OFFERING: Bringing permaculture to our communities....
penny krebiehl
Dear friends, you are cordially invited to sit at this "Zoom-table":
I'm immersed in preparing for an upcoming on-line training/program(July 30-31st and Aug. 6-7th) that blends permaculture, education and anti-oppression/anti-racism for mentors and facilitators. My focus as one of the contributors is to explore/discuss/brainstorm the how-to and ways to include and reach out to children, youth and families with permaculture and outdoor education as a creative, viable school choice.
Any of us can say that outdoor education and learning about the WHOLE beautiful world is right there under our noses, but we've been deeply trained for decades to NOT experience it--or to only do so in snippets---when we are invited--or have the financial means to do so. All of us---and especially children and youth deserve better. I believe that we need to do some serious observation, which includes deep listening, and make every effort we can to contribute thoughtfully, considerately and intelligently to a redesign of these learning opportunities.
For me, outdoor education which also includes permaculture education offers great opportunities for true place-based learning. A true permaculture course or workshop is not a prescription from an institutionalized system, even though many institutions have been in the past organized and claimed permaculture as such.
From my experience coming at it as a artist-mother-grandmother-garden-farmer person, I believe that it is a deep dive into science, art, design, storytelling and cultural relational connections, with a set of ethics and principles and design protocols as "guides". This includes a "It Depends" principle. It's a spiraled journey that invites transformation and "what if" and "retweak-begin-again moments" all focused on learning from nature, and I believe a natural part of our intelligence.
One of the central topics we will explore is "who is welcomed into this nature/outdoor/permaculture learning experience" and how we can-- together-- look through the anti-oppression and anti-racism lens to consider the internal and external answers to that question.
In permaculture design of the outer landscape we use something called a zone system from Zone 1 out our backdoor, to Zone 5 and beyond--the far reaches or "wild" space on a property. This is part of a design process to determine what elements or parts of what we need/want/use/have or call home--- go where based on access, need, and other site considerations.
This training is in the Zone 00, 0 and 1 categories and about how we learn and share information---and specifically how we as adult people are relearning the ways of being a conscious, caring mentor/facilitator/parental unit and support others or spend time educating our children and youth.
If you would like to learn more about this "Bringing Permaculture to Our Community" work to support a nature-based and outdoor educational opportunity for ourselves and our children and youth, please contact me to have additional information on this 4-day discovery-training/program.
ALL people are welcome, and we include a pay what you can/sliding scale fee to compensate guest presenters and the costs involved with bringing this to our communities.
For more information: https://www.nmipermaculture.org/bringing-permaculture-to-our-communities-a-workshop-for-mentors-educators-and-facilitators-2/
To register, simply contact me via email: penny....@gmail.com
FINALLY, I'll share a recent article by one of the permaculture institutions that I'm not directly associated with that has wonderful artwork I found on Instagram via #intersectionalenvironmentalist:
"It’s not enough to be an environmentalist. We must be anti-racist environmentalists. Why intersectional environmentalism is crucial in the effort to save the planet..."