Facilitators-Handbook-For-Permaculture

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  • a Permaculture Workshop INTRODUCTION: Considerations for Planning

    • What is a Permaculture workshop?

    • Who facilitates Permaculture workshops?

    • Who attends Permaculture workshops?

    • About women’s participation



  • Permaculture Workshop INTRODUCTION: Designing an Effective

  • Address and Introductions BEGINNING A WORKSHOP: Workshop Opening

    • Presentation : Opening address and introductions

    • Presentation : Introduction to sustainability

    • Creative thinking : Forum on problems and solutions

    • Creative thinking : Discussion about the “quality of life”



  • Module No. 1: What is Permaculture?

    • Presentation : What is Permaculture?

    • Presentation: Permaculture ethics

    • Creative thinking : Local ethics that support sustainability

    • Presentation: Permaculture design principles

    • Creative thinking : Permaculture principles brainstorm



  • Module No. 2: Natural Patterns and Permaculture Design

    • Presentation : Patterns in nature

    • Field activity : Patterns observation and analysis walk

    • Presentation : Planning and methods for design

    • Field activity : Resources observation walk

    • Presentation : Various ways to create maps

    • Field activity : Making and using an A-frame

    • Field activity : Methods for measuring and right angles

    • Field activity : Creating a scaled map with elements

    • Presentation : Introduction to Permaculture zones

    • Creative thinking : Build a community zones model

    • Presentation : Introduction to the village zone

    • Creative thinking : Uses for community land

    • Presentation : Pollution of water, soil, and living creatures

    • Creative thinking : Create a list of pollutants

    • Presentation : Waste management

    • Creative thinking : Recycling and disposal of community waste

    • Creative thinking : Community garbage math



  • Module No. 3: Houses, Water, and Waste Management viii Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

    • Presentation : Houses and their environments

    • Presentation : Sustainable and unsustainable building materials

    • Creative thinking : List various building materials

    • Creative thinking : Sustainable house design ideas

    • Presentation : Healthy and practical kitchens

    • Presentation : Water strategies

    • Creative thinking : Managing and storing drinking water

    • Field activity : Create a safe water storage system

    • Field activity : Cleaning drinking water

    • Presentation : About wastewater treatment systems

    • Field activity : Create a biological wastewater filter

    • Field activity : Build a compost shower

    • Presentation : Types of composting toilets

    • Creative thinking : Plan to eliminate stagnant water

    • Creative thinking : Household waste disposal methods

    • Field activity : Design a “Permaculture house”



  • Module No. 4: Healthy Soil

    • Presentation : Soil improvements

    • Field activity : Simple method of testing soil

    • Creative thinking : Identify nutrient deficiencies in soil

    • Presentation : Mulching for soil improvement

    • Creative thinking : Legumes and their uses

    • Field activity : Mulching a garden bed

    • Presentation : How to use legumes

    • Field activity : Various methods of using legumes

    • Presentation : About natural fertilizers

    • Presentation : Various natural fertilizing techniques

    • Creative thinking : List of natural fertilizers and uses

    • Field activity : Make a quick compost heap

    • Field activity : Make liquid fertilizer

    • Field activity : Using liquid fertilizer

    • Presentation : About worms for healthy soils

    • Field activity : Make a worm farm



  • Module No. 5: Seed Saving and Nurseries

    • Presentation : How seeds are reproduced

    • Presentation : Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

    • Creative thinking : What are GMOs?

    • Presentation : About seed saving

    • Presentation : Different types of agricultural systems Table of Contents ix

    • Creative thinking : Compare agricultural systems

    • Creative thinking : How to save and store seed

    • Field activity : Seed collection and storage

    • Creative thinking : Design a community seed saving group

    • Field activity : Test and document seed viability

    • Presentation : Well-designed integrated nurseries

    • Creative thinking : Ideal trees for a nursery

    • Field activity : 3-D model of a well-designed nursery

    • Field activity : Start a nursery

    • Field activity : Make good quality potting soil

    • Field activity : Making natural plant containers

    • Field activity : Plant propagation techniques



  • Module No. 6: Home and Community Gardens

    • Presentation : Home gardens

    • Presentation : Good nutrition

    • Creative Thinking : Good Nutrition from a Garden

    • Creative thinking : Design a food calendar

    • Presentation : Food storage and preservation

    • Creative thinking : Food storage and preservation ideas

    • Creative thinking : Garden location and design

    • Presentation : Garden maintenance

    • Field activity : Creative gardens using natural patterns

    • Presentation : Making use of space and time

    • Presentation : Designing and building a garden system

    • Field activity : Design a garden system (Garden Ex. 1)

    • Field activity : Make raised garden beds (Garden Ex. 2)

    • Field activity : Mulch the garden beds (Garden Ex. 3)

    • Field activity : Plant a living fence (Garden Ex. 4)

    • Field activity : Plant seedlings (Garden Ex. 5)

    • Field activity : Create a small nursery (Garden Ex. 6)

    • Field activity : Create a compost and mulch area (Garden Ex. 7)

    • Field activity : Using compost, mulch and liquid compost (Garden Ex. 8)

    • Field activity : Use water saving devices (Garden Ex. 9)

    • Field activity : Make trellising (Garden Ex. 10)

    • Field activity : Construct ponds (Garden Ex. 11)

    • Field activity : Make swales/terraces (Garden Ex. 12)

    • Field activity : Construct banana pits (Garden Ex. 13)

    • Field activity : Make and use a chicken tractor (Garden Ex. 14)

    • Field activity : Weed control for the garden (Garden Ex. 15)

    • Field activity : Pest control for the garden (Garden Ex. 16)



  • Module No. 7: Farming x Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

    • Presentation : About sustainable farming

    • Creative thinking : Farming chemicals pollution and costs

    • Presentation : Windbreaks for farming

    • Creative thinking : Productive windbreak plants

    • Field activity : Identify windbreak locations

    • Presentation : Natural fertilizers for farms

    • Presentation : Mulching for farms

    • Presentation : Intercropping and integration on farms

    • Creative thinking : Integrating productive farm systems

    • Creative thinking : Design a crop rotation plan

    • Field activity : Create productive terraces and swales

    • Presentation : Weed control

    • Field activity : Weed control

    • Creative thinking : Make a 3-D model of a small farm



  • Module No. 8: Forests, Tree Crops, and Bamboo

    • Presentation : Community forests

    • Presentation : Natural forests – The conservation zone

    • Creative thinking : Consequences of forests destruction

    • Presentation : Tree protection for crops and community forests

    • Creative thinking : Forest management plan

    • Presentation : Tree maintenance

    • Field activity : Tree planting and maintenance

    • Presentation : Swales with tree crops and forests

    • Presentation : Designing and making productive swales

    • Field activity : Design productive swales (Swale Ex. 1)

    • Field activity : Prepare swales for planting (Swale Ex. 2)

    • Field activity : Plant productive swales (Swale Ex. 3)

    • Field activity : Visit forest and tree crop examples

    • Creative thinking : Create a model of a community forest

    • Presentation : Bamboo propagation and uses

    • Presentation : Bamboo propagation

    • Field activity : Propagate bamboo

    • Creative thinking : Types of bamboo and their uses

    • Presentation : Bamboo management

    • Field activity : Bamboo clump management

    • Presentation : Producing high quality bamboo poles

    • Creative thinking : “From bamboo shoot to shop”



  • Module No. 9: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Table of Contents xi

    • Presentation : Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

    • Presentation : Healthy soils reduce pests

    • Presentation : Encouraging natural pest predators

    • Creative thinking : Known local pest predators

    • Field activity : Encouraging pest predators

    • Presentation : Seed selection for IPM

    • Creative thinking : Local open pollinated seeds

    • Presentation : Crop and land management

    • Presentation : Companion planting

    • Creative thinking : Local companion planting chart

    • Creative thinking : Make a list of local ‘guilds’

    • Field activity : Create a plant guild

    • Presentation : Pest prevention with baits and traps

    • Creative thinking : Using pest baits and traps

    • Field activity : Observation and hand control

    • Presentation : Natural pesticides and fungicides

    • Creative thinking : Local natural pesticides and fungicides

    • Field activity : Make natural pest control sprays

    • Field activity : Test natural pest control sprays

    • Presentation : Chemical pesticides ‘costs chain’

    • Creative thinking : Make a community IPM plan



  • Module No. 10: Animal Systems

    • Presentation : Animals and animal systems

    • Creative thinking : Animal value added products

    • Creative thinking : Animal needs

    • Field activity : Construct an animal watering system

    • Creative thinking : Animals cost and profit analysis

    • Presentation : Systems for animal integration

    • Field activity : Visit an integrated animal/agriculture system

    • Presentation : Making integrated animal rotation systems

    • Creative thinking : Design an animal rotation system (Animal Ex. 1)

    • Field activity : Plan chicken/duck and vegetables (Animal Ex. 2)

    • Field activity : Fences for chicken/duck and vegetables (Animal Ex. 3)

    • Field activity : Integrate the chickens/ducks (Animal Ex. 4)

    • Field activity : Plan goat/cow/buffalo and trees (Animal Ex. 5)

    • Field activity : Fences and swales for goat/cow/buffalo (Animal Ex. 6)

    • Field activity : Integrate the goat/cow/buffalo (Animal Ex. 7)

    • Field activity : Build an animal tractor

    • Creative thinking : Community animal management plan



  • Module No. 11: Aquaculture xii Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

    • Presentation : Aquaculture and aquaculture systems

    • Field activity : Assessing aquaculture systems

    • Presentation : Preparing ponds

    • Presentation : Raising different fish species together

    • Creative thinking : Identify local aquaculture species

    • Presentation : Aquaculture management

    • Presentation : Integrating aquaculture with other systems

    • Creative thinking : Design an aquaculture 3-D model

    • Presentation : Create an aquaculture system

    • Creative thinking : Design an aquaculture system (Aquaculture Ex. 1)

    • Field activity : Pond construction (Aquaculture Ex. 2)

    • Field activity : Pond preparation (Aquaculture Ex. 3)

    • Field activity : Stocking and feeding fish (Aquaculture Ex. 4)

    • Field activity : Aquaculture and other systems (Aquaculture Ex. 5)



  • Module No. 12: Appropriate Technology

    • Presentation : Appropriate technology

    • Creative thinking : Local appropriate technologies

    • Presentation : Appropriate technology ovens and stoves

    • Field activity : Make a clay stove

    • Field activity : Make a solar cooker

    • Presentation : Food preservation and storage

    • Creative thinking : Make a solar drier

    • Field activity : Make a Coolgardie safe

    • Presentation : Water pumps and water storage

    • Creative thinking : Choose a water collection and storage method

    • Presentation : Natural methods of generating electricity

    • Field activity : Observe examples of natural energy



  • Module No. 13: Cooperatives and Enterprise Development

    • Presentation : Cooperatives and small enterprises

    • Presentation : Cooperative or small enterprise tree

    • Creative thinking : Products for cooperatives and small enterprises

    • Creative thinking : Enterprise brainstorm

    • Creative thinking : Resources and products analysis

    • Presentation : Local trading systems and currencies



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