Facilitators-Handbook-For-Permaculture

INTRODUCTION: Permaculture Workshops 33

Demonstration tools

• An appropriate piece of land located close to the classroom which can be used
  for demonstration projects and can be maintained after the course is completed.


• Whatever tools and materials are needed to implement your demonstration
  project(s), which may include, but are not limited to the following:
  
  
  • Resources to make natural pesticides and fertilizers (garlic, neem oil, etc).
  
  
  • Seeds (tomato, celery, etc).
  
  
  • Composting materials including EM4 and manure (cow, pig, chicken, etc).
  
  
  • Mulching materials (sawdust, dry leaves, cardboard, etc).
  
  
  • A suitable tool bank for the fieldwork to cover most of the participants at
    once. Note: Beware of poor quality tools that break during training!
  
  
  
  

Some useful tools may include:

• Hoes or shovels (at least 1 per 3 participants).


• Tape measures and string.


• Buckets and baskets.


• Tarpaulins.


• Wheelbarrows.


• Rakes and shovels.

Additional options

The Permaculture workshop facilitator can enhance the course by also providing:

• A slide projector or laptop with a projector.


• Useful images and presentations may include:
  
  
  • “Before and after” images of places where Permaculture activities have
    been done.
  
  
  • Illustrations of the steps to specific techniques.
  
  
  
  


• Appropriate printed handouts to give to participants during the course, such as:
  
  
  • Photocopy-able IDEP fact sheets from the Permaculture Facilitator’s
    Resource Book.
  
  
  • Note: Other useful handouts can be downloaded free of charge from the
    IDEP website: http://www.idepfoundation.org
  
  
  • Photocopies of relevant pages from the companion Permaculture
    Reference Book.
  
  
  
  


• Films.


• Books which relate to your course topics.


• Demonstration sites.


• Internet websites.