Facilitators-Handbook-For-Permaculture

48 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

Creative thinking : Forum on problems and solutions

Method : Work group meta plan brainstorm

Tools : Meta board, meta cards, enough markers for everyone

Objective : Participants understand sustainable and unsustainable practices

Following is an example for running this session; the facilitator should modify this

exercise to match the number of participants. In preparation for this exercise, the

facilitator should prepare a meta board that is big enough for everyone at the course to

read to match the table below.

Divide the participants into 4 work groups, and give them enough meta cards to write

down their ideas about UNSUSTAINABLE practices:

• Group 1: 6 aspects of local unsustainable practices.


• Group 2: 6 aspects of local unsustainable practices.


• Group 3: 6 aspects of global unsustainable practices.


• Group 4: 6 aspects of global unsustainable practices.

Once the groups have completed their brainstorms, group representatives can pin the

group’s ideas onto the meta board and explain the ideas to the rest of the participants.

Participants can then give feedback and suggestions about the ideas.

Ask the work groups to brainstorm and write onto meta cards their ideas about

SUSTAINABLE practices. Note: It is best if the groups work on other aspects than they

did in the first round:

• Group 1: 6 aspects of local sustainable practices.


• Group 2: 6 aspects of local sustainable practices.


• Group 3: 6 aspects of global sustainable practices.


• Group 4: 6 aspects of global sustainable practices.

Once the groups have completed their brainstorms, group representatives can pin the

group’s ideas onto the meta board and explain the ideas to the rest of the participants.

Participants can then give feedback and suggestions about the ideas.

Following is the suggested format for the meta board layout; leave the answers to the

questions blank so that the participants come up with their own ideas. The answers

listed here are only supplied for the facilitator if the participants need help for prompting

ideas and discussions. Ideally the participants can come up with their own topics.

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