[Santa_Cruz_Permaculture] Innovation in Experiential Education: A Permaculture Teacher Training November 25-December 2, 2012

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

http://webapp.esalen.org/workshops/11418?goback=%2Egde_105358_member_164063075

Week of November 25-December 2, 2012

Innovation in Experiential Education: A Permaculture Teacher Training

Kat Steele & Michael Kramer

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Permaculture is a holistic design system for creating and sustaining 
regenerative human settlement patterns for healthy living. This 
permaculture course offers a new way to teach solution-based, eco-social 
design concepts by applying the principles of permaculture to the 
teaching of permaculture. Teachers and practitioners in any field can 
apply these skills and practices. This course will cover every aspect of 
being an effective educator and promoter of mutually beneficial 
relationships for a more sustainable and just future. By taking the 
approach of whole person learning and using teaching combinations from 
educators from all over the world, this course provides invaluable 
information about facilitating and how to frame concepts and ideas to 
people from all walks of life and cultural contexts. This course also 
teaches the basics of how to administer the core permaculture design 
course, as well as planning and preparing for specialized 
permaculture-focused workshops and practica.

Highlights include:

• How to identify learning styles and adapt to various audiences

• Techniques to help you organize and prepare quickly and effectively

• A comprehensive manual and DVD of permaculture resources and teaching 
materials

• Course planning, marketing, and evaluation

• Constructive critique of participant presentations

• Teaching tools and the core exercises of the permaculture curriculum

This course offers powerful teaching practices gleaned from the leaders’ 
many years of permaculture teaching. Their experience, combined with the 
knowledge of permaculture teachers and mentors from around the globe, 
make this one of the most comprehensive teacher trainings