permaculture

50 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

Creative thinking : Discussion about the “quality of life”

Method : Facilitator presentation, participatory brainstorm

Tools : White or black board and writing implements

Objective : Participants evaluate what creates a “good quality of life”

Do a group brainstorm with the participants.

On the board create a table something like the following; leave the answers to the

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

The answers listed below are only supplied for the facilitator if the participants need help

prompting ideas and discussions.

Quality Can come from

How you can achieve high

quality of life without money

Health

Good food, exercise, safe

medicines, good healers

Grow your own food and medicine,

eat local organic food

Wellbeing

Low stress, safe

communities, cultural

heritage

Don’t be greedy, strengthen

community cultural resilience, help

each other

Happiness

Family, friends, peace of

mind, cultural activities

Have time for family and friends, low

stress, and support local culture

Education

Good education, real

life skills, wisdom and

experience

Supporting good education in our

schools, learning real life skills from

experience, valuing the knowledge

and wisdom of elders

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