Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What a great response to the new Australian School Gardens Network web space! There are now over 100 members and it is getting quite active. The site allows you to:
Post events such as professional development courses, festivals, workshops and conferences
Discuss relevant issues such as curriculum integration and design
Share our successes and to learn from others
Post [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Waterkeepers Australia inspires Australians to restore and keep our waterways healthy. The organisation acts like a network of waterway action groups, providing Waterkeeper member programs with the tools, processes, inspiration and profile to help them do their job.
The power of a nationally connected community of Waterkeepers is far greater than individuals or stand alone groups. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new community web space has been established for people passionate about learning in the garden and learnscaping in schools.
Established as a result of last year’s Australian School Gardens Network Gathering in Brisbane, the site is a space where we can all:
Post events such as professional development courses, festivals, workshops and celebrations
Discuss relevant issues such [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A unique two-day professional development seminar for teachers, parents and educators.
Time: 14 and 15 September 2009
Location: Griffith University Eco Centre and Northey Street City Farm
* Participate in workshops and activities designed to help you develop your own ideas
* Meet others who share your interest for learning in the garden and share experiences
* Learn to design [...]
Posted in Learnscape basics, Permaculture learnscaping in schools, Upcoming courses and workshops on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Professinal Development short course to be held in Melbourne, Victoria commences September 28th, 2009. A successful collaboration between the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Cranbourne and Cultivating Community brings the best of Melbourne’s school garden expertise, educators and horticuluralists to share inspiring information and stories. It is a course designed for those wanting hands [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Living Schools is working with the City of Ryde, Hornsby and Hunters Hill Councils to deliver series of three free workshops for local residents who are interested in learning how to better care for and protect their catchment.
We all live in a catchment and the decisions we make in our homes and gardens, such as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brisbane, city farm, community garden, farmers markets, learnscape, local food, permaculture on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A recent visit to the Northey Street City Farm has left us inspired! Northey Street is a Permaculturally designed learnscape and functioning food production space in Windsor, an inner city suburb of Brisbane. It is alive with people: children gambling about in the carefully designed play spaces, mums and dads sipping organic coffee in [...]
Posted in Permaculture design, Upcoming courses and workshops, tagged Permaculture design, sustainable living, Upcoming courses and workshops on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Living Schools will be holding its first public course for 2008 on 16th and 17th of February at the Glebe Community Garden. As per our philosophy of hands-on experiential learning the course will provide the opportunity to get your hands dirty learning about:
Site assessment, sector analysis, zoning, systems design
Soil fertility management (incl. composting master class)
Urban [...]
