POSTCARD from Mini-Conference on Permaculture in Society and Development

Our Mini-Conference was inspiring. The incredible permaculture mentors who attended was humbling and inspiring. Terry Leahy and April Sampson-Kelly were very happy that the day was a great success. The feedback from participants was that they felt empowered, engaged and inspired. PODCAST release – Enjoy our link to the podcast of Terry’s keynote speech. 45min Please donate if you appreciate our work to provide this podcast for you. Some of the key points of the keynote were: What is a gift economy? How hybrids of the gift economy and capitalism work? importance of global gifting Community nutrition gardens initiatives The …

Mini-Conference Brimming With Great Minds

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 …