SUSTAINABLE WORLD RADIO, Interview with Robyn Francis
Friday, May 29th 9-10 am
Sustainable Aid Permaculture for 2/3 World
Sustainable World Radio, KCSB 91.9 FM PDT
and streaming live on www.kcsb.org interviews also posted
on
www.sustainableworldradio.com
Join Jill Cloutier of Sustainable World Radio for an
interview with International
Permaculture Teacher/Designer Robyn Francis from
Australia as she talks about
her 25 years of permaculture work around the world and
teaching of SUSTAINABLE
AID, Facilitating Resilient Community Development in Areas
of Need - Permaculture
for 2/3rds World, Indigenous and Culturally Diverse
Communities.
Effective aid is leaving people empowered with the
information and skills to solve
their own problems - Bill Mollison
Robyn will be join bY Margie Bushman and Wesley Roe of Santa
Barbara
Permaculture Network who have convened the Upcoming Courses
on Sustainable Aid
in the USA in July/August 2009 with Quail Springs Learning
Oasis and Permaculture
Farm www.quailspring.org
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PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION (PDC) and
SUSTAINABLE AID COURSES with ROBYN FRANCIS
July and August 2009
Early Bird discounts and Work Trade options by June 1, 2009
Immersion courses with organic catered meals, camping,
springfed pond, wild
beauty and caring community.
Refresher, Family, and Couples course rates
Concurrent Children’s Program for families taking the
PDC
Package deal discount (10% off) for students taking both the
PDC and
Sustainable Aid courses.
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PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSE
With Robyn Francis
Assisted by Kat Steele (Urban Permaculture Guild) and Warren
Brush (Quail Springs
and True Nature Design)
July 11-24,2009
Concurrent Children’s Program
PERMACULTURE is a consciously integrated design system based
on ecology and
sustainability principles to create resource efficient and
productive human
environments and reduce our footprint on the earth.
Permaculture practices apply to
both urban and rural environments and adapt to all climates
and cultural contexts.
World-recognized certification course covers everything from
food systems, water
harvesting, waste cycling, home design, to climate care, and
much more – and is
appropriate for those seeking to apply permaculture
practices in their communities in
diverse ways, as well providing a foundation for those
intending to teach permaculture
and/or provide professional design and consulting
services. Permaculturists are at the
cutting edge of sustainability practices, innovation and
experimentation in a wide range
of disciplines, fields of work, cultures and climates around
the planet.
Early Bird discounts and Work Trade options by June 1, 2009
Contact Kolmi Majumdar, info@quailsprings.org or
805-886-7239
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SUSTAINABLE AID COURSES
Facilitating Resilient Community Development in Areas of
Need - Permaculture for
2/3rds World, Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Communities
with Robyn Francis
Convened in partnership with Santa Barbara Permaculture
Network
Presented in two complementary parts
July 27-30, 2009 - Working with Cultural Diversity and
Indigenous Peoples
August 1-6, 2009 - Overseas Development Work
Sustainable Aid program provides essential skills training
for people working or intending
to work in community development programs with indigenous
and culturally diverse
communities at home and overseas, and in aid and development
programs in the 2/3rds
World. Inspiring, challenging and deeply empowering,
learn skills and processes to work
effectively in facilitating community-based planning,
education and program
development.
This is an important and growing area of permaculture work,
which requires a realistic
approach and appropriate skills-set to work effectively in
facilitating sustainable
change in areas of need. Graduates from these courses
are undertaking significant
work in diverse projects all over the world. This course was
originally developed by
Robyn Francis in 1991 and undergoes constant revision in
keeping with global changes
and their impacts on the world’s poorest and most
vulnerable peoples. Contributes to
competencies for AQTF qualifications in Certificate IV in
Permaculture and Diploma of
Permaculture.
Early Bird discounts and Work Trade options by June 1, 2009
Contact Kolmi Majumdar, info@quailsprings.org or
805-886-7239
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SAVE THE DATE – Public Talk with Robyn Francis on
Permaculture in Cuba –
August 8, 2009 in Santa Barbara
Presented by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
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ABOUT ROBYN FRANCIS
Robyn has been working internationally for over 25 years,
throughout Australia, New
Zealand, India, Indonesia, USA, Germany, Cuba and Taiwan.
The founder of
Permaculture International, Erda Institute and Djanbung
Gardens Permaculture, she
was editor of the Permaculture International Journal, and
one of the key architects of
the Accredited Permaculture Training™ providing
national vocational and trade
qualifications in Permaculture. Her experience has
encompassed all climate zones in
projects ranging from outback communities to urban
development, domestic gardens to
public landscapes, ecovillage design to bioregional and
state planning, with clients
ranging from the grassroots to corporate and government
sectors. One of
permaculture’s early pioneers, Robyn has conducted
over 100 PDC’s plus numerous
advanced and professional development courses. She has
developed one of
permaculture’s leading education and demonstration
sites, Djanbung Gardens in sub-
tropical NSW, where she has established a bioregional campus
for vocational training in
Permaculture. Robyn is also an accomplished
musician, singer-songwriter and artist, an
avid gardener and enjoys getting dirty walking the talk. For
more information and full
CV visit www.permaculture.com.au .
