
Tread Well on Earth
Introduction to Permaculture Course Resources
Find below handouts, links and other resources related to the Introduction to Permaculture Course in London.
Handouts:
Slideshows:
Links:
http://www.cfgn.org.uk/ - community food growers network, where you'll find a map of community gardens
http://www.londonpermaculture.com/ - the London Permaculture Network (festival every summer highly recommended!), plus a newsletter that is worth joining for events and activities in London.
http://www.permablitzlondon.com/ - London Permablitz linked to London Permaculture Network
https://brightonpermaculture.org.uk/ - Brighton Permaculture Trust offers really well organised specialised courses
https://www.permaculture.org.uk/ - UK Permaculture Association offers great resources and course listings
https://www.permaculture.org.uk/land - links to the LAND (Learning and Demonstration) projects, permaculture demonstration sites
https://www.transitionnetwork.org/ - Transition Network
http://gen.ecovillage.org/ - Global Ecovillage Network
http://wwoof.net/ and https://www.workaway.info/ - for those travelling
http://www.participatorycity.org/ - If there is a future for cities, I hope it's this =) these guys have done part of the slide show we saw at the end of the course
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/ - Ecosystem Restoration Camps - you can become a member of the cooperative for 120 euros per year and support their great work
https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/ and https://backyardlarder.co.uk/ - Buy perennial vegetables
Articles/ Blog posts:
Videos and Films:
The Story of Stuff
In Our Hands - A film on the grassroot movement in British agriculture
The Biggest Little Farm - this is the trailer - the full film is on netflix - is a good depiction of large scale permaculture and how we might be able to integrate wildlife and food production
How wolves change rivers by George Monbiot
Hope in a hanging climate explores the promise of large scale ecosystem restoration
Indigenous communities and ecological agricultural practices
Book recommendations:
For this upcoming winter retreat ‘Rest & Collapse’, we will be exploring the embodied experience of rest as a natural stage in the continuous cycle of life and how it relates to its close relative, the often experienced collapse or break down. We give space to play with this juxtaposition of rest and collapse and discover the edges that keep us in a constant dance between rest and re-emergence, self care and engagement, our inner world and the outer worlds.
The heart circle is an occasion for people to connect to themselves, others and the world by tapping into the deeper ecology that holds us all together. As a group we will create a space to contain our presence, stories, joys, vulnerabilities and insights.
Learn the basics of Permaculture Design on this two-day Introduction to Permaculture and be ready to try it out in your garden, your workplace and your life.
6 weekends between April 27th and October 13th 2024 at Global Generation’s Story Garden in Central London.
The Permaculture Design Course is a 72-hour often life-changing experience, accredited by the UK Permaculture Association. Over the period of 6 weekends we will explore practical and creative solutions for building resilient communities and designing abundant eco-systems.
The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 72-hour internationally recognised training engaging head, heart and hands of participants to discover the principles and techniques of permaculture. We will explore the patterns of our predominant consumerist culture and compare them to the sustainable and regenerative patterns of the natural world. We will not only apply those patterns and principles to the example of ecosystems and the land but also communities and and our own embodied selves.
For this upcoming summer retreat ‘Engage & Connect’, we will be exploring the nature of our engagement and our intrinsic embodied connection to life. Through our actions in the world we create relationships and affirm our ecological belonging. We will cultivate presence to ourselves and meet the land and people from there. The venue in Tuscany gives us the opportunity to bring the embodied principles and practices into engagement with the land and the local people through volunteering activities in the community.
For the autumn retreat ‘Gift & Gratitude’ we explore the generosity of the natural world and our ability to receive the gifts we are offered. Autumn is a time for harvest and integration of what was given to us and what is already available, whether those are physical gifts of the land or lessons we have learnt, friends we have made or projects we have embarked on over the course of the year. We will engage in practices that allow us to stop and appreciate the little and big things that give us life, support, resource and capacity to be more fully here.
The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 72-hour internationally recognised training engaging head, heart and hands of participants to discover the principles and techniques of permaculture. We will explore the patterns of our predominant consumerist culture and compare them to the sustainable and regenerative patterns of the natural world. We will not only apply those patterns and principles to the example of ecosystems and the land but also communities and and our own embodied selves.
