Hi everyone. I sent this email to Terry re. the upcoming permaculture <a href="http://www.southerncrosspermaculture.com.au/pdc-courses/">course </a>at <a href="http://www.southerncrosspermaculture.com.au/">Southern Cross Permie Institute</a> in Sth Gippsland. Anyone who was interested should give me a yell to sort out whether it's viable for them n their uni subjects, figure out what fundraising may need to be done if/after the Uni gets behind the idea, and oh yeah, to get really excited about 2 inspiring, fun weeks of learning by doing.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Tim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Scott</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timscott97@gmail.com">timscott97@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: 20 March 2010 00:06<br>Subject: Permaculture course<br>To: Terry Hogan <<a href="mailto:terry.hogan@adm.monash.edu.au">terry.hogan@adm.monash.edu.au</a>><br><br><br>Hi Terry,<br><br>We'd love some help trying to get up to 3 students to an upcoming 2-week permaculture course. The cost is ~$1000 each. We think it would be of great benefit to the Monash Permaculture Garden community's skillset, the culture and student experience of integrated learning on campus, and the quality of the garden on campus (food production yield, biodiversity, aesthetics, ...)<br>
<br>Some more information...<br><br><a href="http://www.southerncrosspermaculture.com.au/" target="_blank">Southern Cross Permaculture Institute</a> (SCPI) in South Gippsland is running a Permaculture Design Certificate <a href="http://www.southerncrosspermaculture.com.au/pdc-courses/" target="_blank">course</a> very soon, from March 26th-April 10th. It is an intensive 2 week residential course held near Leongatha, which expands from theoretical principles to lots of hands-on experience and includes a couple of trips to other local demonstration properties.<br>
<br>We have previously had external permaculture designers consult with us on the Monash Permaculture Garden (MPG), and we feel that it is now time to more rapidly gain skills <i>within</i> the community of [largely student] gardeners on campus. With this in mind, we would like to send up to 3 people on the upcoming course, with an expectation that they will share their skills with other MPG members through working bees and workshops.<br>
<br>Rick Coleman from SCPI in fact assisted the Monash Permaculture Garden in its formative stages, and recently gave some sage advice about effective community engagement & volunteer management. Kat Lavers, who has taught an MSA short courses class in our garden, will be teaching a section of this course, and has also been assisting us with the garden recently.<br>
<br>It would be wonderful if we could arrange some kind of Uni-funded subsidy for the course.<br clear="all"><br>Any ideas, questions, and support would be fantastic.<br>Regards,<br><br>Tim (for the Monash Permaculture Garden)<br>
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<br>-- <br>Tim Scott<br><a href="mailto:timscott97@gmail.com" target="_blank">timscott97@gmail.com</a><br>0411 345 983<br>
</font></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Tim Scott<br><a href="mailto:timscott97@gmail.com">timscott97@gmail.com</a><br>0411 345 983<br>