PERMACULTURE

Also see: Permaculture & Environmental Education in Schools

PROJECT MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

• Co-ordinator of Permaculture Adult Educational Programmes (includes course design, tutoring and management, proposal writing, teaching adult literacy, teacher training in interactive methods, presentation to sponsors) - Tlholego Development Programme (TDP), South Africa; 1995/96

LEGAL

• Tree Bank Trust - for genetic conservation network, NZ; 1985
  
  
• Ecological Covenants & Conservation Easements - for Charles Jennings, land developer, Berkeley, USA; 1986
  
  
• Tlholego Village (facilitating land tenure issues, using PRA methods) - for T.D.P., South Africa - 1996
  
  
• Children's Permaculture Foundation - for CPF trustees, Dunedin, NZ; 1990
  

PUBLICATIONS

Leaflets

• 'Bird Attractant Species', 'Fire Retartant Species' - plant species lists for NZ; 1991
  
  
• 'The Relationship between Permaculture, Organics & Biodynamics'; 1998

Chapters in Books

• 'Permaculture for Children' in 'Teaching Permaculture Creatively' - published by Earthcare Education (Australia); 1995

Articles in Magazines/Journals/Newspapers

• 'Seed Saving' - Golden Bay Community News; 1988
  
  
• 'Oliver's Oak Nursery' - International Permaculture Journal; 1991
  
  
• 'Otakou Home & Surrounds' - International Permaculture Journal; 1991

EVENT ORGANIZING & MANAGEMENT

• Appropriate Technology & Earthbrick Building workshop - Nelson, NZ; 1983
  
  
• Bioregional Harvest Festival - Motueka, NZ; 1984
  
  
• 'Introduction to Permaculture' (rural & urban) workshop - Nelson Province, NZ; 1985
  
  
• Dan Hemenway's Permaculture Education tour - throughout North Island, NZ; 1987
  
  
• Genetic Preservation seminar (a preliminary to Tree Bank trust) - Otaki, NZ; 1988
  
  
• International Permaculture Conference's tour of Permaculture properties & biological research institutes - throughout NZ; 1989
  
  
• Swiss botanist, Fritz Wasman's biodiversity & tree gene-bank tour - South Island, NZ; 1989
  
  
• 'Permaculture in Schools' (IPC post conference international networking seminar) - Perth, Australia; 1996
  
  
• 'Earth Guardianship' workshop - Golden Bay, NZ; 1994
  
  
• 'Earth Attunement' retreat - Golden Bay, NZ; 1997
  

TEACHING & FACILITATION

Permaculture Skills

• 'Introduction to Permaculture' workshop - WEA, Dunedin, NZ; 1991
  
  
• 'Permaculture for Self Reliance' (youth employment training) - WEA, Dunedin, NZ; 1991
  
  
• 'Small Space Gardening' - Otago WEA, Dunedin, NZ; 1991
  
  
• Permaculture Facilitators Training for Tlholego Staff - T.D.P., North West Province, South Africa; 1995.
  
  
• Permaculture for Schools: a design course (co-facilitated with PELUM from Zimbabwe) - Barea District, Lesotho, Africa; 1995
  
  
• Permaculture Design Course (co-facilitated with Joanne Tippett of England) - T.D.P., North West Province, South Africa; 1995
  
  
• 'Permaculture Design Course for School Teachers & Administrators' (co-facilitated with Joanne Tippett from England) - T.D.P., South Africa; 1996
  
  
• 'Permaculture Design Course for Community Development Workers & Extension Agents' (co-facilitated with Joanne Tippett) - T.D.P., South Africa; 1996
  
  
• 'Permaculture Design Course for School Teachers & Administrators' (co-facilitated with Joanne Tippett) - T.D.P., South Africa; 1996
  
  
• 'Permaculture for Informal Settlements: a leadership training' (co-facilitated with Kentse Mokgokolo) - near Johannesburg, South Africa; 1996
  
  
• Permaculture Certificate Course (co-facilitated with Hans Holtman & others) - Otamatea Ecovillage, Northland, NZ; 1997
  
  
• 'Permaculture for Banks Peninsula' workshop - Canterbury, NZ; 1997
  
  
• 'Permaculture for the Suburbs' workshop - Christchurch, NZ; 1997
  
  
• Permaculture & organics trainer with unemployed (using backyard gardens and church land) -.Te Whare Roimata (Christchurch); 1997
  
  
• 'Permaculture for 3rd World & Indigenous Peoples' training course (co-facilitated with Robyn Francis & Geoff Lawton) - Northern NSW, Australia; 1997.
  
  
• 'Pattern System of Permaculture Design' workshop - Australasian Permaculture Convergence, NSW, Australia; 1997
  
  
• 'Community seedsaving and seedbanking' workshop at a training course for '3rd World' workers - Seed Saver's Network, NSW, Australia; 1997
  
  
• Permaculture & Ecovillage Design Course (co-facilitated with Avice Hindmarsh) - Kuthumba Ecovillage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; 1998
  
  
• 'Wholistic Goal Setting & Sustainability Monitoring' training - PELUM's Integrated Land Use Design course, Capetown, South Africa; 1999
  
  
• Participatory Permaculture Workshop to design the grounds of The Novalis Ubuntu Centre, - Capetown, South Africa; 1998
  
  
• Permaculture Design Certificate Course (co-facilitated with Robin Clayfield from Australia) - Anahat Retreat Centre, Golden Bay, NZ; 1999
  
  
• Permaculture Facilitators Course (co-facilitated with Robin Clayfield from Australia) - Canterbury, NZ; 1999

'Deep Ecology' Experiential Education

• 'Earth Attunement: Personal Empowerment' - Tauhara Centre, Taupo, NZ; 1985
  
  
• 'From Despair to Empowerment' (co-facilitated with Alan Carrol) - Tauhara Centre, Taupo, NZ; 1985
  
  
• 'Deep Ecology' (co-facilitated with Michael Crofoot) - Tauhara Centre, Taupo, NZ; 1987
  
  
• 'Ancient Land: New Technologies' (co-facilitated with Tejas Engel) - Te Wairua gathering, King Country, NZ; 1991
  
  
• 'Accessing the Intuitive in Design' - National Permaculture Convergence, Adelaide, Australia; 1995
  
  
• 'Earth Cycles & Healing Events' - Canterbury Convergence, NZ; 1997
  
  
• 'Council of All Beings' - Kuthumba Ecovillage, Sth Africa; 1998
  

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS (Q)

• Permaculture Certificate course - Permaculture Institute, Auckland, NZ; 1984 (Q: Certificate in Permaculture Design)
  
  
• Advanced Permaculture Design - Permaculture Institute of Australia; 1992 (Q: Diploma of Permaculture Design (in Media & Communications, Trusteeship, Education)
  
  
• Permaculture Facilitation course - Earthcare Education, Australia; 1993/95 (Q: Certificate in Permaculture Facilitation