Permaculture in New Zealand

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

Tutor: Geoff Lawton (Founder Australian Permaculture Research Institute)

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

The Art of Scything
November 6th 2011 Auckland
9 am-1 pm
Replace your noisy, smelly lawn mower or weedeater,
hear birdsong, smell the grass and enjoy satisfaction and fun!

Introductory Class: $65 - 3.5 hours max 6 people
For beginners and those wanting to improve their scything technique.
Select the right scythe for the job and set it up to fit you. . Mowing tai chi style
Techniques for harvesting, grass cutting, lawn mowing and difficult situations
Demonstration of scythe maintenance: including peening, whetting and blade repairs.

9am Arrival – with tea and muffins
9.15 -10am Welcome and an introduction to biodynamic principles
10 - 12pm Making compost heaps and liquid manures
12 -12.30pm Lunch (soup and bread provided)
12.30 - 1.30pm Discussion on the use of the biodynamic calendar and deepening our understanding of biodynamics.
1.30 - 2.30pm How to sow seeds and grow seedlings (participants take their sown seeds home)
2.30pm Stirring and spreading Preparation 500