Permaculture in New Zealand - Events Feed

Modular Permaculture Design Certificate

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:16:31 +1200

Start: 07/05/2011 - 09:00

End: 19/05/2012 - 09:00

Philosophy and design May 7th. 2011 Hamilton
Climate and Water June 11th.
Human Sphere July 9th. Ngaruawahia
Community Resilence August 20th. Hamilton
Landascape and Site Assessment September 10th. Raglan
Large Animals and Forestry October 8th.
Small Animals and Orchards November 12th. Raglan
Soils and Gardening December 3rd. Hamilton

Permaculture Design Certificate Course - Awhi Farm

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:16:59 +1300

Start: 28/01/2012 - 12:30

End: 12/02/2012 - 12:30

Permaculture helps us deal with today’s issues:

Maintaining food security - healthy food for each meal
Strengthening our communities – co-operating in many ways, with diverse groups and individuals
Including other species in our definition of community
Developing strong local economies
Creating and maintaining clean air, soil, and water- for ourselves and future generations
Promoting diversity and beneficial relationships.

Permaculture Design Course (3 Week)

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:30:56 +1200

Start: 02/02/2012 - 08:30

End: 22/02/2012 - 16:00

Thurs 2 – Wed 22 FEB 2012
With a Deep Ecology & Community Development emphasis
(extended 3 week hands-on course)

The course covers the standard two week international Permaculture Design Certificate curriculum, taught over a 3-week period in an integrated hands-on way, culminating in several land-use design projects. Upon completion, a Permaculture Design Certificate will be issued by The Institute of Earthcare Education Aotearoa.

Cost:
NZ$ 1980-1580
Includes: tuition, accommodation, field trips, manual, food. Sliding scale. More details on registration.

Registration:

PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:57:40 +1300

Start: 02/02/2012 - 18:55

End: 22/02/2012 - 18:55

PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

2 - 22 February, 2012
3-week hands-on residential course

Natural Beekeeping Workshop

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:28:15 +1300

Start: 18/02/2012 - 10:00

End: 18/02/2012 - 17:00

Learn the basics of starting, inspecting and maintaining a healthy colony of bees using low-impact, low-cost methods good for you, bees and our environment.

Join Marcia Meehan, passionate urban beekeeper, as she shares her knowledge and experience of keeping bees in top bar hives. Marcia will cover essential elements of hive design and construction, how to start a hive using swarms and nucs, seasonal management of a top bar hive, comb handling and inspection, mite and diseases control options and solving early problems.

Applied Permaculture Design: Rural Land-Based Skills

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:56:00 +1300

Start: 28/02/2012 - 21:50

End: 07/04/2012 - 21:50

Sustainable landuse design, with a deep ecology & community development emphasis

For people who want to learn practical skills for self and community sustainability, on every level.

Internship for Permaculture Graduates

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:54:37 +1300

Start: 07/03/2012 - 18:50

End: 04/04/2012 - 18:50

Rural Living Skills Internship & Facilitation Training Course

for Permaculture Design Graduates

"Dynamic Governance" Sociocracy training

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:01:54 +1300

Start: 09/03/2012 - 09:00

End: 11/03/2012 - 17:00

The Workshop:
This training is one step in a process of helping you and your organisation effectively
accomplish things by forming double-linking circles.
Learn about Dynamic Governance
Use Dynamic governance in your Business, Organisation & Community
Dynamic Governance:
 Establishes a “power-with” governance structure in line with social change values
 Encourages creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit
 Creates, fosters & nurtures harmonious environments
 Engages & empowers both paid staff and volunteers
 Enhances adaptability, flexibility and responsiveness

Permaculture Design Course - Rainbow Valley Farm

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:50:39 +1300

Start: 24/03/2012 - 12:00

End: 07/04/2012 - 14:30

This is an intensive 14-day course where students have the chance to get fully immersed in the permaculture way of thinking and acting while studying on a working permaculture farm.
The course will:
• Cover sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates.
• give you a good understanding of the ethics, principles and patterns of permaculture design
• convey a general understanding of a wide range of common strategies and techniques
• explore the implications of social change towards ecological sustainability

Earth Works with Geoff Lawton

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:21:41 +1300

Start: 31/03/2012 - 09:00

End: 04/04/2012 - 16:00

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Natural Building Workshop

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:53:36 +1300

Start: 01/04/2012 - 21:49

End: 01/04/2012 - 21:49

for more information please go to http://www.ecodesign.co.nz/Workshops12-1.pdf

Design for local resilience by learning some appropriate technology. This is technology that can be made at an affordable price by ordinary people using local materials to do useful work in ways that do the least possible harm to both human society and the environment.

Date: Sunday April 1, 2012, 9.30am-4.30pm
to be held near Warkworth

Permaculture in Schools - Introductory Level

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:21:41 +1300

Start: 09/04/2012 - 09:00

End: 09/04/2012 - 09:00

This workshop intends to share the most current educational research in permaculture in schools, with a focus on New Zealand Schools and The New Zealand Curriculum. However, the information can easily be translated to Australian Schools.

Permaculture in Schools - Advanced Level

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:19:56 +1300

Start: 10/04/2012 - 09:00

End: 10/04/2012 - 17:00

Eleventh Australasian Permaculture Convergence

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:31:11 +1300

Start: 11/04/2012 - 13:00

End: 15/04/2012 - 16:19

This is the first time that the Australasian Convergence has been held in Aotearoa/NZ.
It will be a fantastic networking opportunity and bring together many groups of us that often do not often see each other in our busy lives.
We have invited some awesome speakers from around the world.
Part of each day will be in "Open Space"- so please let us know if you wish to make a contribution.
The fee includes meals but not accommodation
Early bird fee is $280 until 23rd December

We are working between the Hirangi School, Hirangi marae and Awhi Farm,

Eleventh Australasian Permaculture Convergence

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:12:31 +1200

Start: 11/04/2012 - 13:00

End: 15/04/2012 - 18:00

We are starting work to prepare for the Australasian Convergence. This is advanced notice of the dates. Very soon we will have a lot more information and a dedicated web page.
The dates are when the actual convergence will happen in Turangi, but there will be tours and courses before and after.
Keep checking and we will keep you posted as things develop.

Whole Community Approaches to Sustainability Education

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:46:34 +1300

Start: 16/04/2012 - 10:00

End: 16/04/2012 - 17:00

Whole Community Approaches to Sustainability Education

This workshop explores two recently developed programmes aimed at engaging all learners within a community in sustainability education, and developing networks of organisations involved in aspects of resource conservation, health, education and community. The two programmes are described below.

1) The Little House That Could (TLHTC) is a model for whole community
sustainability education based on eco-renovation and permaculture food
production. It engages school children from the earliest grades all

Five excellent, but very different permaculture properties in and around Whanganui.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:21:55 +1300

Start: 16/04/2012 - 13:00

End: 17/04/2012 - 17:30

This tour is set up to coincide with the end of APC 11 in Turangi. The tour seeks to highlight a diversity of notable permaculture properties in and around Whanganui. They include both rural and urban, individual and community and a retreat centre run by nuns!

Monday, 16th April
1 pm Mt. St. Joseph Retreat Centre
3:30 pm The Quaker Settlement, 76 Virginia Road, Whanganui.
Dinner, optional overnight accommodation and breakfast at the Quaker Settlement. Book you own accommodation: www.quakersettlement.co.nz

Tuesday, 17th April
9:30 am David Aislabie
1 pm Mark Christiansen

Straw Bale Design & Construction Workshop

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:29:13 +1300

Start: 03/11/2012 - 16:00

End: 10/11/2012 - 16:00

7-Day Straw Bale Home Design & Construction Workshop
3-10 November 2012
LOCATION: Struan Farm, Geraldine, South Canterbury
COST: $1200 NZD (includes workshop, food & dormitory-style accommodation)
CONTACT: Sarah Johnston at sol_design [at] yahoo [dot] com or 03 693 7369

The goal of the 7-day intensive workshop is to give all participants a combination of classroom and hands-on sessions in order to understand straw bale construction systems, from foundation to finish plaster systems. Please contact us for further workshop information and/or registration form/information.