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Intro to Permaculture
Coed Hills Introduction to Permaculture 13th-14th March 2010
With Jess Clynewood and Charly Le Marchant
Permaculture is a design system derived from detailed observation of nature that can help us design resilient, harmonious and beneficial human systems.Course times
This weekend course runs from 9am till 4pm each day, with an hour’s break for lunch between midday and 1pm. Please bring food to share. Teas, coffee and refreshments will be provided.To book
To confirm your place, please complete the booking form - click herePlease note that a £50 deposit is required to secure your place on the course payable by electronic transfer (or by cheque before the 6th March).
For further information please call Charly on 01446 774084 or email giles@coedhills.co.uk.
Fees
£100 / £75 concessions. Concessionary places are limited so please book early.Course contents
This course is an ideal taster for anyone who is considering taking a full Permaculture Design Course. The weekend will offer a grounding in the ethics, principles and basic techniques of permaculture design. The course will be taught using a variety of methods, including group-work, discussion, games, videos, practical work and presentations.By the end of the course you will have a basic knowledge of some of the permaculture ethics and principles, and be able to apply them to your personal situation to move towards greater sustainability.
What to bring
Warm clothes you don’t mind getting a bit muddy, waterproofs and wellies, pens and a notepad, lunch to share.Jess Clynewood
Trained by Patrick Whitefield, Jess Clynewood has taught at the Brighton Permaculture Trust, Brighton and Hove Transition network, Sunrise Festival, Aarati Festival in Cornwall and EcoShelter.She has worked as a designer in New Plymouth, New Zeland, helping to design a ten-acre permaculture plot for Korito Organics; helped in the design for a 15 acre small holding in Lampeter, Wales and co-designed Coed's new forest garden.
Jess set up Growing Together, a Brighton community growing project and is actively involved with community growing projects. She is currently studing for her permaculture diploma.
She describes permaculture as inspiring positive practical solutions. It's a paradigm shift, thinking of things in a new way; turning problems into solutions and waste into resource. It looks at ways of joining up systems to create efficient and harmonious human environments that are based on observations of natural ecosystems.
“You cannot solve the problem with the same mindset that created it.” Albert Einstein
Charly Le Marchant
One of the co-founders of Triban, the solar powered stage; Charly has been with Coed Hills for more than two years. Her attraction to low impact living started during her degree in International Politics at Keele University.The mind opening nature of her degree, she describes, combined with the frustration at her inability to enact change on what she saw as incredibly short-sighted actions by so many in positions of power, from politicians to farmers, led me towards permaculture and to community living.
Living a low-impact life and running a successful visitor centre do not always go hand in hand, however it feels like this is an important place for many people. A place that is helping to create a new form of community and that is empowering people to enact the changes that they wish to see.
Along with studying Beekeeping Around the World with Bees for Development, Charly is in charge of bees at Coed. She is investigating how they can be treated better for their long-term health, rather than our short-term gain of a crop. She is looking into setting up different types of hives in conjunction with the Forest Garden Project.
The planning of the Forest garden is being carried out in conjunction with the development of bees on site. Nectar flow is maintained throughout the summer by planting species that flower at different times.
Involved with the Undercurrents activist film making group, Charly has taught adults through to young children the art of short filmaking. She has fundraised for charities such at the Soil Association and Greenpeace, a job that meant she spoke to thousands of people every month on global issues and environmental concerns.
Completing her Permaculture design course in 2007, she this year organised the first Coed Hills PCDC which was a great success. Next year will see Charly commence her diploma in Permaculture and the Training for Trainers course with Designed Visions.
To confirm your place, please complete the booking form which is available here
Please note that a £50 deposit is required to secure your place on the course payable by electronic transfer (or by cheque before the 6th March).
For further information please call Charly on 01446 774084 or email giles@coedhills.co.uk.
