Facilitators-Handbook-For-Permaculture

344 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

Each group can brainstorm the following questions:

• Product questions:
  
  
  • What is the base material for making the products?
  
  
  • What products can be made without value adding?
  
  
  • What other products can be made using value adding?
  
  
  
  


• Resource questions
  
  
  • Where will the base material for making the product come from?
  
  
  • How will this support the local community?
  
  
  • What tools are needed for making the products?
  
  
  • What skills are needed for making the products?
  
  
  
  


• Marketing questions
  
  
  • Who would use or buy the product or service?
  
  
  • How would you let them know about the product or service?
  
  
  • How many could you sell? How often?
  
  
  • What price could you sell them for?
  
  
  • Where would you sell them?
  
  
  
  

How are the Permaculture ethics covered by the enterprise?

1. CARE FOR THE EARTH


2. CARE FOR THE PEOPLE


3. CARE FOR THE FUTURE

How many of the Permaculture principles are covered by the enterprise?

• Diversity. • Edge effect.


• Energy planning. • Energy cycling.


• Scale. • Biological resources.


• Multiple elements. • Multiple functions.


• Natural succession. • Relative location.


• Personal responsibility. • Cooperation not competition.


• See solutions, not problems. • Observation.

Step 3 - Presentations for feedback and inputs

Once they have finished workgroup brainstorm, each group should present their business

plan and have the other groups give comments and feedback.

Step 4 - Link the community cooperatives and enterprises together

Once all the groups have finished presenting and receiving feedback, brainstorm with

the participants about how the proposed small enterprises could support each other and

cooperate to further improve the community economy.