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European
Permaculture
Teachers Meeting
Portugal
This
project is about the process of preparation of a european
permaculture teachers meeting in Portugal in march 2013.
The
challenge of this project is to organize a 5 days event that would
host the european teachers community involved on the development of
tools and contents for the teaching of permaculture.
In
this event the teachers will discuss about the past and the future of
permaculture and the meanig of it nowadays.
For
the meeting we will have the visit of teachers from all european
countries involved on the “Teaching Permaculture in Europe.
Sustainable ways of sharing knowledge” project supported by the
Leonardo da Vinci program.
This
event have the objective to create the space to discuss standards,
course formats and curriculum and also how we can develop a stronger
network.
O.B.R.E.D.I.M.C.E.
Observation
Intuitive
Observation
-Not
many permaculture teachers in Europe
-Not
much educational material available
-Some
regions have no teacher
-Not
much diversity in education
-Important
to upgrade skills and methods
-Crucial
to develop european network
Deductive
Observation
-Potential
for a boost in permaculture
-Possibility
for a higher level on education
-Conditions
to develop higher standard in permaculture education
-Some
logistics will be necessary
-Conditions
to create a teachers community
-Creation
of higher number of permaculturists
-Not
a consistent educational system in europe
-Possible
faster development of permaculture
D.A.F.O.R.
Priority
of Ideas for the event
Dominant
Good
organization is crucial
Logistics
required
Abundant
Importance
to have a dynamic experience
Participants
must learn more about mediterranean context
Frequent
Participation
can not bet too expensive
Important
to integrate other permaculturists in Portugal
Occasional
Weather
might be a limitation
Preparation
of the house to host
Rare
Doubts
Difficulty
on implementing
Boundaries
Holistic
objectives
Vision
The
Vision for the Portuguese european meeting is to create the
conditions to have a good educational environment and a harmonious
sharing ecosystem in the event.
Mission
The
mission for this project is to create a process that can provide a
deeper education for the students and the portuguese permaculture
community
Values
This
project has as main values, education, integration, patience,
sustainability, hope, growth, diversity, creativity and inspiration.
Quality
of life
By
developing this project we hope to have a nice informal event with a
strong influence of self organization patterns.
Future
resource base
For
the future of this project we hope to keep combining permaculturists
from all generations, on the following international meetings, to
work on the development of permaculture teaching strategies.
Experienced teachers input
Visible
Boundaries
Online
platform to share developments
Weather
Logistics
House
ready for event
Invisible
Boundaries
-Time
-Ideas
for development
-Limited
knowledge
-Budget
-Time
for development
Subtile
boundaries
-Language
Desire
lines
-Desired
lines to create mainly on the internet
Time is the most common limiting factor
Priority
of Bounderies
Dominant
Time
Abundant
Finantial
Frequent
Combining
with other activities
Occasional
Working
force
Rare
No
ideas
Visible
Resources
-Virtually
unlimited opportunities
-Vale
da lama permaculture institute
Invisible
resources
-European
budget
-Abundance
of ideas
-Knowledge
of permaculture professionals in europe
Imput
and output analysis
Inputs
Needs
D.A.F.O.R.
Priorities
Dominant
-Teachers
-Tutors
-Staff
members
-Hosting
conditions
Abundant
-Cook
-Volunteers
-Students
Frequent
-Trees
to plant
-Trip
to other project
Occasional
-Field
visit
-External
organic food
Rare
-Local
plants expert workshop
-Music
band
Outputs
Yields
Dominant
-Exchange
of ideas
-Knowledge
Abundant
-Update
on permaculture structures
-Strong
european network
Frequent
-Learning
Experience
-Book
about teaching methods
Occasional
-Inspired
teachers and future teachers
-New
teaching methods
Rare
-Experience
on mediterranean climate
Atlantic ocean is next door
Evaluation
Limiting
factors
What
is limiting your yield?
-The
factor that limits mostly the yield is the imagination of the
participants.
Were
can i open more niches?
-A
better promotion may create a bigger interest.
What
improvements can be done?
-Live
stream on internet can extend the edges.
How
to extend limits and comfort zones?
-Share
the results with international community
Energy
leaks
Where
are you bleeding?
First
time such an event is organized in Portugal
S.W.O.C.
Strenghts
|
Weaknesses
|
Opportunities
|
Constraints
|
Experience
of participants
Content
of discussions
|
Experimental
Logistics
Organization
|
Education
Networking
Experience
|
Climate
Financial
|
Systems
dynamics
Key
functions
Organizing
Networking
Supporting
Developing
Researching
Education
Systems
to support the key functions
Associations
and institutes of the european countries
Portuguese
academy and institute
Elements
to support the systems
Myself
Volunteers
Students
Lesley
Martin
Other
diploma students
International
teachers
Relations
+ + between systems
International
Teachers + + Portuguese Teachers
Portuguese
Teachers + + Portuguese students
Portuguese
students + + Rookie permaculturists
Design
For
the design of the tasks and goals of this partnership we are using
the viable systems model.
In
this model we have a central system that operates as a coordination
group, an communication and navigation system, a facilitation and
process system, a values and identity system and also the primary
activities of working groups.
Master
Plan
“Teaching
Permaculture in Europe. Sustainable ways of sharing knowledge”
Project
Moment
1
August
2012
-Meeting
in Germany on the european permaculture convergence for a
preparatory event for this project.
Moment
2
October
2012
-Meeting
in Slovenia to discuss the next steps of the project
Moment
3
March
2013
-Portuguese
event to discuss curriculum and standards
Moment
4
May
2013
-Meeting
in England with the british association
Moment
5
September
2013
-Event
in Barcelona Spain
Moment
6
2014
-Meetings
in Sweden Denmark and Ireland
Zoning
We
can say that the portuguese event is part of the work in zone 00 area
P.M.I.
Plus
|
Minus
|
Interesting
|
Teachers
from many different countries
Development
of methods and strategies.
Discussions
about standards and curriculum
Integration
of portuguese teachers
Bringing
knowledge to Portugal
|
Logistics
Not
much time
Combining
with other educational activities
Something
totally new
Never
done before
Must
have price for the event
Maintenance
|
Abundance
of resources
Experience
of teachers
Easy
promotion
Something
totally new
In
portuguese
Big
interest
Might
change the scenario of permaculture in country and europe
Can
create a great network of teachers
|
Filtering
Tools
Permaculture
Ethics
Care
for earth
This
project in not directly related to landscape regeneration,
but it can create a huge impact since it works directly with
education for permaculturists in the european continent.
but it can create a huge impact since it works directly with
education for permaculturists in the european continent.
Care
for people
Social
landscapes
In
this project the influence on social landscapes is related
with the education for permaculture specialists and teachers
that will share their discoveries and inspire others to follow
the same path .
with the education for permaculture specialists and teachers
that will share their discoveries and inspire others to follow
the same path .
Fair
share
With
this project we will create methods and strategies for
teaching permaculture and will share the information in a
book .
teaching permaculture and will share the information in a
book .
Permaculture
Principles
The
most frequent principles applied were:
The
problem is the solution
Integrate
rather than segregate
Multifunctional
relations
Use
local resources
Financial
analysis
This
project is supported by the european union, with the
budget from the leonardo da vinci program.
budget from the leonardo da vinci program.
Quality
of life
-The
quality of life we have tried to achieve, is to have a good
flow of information and knowledge and at the same time to
create a harmonious environment were everybody have fun.
flow of information and knowledge and at the same time to
create a harmonious environment were everybody have fun.
Implementation
Stacking
Time
5
days event from 24 to 29 March
-Opened
for portuguese and international teachers
Day
0
|
Day
1
|
Day
2
|
Day
3
|
Day
4
|
Day
5
|
24
March
|
25
March
|
26
March
|
27
March
|
28
March
|
29
March
|
-Arrivals
|
-Site
tour
-Introductions
-Open
space technology
-Creation
of agenda for the event
Creation
of
-Working
groups
-Inter
cultural evening
|
-Check
in
-Presentation
of portuguese diploma
-Curriculum
-Working
groups
-Feed
back
|
Earth
Celebration
day
Visit
other project
Or
mediterranean plants workshop
|
-Check
in
-Standards
-Working
groups
-Feed
back
|
-Conclusions,
next steps and feed back
-No
talent show
-Jam
session
|
Portuguese
Permaculture Teachers Convergence
-Opened
for portuguese and as an option for the international teachers
Day
6
|
Day
7
|
30
March
|
31
March
|
-Site
tour
-VDL
presentation
-Creation
of agenda for event
-Presentation
of portuguese diploma
-Plan
for integration of other projects
-Portuguese
intercultural evening
|
-Working
groups
-Standards
and certifications
-Other
aspects
-Next
steps
-No
talent show
-Jam
session
|
Space
Logistics
inputs
-Rooms,
camping area or hostels.
-Cook
and around 50 meals a day for staff, volunteers and
visitors.
-Organic food
visitors.
-Organic food
-Big class room
-Education
materials
-Internet
for preparation and implementation of structures
Maintenance
S.W.O.C.
Strenghts
|
Weaknesses
|
Opportunities
|
Constraints
|
Teachers
and participants involved
Organizations
in the partnership
Online
structures
|
Combining
with other developments
Time
for maintenance
|
Experience
New
educational methods
|
Weather
Time
Hosting
structures not ready
|
Collecting
data
The
data collecting will be done by videos and pictures and with the
creation of a online archive.
The
maintenance of the process is based on the viable systems model and
the functioning of each system inside that structure.
Celebration
D.A.F.O.R.
Potential
for celebration
Dominant
-Intercultural
evening
-No
talent show
Abundant
-Interaction
between portuguese and international cultures
Frequent
-Music
Occasional
-Culinary
exchange
Rare
-Art
development
S.W.O.C.
Strenghts
|
Weaknesses
|
Opportunities
|
Constraints
|
Different
cultures
Songs,
food and ways to celebrate
|
Experimental
Different
language and ways of expression
|
Exchange
of cultural habits.
Food
and cooking
|
Organizing
Celebration
logistics
Food
ingredients
|
it’ll take at least 3 of us”Bill Mollison"
Evaluation
We
hope that the main outcome of this project will be an increase of the quality of life
of future permaculturists.
Limiting
factors
What
is limiting your yield?
-The
factor that limits mostly the yield is the climate
Were
can i open more niches?
-
It would be very good to have a strong presence of portuguese teachers.
What
improvements can be done?
-Make
the system in a way that it can be maintained by a small number of
people
How
to extend limits and comfort zones?
-Having a national tecahers convergence the days after.
S.W.O.C.
Strenghts
|
Weaknesses
|
Opportunities
|
Constraints
|
Knowledge
Experience
Attitude
Networking
|
Finding
proper niche
Timming
Angsiety
Patience
|
Personal
and professional growth
Quality
of life
Learning
|
Language
Time
Luck
|
What would i do different?
It has been an amazing experience to be part of such an inspiring project like this one. Despite being a land person, and being outside in the land its were i feel more confortable, connecting with nature, i get an amazing input of inspiration by being involved in such an adventure.
I belive that what i would do different would be to try to go more into detail of the processess, there are some limitations since we are going to use open space, and will try to integrate as much as possible participants needs and wants, so that we move in an organic flow.
It has been an amazing experience to be part of such an inspiring project like this one. Despite being a land person, and being outside in the land its were i feel more confortable, connecting with nature, i get an amazing input of inspiration by being involved in such an adventure.
I belive that what i would do different would be to try to go more into detail of the processess, there are some limitations since we are going to use open space, and will try to integrate as much as possible participants needs and wants, so that we move in an organic flow.
Final
observations
This is the most important project ive ever been involved in and the one that can create a bigger impact, since its area of action is the hole europe and possibly the hole world.
The portuguese meeting will be one of the highest points on the process because we will be discussing the curriculum and the standards of permaculture education.
By being involved in such a project and bringing it to Portugal i belive we gave a huge step on taking the portuguese permaculture community to the same level and compreention as the rest of the european countries and i am sure we have an amazing experience to share with our fellow partners about how and why permaculture has developed so fast in this corner of europe.
This is the most important project ive ever been involved in and the one that can create a bigger impact, since its area of action is the hole europe and possibly the hole world.
The portuguese meeting will be one of the highest points on the process because we will be discussing the curriculum and the standards of permaculture education.
By being involved in such a project and bringing it to Portugal i belive we gave a huge step on taking the portuguese permaculture community to the same level and compreention as the rest of the european countries and i am sure we have an amazing experience to share with our fellow partners about how and why permaculture has developed so fast in this corner of europe.
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