculture.com.au |
(projects i'm involved in)
(projects i'm following)
I was first introduced to permaculture through reading Linda Woodrow's fine book on Mandala gardening and subsequently adapting the idea to a very small scale suburban block.
Since then my wife and I have moved to approximately 3.5 acres of land on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, I have been researching many ideas of how to develop this land to facilitate living a more sustainable life and keep coming back to permaculture as the answer!! having practiced Permaculture for a few years, I finally undertook my PDC at SCPI taught by Rick and Naomi Coleman as well as Kat Lavers and Lex (thanks guys!!)
We are currently in ongoing development of a permaculture demonstration site which is used as a resource for permaculture education and also as the base for my Permaculture business, Sustainable Future Permaculture. SF Permaculture is part permaculture nursery as well as home to my consultancy, design and education services. The site will incoorperate various food growing systems as well as a food forest, a woodlot, animal rotations and water and energy harvesting systems.
Outside of my own site and consultancies, I work as a nurse and have previously held the postion of garden specialist in a school kitchen garden. Where I teach primary school kids how to garden (and slip in some permaculture into the lessons as well!)
I have completed a number of supplementary courses beyond my PDC including teacher training, advanced principles and reading the landscape and an advanced design course which constitutes credits towards a APT qualification. I also engaged in a teaching internship with Rick and Naomi at Southern Cross Permaculture Institute and now work as co-facillitator on their PDC.
I'm looking forward to using the knowledge I have gained to deliver high quality permaculture design and education going forwards.
Quick blog of days 4 and 5 of the PDC we are teaching in Rwanda
up to day 3 of the Rwanda PDC.....water strategies and small intensive sysytems
Looking forward to starting the course tomorow, 60 participants!
An overview of what we have observed in the week leading up to the PDC
I have been given the opportunity to teach a PDC with Rick Coleman in Rwanda
A course that is turning out to be more than I had thought!
Arrived at Djanbung Gardens, the Permaculture College in Nimbin
I'm just leaving to undertake a consultancy
November PDC at SCPI done and dusted. A great 1st experience as an intern teacher on Rick and Naomi's course
entering the second week of my PDC teaching internship
2 days of learning at Meliodora
Nerve racking experience teaching my first PDC class
exciting couple of weeks teaching and being taught
I'm involved in a running an SAKG garden and teaching kids
A challenging but valuable week at Zaytuna farm
| Permaculture Design Certificate |
| Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course |
| Verifying teacher: Rick Coleman |
| Other Teachers: Naomi Coleman, Kat Lavers |
| Location: Southern Cross Permaculture Institute |
| Date: Mar 2011 |
| PDC teacher training |
| Type: Teacher Training |
| Teacher: Geoff Lawton |
| Location: Zaytuna farm |
| Date: Nov 2011 |
| advanced permaculture principles and reading the landscape |
| Type: Other |
| Teacher: david holmgren |
| Location: melliodora farm |
| Date: Nov 2011 |
| design skills and APT flow |
| Type: Permaculture Diploma |
| Teacher: Robyn Francis |
| Location: djanbung gardens: permaculture college australia |
| Date: Jan 2012 |
| 0 PDC Graduates (list) |
| 0 PRI PDC Graduates (list) |
| 0 Other Course Graduates (list) |
| have acknowledged being taught by andy macey |
| 0 have not yet been verified (list) |
| andy macey has permaculture experience in: |
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| Cool Temperate |
| Warm Temperate |
| Mediterranean |
| Wet/Dry Tropical |
