Project 3
Permaculture Introduction Course
- Location: North Thailand
- Client: Panya project & Myself
- Start and end of planning dates: February 2012 to May 2012 ( two and a half months )
- Start and end of implementation dates: April 2012
- Type of design: Education
- Design process: OGADIMET
With the intention to expand and improve my skills as a permaculture teacher, I plan to make an introduction course in my community at The Panya project.
To have an idea, below you can see the index of the activities that were carried out during the course implementation.
To have an idea, below you can see the index of the activities that were carried out during the course implementation.
PERMACULTURE INTRODUCTION COURSE
April 2012
COURSE ACTIVITIES
INDEX
PERMACULTURE INTRODUCTION
Permaculture Introduction
What is Permaculture?
Ethics and Principles.
Design methodology.
Design process.
Skill Maps.
Zones and Sectors
IN / OUT.
Patterns and Margins.
Documentaries
Global Gardening_ Bill Mollison.
Introduction to permacultura_
NATURAL BUILDING
Introduction N.B.
What is natural?
Materials.
Different constructions.
Introduction to Bamboo
Machetes.
Curing and conservation.
Harvest.
Utilities.
Crafts.
Adobe bricks
Paintings
Plasters
GARDENING
Theory
Rotations.
Companion plant.
No dig.
Biodynamic, Microcosm + Macrocosm, where are we?
Contours.
Preservation, seed bank.
Biological pest control.
Garden Beds construction
Bamboo and bottles bed construction.
Rotations and companion planting.
Transplantation.
Construction of terrace
Study outline.
Building with bamboo.
Flower garden for the compost toilet.
Composting
Theory.
18 days and long term compost.
Compost tea.
Sowing
Anticipation in different climates.
Direct sowing.
FOOD FOREST
Theory.
Landscaping, contours.
How to capture and accumulate water.
F.F. Layers.
Concepts of time and space.
Succession
Long term design.
Planting.
COMMUNITY LIFE
Presentation game (night)
River of Life.
Name games. blanket + Ball.
Skill share (night).
Community game
Spider web.
Stages.
Strategies to overcome conflicts.
The power of the community documentary
OTHER ACTIVITIES
I planned other activities to do during the course, to enrich a bit more other factors related to permaculture, including visits to local residents who have a lifestyle related to the course content, and I will pass some documentaries to educate and raise awareness.
Documentaries:
Blue gold world wars.2008 water.
The coconut revolution.
Activities:
Aromatic herbal sauna (night).
Solar Workshop:
Building a solar dryer.
Food Preservation and fermented.
Pizza night.
Out visits:
Pun Pun organic farm tour.
Dinner at Pi Tong Pai, ecotourism.