On 16th July 2009, eight teachers, parents and volunteers of Nashville State School’s wondrous food garden participated in a full day Permaculture Design workshop, giving them a range of skills for maintaining the various natural and developed systems that make up a functioning garden.
Participants learned about integrated pest management, relative placement of elements, soil fertility [...]
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Nashville State School Permaculture Design Workshop
Posted in Australian learnscapes, Permaculture learnscaping in schools, Recent courses and workshops on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Write it up project update
Posted in Recent courses and workshops on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In late 2009 Living Schools worked with the Australian Association for Environmental Education (NSW) to implement the Write it up! workshops and mentoring project. Write it up! was all about encouraging educators for sustainability to develop case studies of their projects and to share what they’ve learned with others in our community of practice.
Ten workshops [...]
Carss Park Community Garden on-track
Posted in Australian learnscapes, Community gardens, Learnscape basics, Permaculture design, Recent courses and workshops on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In late 2008 Living Schools worked with Kogarah Council to initiate a community garden project on a local disused bowling green in Carrs Park.
Following initial promotion and community consultation regarding the concept an enthusiastic group had formed, eager to learn and to put their ideas to the test. Educators worked with the group, facilitating two [...]
Canterbury Youth Environmental Leadership Program
Posted in Permaculture learnscaping in schools, Recent courses and workshops on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Over the last couple of months Living Schools has been working with Canterbury Council on a youth leadership program to celebrate Youth Environment Day. Through the program, students from four local high schools participated in visioning and strategic planning workshops designed to empower them to take action within their schools and local communities. Projects [...]
Gordon West Public School Rain Garden
Posted in Permaculture learnscaping in schools, Recent courses and workshops, tagged Experiential Learning, learnscape, rain garden, sense of place, stormwater, water sensitive urban design on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Year four students from Gordon West Public School have been working with Living Schools over the last few months to learn about stormwater. In partnership with Ku-ring-gai Council, Dunoon Bushcare group and the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, students participated in the development of a small rain garden, or bio-filtration device, in a local [...]
Peaceboat in the Garden
Posted in Community gardens, Recent courses and workshops, tagged Experiential Learning, Glebe Community Garden, learnscape, Peaceboat, permaculture, transformative learning on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In April, Living Schools and Peaceboat again teamed up to provide a fun, hands-on introduction to sustainable living for Peaceboat voyagers. Working with translators, skills and knowledge are learned in a practical, participatory way. Through direct experience participants learn to set up a worm-farm, sow seed, mulch a home garden, care for a compost system [...]
Permaculture Design Course in Glebe
Posted in Community gardens, Permaculture design, Recent courses and workshops, tagged Glebe Community Garden, Introduction to Permaculture, Permaculture design, Recent course on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In February the Glebe Community Garden again hosted Living Schools, this time for a weekend Introduction to Permaculture Design. The course was hands-on with lots of activities, including planting habitat for native birds, sowing seed, setting up a household worm-farm and designing a passive solar home retrofit. Of course the best bit was the many [...]
Peace Boat Sustainable Living Course
Posted in Recent courses and workshops, tagged biodiversity, energy efficiency, Glebe Community Garden, Peace Boat, permaculture, Recent course, sustainable living, water sensitive urban design, worm-farming on December 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On 27th December 2007 participants of the 59th Peace Boat voyage took part in a full-day workshop on sustainable living at the Glebe Community Garden in Sydney. Living Schools is working with Peace Boat to further its objectives to promote peace, human rights, equal and sustainable development and respect for the environment. [...]
