Permaculture Workshops At Melbourne’s Eltham College

People involved in Permaculture, Community Gardens, City Farms and Transition Towns initiatives will be interested in the two workshops run by Robin Clayfield, Monday 20 February – Saturday 25 February 2012 at Eltham College in Melbourne’s outer northeast.

1. Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning

This creative facilitation 6 day training course is offered to people who would like more skills, tools and confidence to work and play with groups:

• Facilitators
• Teachers
• Trainers
• Group Leaders
• Change Agents
• People in Creative, Healing and Sustainability Industries

Conducted on Monday 20 February – Saturday 25 February, 9am – 5.30pm at Eltham College, Research, all participants will be eligible to apply for assessment in two units of the Diploma of Permaculture.

2. Creative Community Governance And Decision-Making Workshop

Conducted Monday 27 February, 9am – 5.30pm at CERES Van Raay Centre, Brunswick East – in conjunction with the Sustainable Living Festival – this one day workshop is designed to help existing and newly establishing groups to develop good governance and decision making processes, essential to the growth of a healthy group culture and happy human relations, vital to the long term success of any community project.

The following goals and outcomes for the day are envisaged:

• Look at the difference between Government and Governance and existing Organisational Structures – what works, what doesn’t
• Use and explore a Tool box full of Creative Decision Making Processes and try some of them out so people have new ideas to take back to their groups
• Highlight and experiment with Creative Processes that help groups have Discussions, Meetings, Explore Information and Generate Ideas, Multiply Energy, Gather Information and have fun at the same time
• Feel Empowered in Groups – Understand what structures and elements work best for this
• Build Networks, Support Groups, Buddy Systems and Mentoring around ‘Problem Solving’, Group Work and Community Building
• Model Creative Decision Making
• Connect and share in an Interactive, Dynamic Group environment
• Apply the Principles and Ethics of Permaculture to Group Structure and Function

Eltham College Diploma Of Permaculture

This course focuses on designing for the challenges of peak oil, climate change and the development of sustainable communities.

Course work combines design, a scientific approach and practical application with ingenuity and imagination.

The course will include completion of the unit of study known as a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) so that students can benefit from opportunities for which a PDC is required.

It also covers a wide range of activities, skills and topics and includes several field excursions and site visits to permaculture properties all over the state. Practical work will include real projects and providing an opportunity to work with clients as often as possible.

For costs, assessment and bookings please click here.