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