Facilitators-Handbook-For-Permaculture

24 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

Time Objective & Notes Resources Self-assessment

Images of projects, clock,

facilitator's book & Ref Book

Meta board / cards, markers

Workshop Contact Sheet

Enough Course Outlines for all the

participants

Big sheets of paper, white board &

markers

30 mins

(9.00)

Board, images sustainability &

unsustainability Good response

10 mins

(9.10) White board and markers

30 mins

(9.40)

Meta board / cards, markers,

Supporting Images Well received! Use again

20 mins

(10.00) White board and markers Good understanding

15 mins

(10.30) Images of Permaculture projects Need more images to explain

30 mins

(11.00)

Flip Charts of ethics & principles of

Permaculture

30 mins

(11.30)

Big sheets of paper, white board &

markers

30 mins

(12.00)

Meta board / cards, markers FACT

SHEETS for ALL

Participants feel sense of urgency, many questions

30 mins

(1.30)

15 mins

(1.45)

15 mins

(1.30) GMO game cards

30 mins

(2.00) Big paperrelated images, white board & markers, Good response

1 hour

(3.00)

Farming tools, buckets, gloves,

cutter Good results, yes!

30 mins

(3.45)

Big paper, white board & markers

FACT SHEETS for ALL

45 mins

(4.15) SEED CHECK LISTS for ALL, pens

30 mins

(4.45)

Big sheets of paper, white board &

markers

15 mins

(5.00)

Big sheets of paper, white board &

markers

Big sheets of paper, white board &

markers HANDOUTS for ALL,

related images

Very animated discussion

about these topics, participants want to know how

to identify GMOs

Participants understood house the check list but need to w to

folloharvw up in a few months after est time

Creative Thinking : How to Save &

Store Seed

Field Activity : Seed Collection &

Storage

Creative Thinking : Design a Seed

Saving Group

Field Activity : Test & Document

Seed Viability

Creative Thinking : What are

GMOs?

Presentation : About Seed Saving

Presentation : How Seeds are

Reproduced

Presentation : Genetically Modified

Organisms (GMO)

Wrap up : Explain tomorrow's

agenda & review today

Participants remember what they have learned

& are prepared for tomorrow

Participants learn and practice collecting,

saving & storing seeds

Participants gain basic understanding in how

to test & document seed viability

Participant consider developing a community

seed saving group

Participants gain basic understanding in

techniques for saving & storing seeds

Participants have more knowledge about how

and why to save seeds

Participants gain basic understanding in

unsustainable farming practices

Participants learn about GMOs and how they

are made & potential problems

Participants understand plants, flowers, seeds &

pollinating insects

Course Name :

Permaculture Workshop Lesson Plan

Method & Activity / Lesson

10 am - BREAK 15 minutes

Create working agreements Everyone agrees on workshop guidelines

DAY 1 of 2 - Introduction to Permaculture & Seed Saving

Facilitator introduction

Participant introductions Introduce the person to left or right

Good

Intro to Permaculture & Seed Saving Course Objective:

Participants learn & adopt the ethics of

Permaculture & learn good practices for

Household / Community Seed saving

Desa Karunagam, Batubaru

July 11 - July 12, 2004

Presentation : Opening address and

introductions

Overview of planned activities

Fill in the contact sheet Participants info for networking / follow up

Participants learn workshop agenda

12 pm - LUNCH BREAK 1 hour

3 pm - BREAK 15 minutes

Presentation : Introduction to

Sustainability

Participants understand concepts of

sustainability & unsustainability

Creative Thinking : Forum on

problems & solutions with seeds

Participants understand sustainable &

unsustainable practices

Create workgroups using creative

facilitation technique

Presentation : What is

Permaculture?

Participants gain basic understanding of

Permaculture

Presentation : Permaculture Ethics Participants understand and consider the foundation of Permaculture - ethics

Presentation : Pollution in water,

soil & creatures

Course Location :

Course Dates :

Workgroups are formed

Creative thinking : List local ethics

support sustainability

Participants consider and re-value sustainable

practices from their culture

30 mins

(8.30)

Participants gain a better understanding about

problems faced due to pollution

Creative Thinking : Discussion

about “Quality of Life”

Participants re-evaluate what create “A good

quality of life”

Need more images of daily activities reflecting the ethics &

principles of Permaculture

Permaculture_Lesson_Plans.xls Seed Saving 2 days 1 of 2

Example of a Facilitator’s Lesson Plan - 2 day Seed Saving Course