Facilitators-Handbook-For-Permaculture

32 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

Prepare the tools and materials needed to run the course

Tools and materials for specific activities: Each of the hands-on field activities

and classroom exercises presented in this handbook includes a list of the tools and/or

materials needed to carry it out, so you can create a tools and materials list according

to your lesson plan. Below is a general checklist of the minimum requirements for a

Permaculture workshop.

The minimum requirements for running an Permaculture workshop

A Permaculture workshop can be run anywhere, as long as the

following support tools, facilities, and resources are available.

People

• A competent, well prepared facilitator.


• Interpreter, assistant facilitators, and resource people as required.

Place

• A sheltered space with comfortable seating and sun screens to serve as a
  classroom.


• Toilet facilities for both men and women.


• A large vertical surface where brainstorming results and drawings can be hung
  and displayed (other than the whiteboard).

Sustenance

• Healthy food for meals, morning tea, afternoon tea, and snacks.


• Fresh, clean, drinking water for in the field and in the classroom area.

Classroom tools

• A cloth bag to hold all the participants’ classroom tools and course materials.


• A whiteboard or blackboard and markers.


• A map of the village, which can be acquired from the local village government
  office.


• Large sheets of paper, and optionally, flip charts, for brainstorming exercises and
  design projects to be carried out by small groups of participants.


• Sandboxes or parts of the classroom floor space where participants can build 3-D
  models for design projects, and 3-D model building materials such as sand, rice
  husks, sawdust, etc.


• Writing material for participants (e.g. an exercise book and pen for each person).