How Will Permaculture Delegates Contribute? There are three great ways to contribute to our upcoming conference. Prepare a 5min presentation. Keep your delivery short and sweet to enable time for others to contribute. Pecha Kucha is a great guide for how to do an effective delivery. You don’t have to use a powerpoint presentation, you can just stand and speak like many of the greatest speakers throughout history. Keep the message clear by aiming to deliver one idea with some elaboration. There will plenty of time after lunch to contribute to the open discussion tables. Introduce yourself by talking up …
The recent EcoArts conference lead me to thinking about Eco-lution – the pathway a person may follow in greening their lifestyle. There is a lot of information out there forcing us to be aware of social and environmental issues, many of us are hopeful we can make a change. Some of us feel inspired to make changes. Quite a few of us feel equipped to do stuff that will make a difference, a few feel empowered and have their hearts pumping hard, making changes. But we all need to feel supported. The aim of this mini-conference about the social aspects …
Terry Leahy, the keynote speaker and facilitator for our upcoming mini-conference writes: Global Sharemarket – Lowest Mark since 2012 The world has still not really recovered from the financial crash of 2008. European governments and the United States are still recommending austerity as the solution. In other words, cut taxes to encourage private investment. Wind back public spending. This solution has not worked and unemployment remains high, especially for young people in Europe and North America. The Chinese, who have created an economy that depends on selling consumer goods to the rich countries, are in trouble because their market has …
This will be a fun full day of ideas and practical solutions and then application with a mini-practice design. Learn the art of Permaculture design with designer, creator, artist and international permaculture teacher April Sampson-Kelly on her mature demonstration property: a food forest integrated within a buzzing community. We will start the Introductory Day at our permaculture site [Silk Farm], have lunch together, then pop over to a local site to put our new found skills to the test and do a permaculture concept draft plan for their site. Your chance to learn what Permaculture is about and how it …
What’s so hot about a solar cooker? You can make one yourself There’s no open flame so you can use this oven during a total fire ban but be mindful to watch that the reflection won’t start a fire. No fossil fuels are used nor air pollution generated. There are no running costs but you do need to be gentle with the glass. The meal is sealed in the pot so no nutrients escape. Slowly cooked food is also more nutrient dense. No stove heating up indoor spaces on a hot summer’s day. Ultra low-maintenance cooking: stirring rarely needed during …