Short Courses
We are passionate about sustainability and are developing the Skills for Sustainability programme of courses and events.
I really encourage anyone who feels like they are interested in learning more about permaculture and sustainability to come on a course. It is the start of a personal journey, study of permaculture design draws out and builds on your own personal knowledge and observations, it is very positive, empowering and infectious!
Sector39 offers short introduction courses, talks and sessions by arrangement but generally facilitate either a 2-day Introduction to Permaculture or or Full 2-Week full Permaculture Design Course (PDC). These can either be staged at a host venue, or here at Lanfyllin Workhouse where we are based.
Permaculture is a design system derived from observations of natural systems. It orginated in Australia in the 1970′s and has since slowly spread its way around the world. It can be applied to all areas of life, but specifically it is all about building sustainable, abundant, and low maintenance sytems, rather like we see in nature. It is a positive solutions based approach and offers many practical responses and strategies to deal with challenges of the 21st century.
We can be forgiven to feel totally disempowered to respond to huge complex issues like gobal poverty, climate change, energy and resource depletion. The answer is to respond with small and thoughtful, local solutions and initiatives, begining with one’s own immediate environment.
A permaculture design course is a great starting point to turn convictions into actions.
Come on a permaculture course, it could change your life!
You get to meet like minded people, visit all sorts of projects, homes, gardens and small holdings and get into a way of seeing things differently. There is a page on my website with loads more info about what to expect. Here is a report from a recent course, written by a participant and posted on the Mid Wales permaculture website
List of short courses from the Sector39 Skills for Sustainability programme confirmed for 2010
Visit the Permaculture Association Site for more and info about Permaculture courses
