Improving Lives through the Permaculture Approach
For school teachers, NGO staff members, farmers and
individuals
December 10th to 23rd, 2018
at Sabina, Uganda
Lead Tutors
Mugarura Charles – BEU-Permaculture Group
Laura Maier
- Practical Permaculture Institute Zanzibar
Sheena
Shah - Kenya PRI Kenya
Executive Director
Racheal Corda Asio - Arego Agro-Organic Foods
Mercy Kayodi -
BEU-Permaculture Group
Victoria Katumba - BEU-Permaculture Group
Institutions: Broadfield
Enterprises Uganda – Permaculture Group www.broadfieldpermaculture.co.uk
Practical Permaculture Institute Zanzibar
Venue: Sabina Permaculture Food and Water
Security Project-
Kyotera District Uganda
Why should participants join a PDC?
The 72h Permaculture Design Course
(PDC) is the foundational Permaculture course originally developed by
permaculture founder Bill Mollison. PDCs are offered worldwide and are the
prerequisite for the Permaculture Design Diploma in many countries.
Nevertheless, the PDC in its own is a good basis to start adding some
Permaculture thinking into your own personal work and projects.
Permaculture offers many simple and
practical solutions that can deliver locally applied answers to global
challenges. Permaculture’s prime goal is to create future viability and enable
people to take their lives into their own hands. Permaculture is at the center
of climate change adaptation and establishing the most natural and community
based approaches on sustainability.
International PDC Expert Monitoring by Permaculture Education Institute of Australia.
International PDC Expert Monitoring by Permaculture Education Institute of Australia.
Monitoring Expert of the Certified Permaculture Design Course of Broadfield Enterprises Uganda –Permaculture Group.
Permaculture Education Institute of Australia and her partners, is strongly supporting and Fostering of Young Generation Experienced leading Permaculture Teachers and Designers, putting Africa and Uganda in position to lead in creative impactful teaching under the Permaculture approach.
Monitoring and Teaching support will involve Lesson Review and techniques development for teachers on duty throughout the course. In addition to the assessment on the teaching methodologies used by all teachers.
BEU- Permaculture Group is grateful to receive Morag Gamble and Partners, her official Financial and Expertise support to the 2018 Permaculture Design Course In Uganda, come 10th to 23rd December 2018. In addition to her support she has blessed the course with her two beloved Children, who will fully participate in the section of children and site activities.
Morag Gamble is an award-winning international permaculture teacher, speaker, designer and practitioner. She is the founder of the Permaculture Education Institute and Director of the registered charity, the Ethos Foundation. Morag is based at a UN World Habitat Award winning permaculture village in Australia and has taught permaculture in more than 20 countries over the past 25 years. She leads the Permaculture Educators Program - the first comprehensive combined online Permaculture Design Certificate and Permaculture Teacher Certificate.
Morag is co-founder of the iconic Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast University Community Garden and the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network and many other local food initiatives around the world. Her own permaculture education garden is also award-winning. She leads permaculture camps for schools, nature kids programs for young children, and mentors many young people in permaculture.
She is an advisor to the International Permaculture Education Network (IPEN) and previously acted in this role for the Hong Kong, Korean and Indonesian Permaculture Networks. She has been a Director of Permaculture International and Crystal Waters Cooperative and has taught at leading eco-educational centres and organisations around the world including Schumacher College, The Centre for Alternative Technology, Findhorn Foundation, The Green University, Permaculture Centre Japan, UCDavis, Center for Ecoliteracy, Global Ecovillage Network, The Ladakh Project, UNESCO Master of Sustainability and many more .
She produces the popular Our Permaculture Life Blog and Youtube Channel that have been viewed by millions sharing free permaculture information around the world. Morag also produces a free online monthly masterclass series accessed by thousands and is just launching her podcast with interviews from leading thinkers and activists for positive change in the world. Morag is a regular contributor to the Australian Permaculture Magazine and has a chapter in both Reclaiming the Urban Commons and Permaculture Pioneers. She regularly appears on ABC radio as a simple living correspondent.
Morag holds a Master of Sustainability Education (Hons) from Griffith University and from the University of Melbourne she holds both a Post Graduate Diploma of Landscape Architecture and a Bachelor of Planning and Design.
Who should participate in this course?
Permaculture Education Institute of Australia and her partners, is strongly supporting and Fostering of Young Generation Experienced leading Permaculture Teachers and Designers, putting Africa and Uganda in position to lead in creative impactful teaching under the Permaculture approach.
Monitoring and Teaching support will involve Lesson Review and techniques development for teachers on duty throughout the course. In addition to the assessment on the teaching methodologies used by all teachers.
BEU- Permaculture Group is grateful to receive Morag Gamble and Partners, her official Financial and Expertise support to the 2018 Permaculture Design Course In Uganda, come 10th to 23rd December 2018. In addition to her support she has blessed the course with her two beloved Children, who will fully participate in the section of children and site activities.
Morag Gamble is an award-winning international permaculture teacher, speaker, designer and practitioner. She is the founder of the Permaculture Education Institute and Director of the registered charity, the Ethos Foundation. Morag is based at a UN World Habitat Award winning permaculture village in Australia and has taught permaculture in more than 20 countries over the past 25 years. She leads the Permaculture Educators Program - the first comprehensive combined online Permaculture Design Certificate and Permaculture Teacher Certificate.
Morag is co-founder of the iconic Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast University Community Garden and the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network and many other local food initiatives around the world. Her own permaculture education garden is also award-winning. She leads permaculture camps for schools, nature kids programs for young children, and mentors many young people in permaculture.
She is an advisor to the International Permaculture Education Network (IPEN) and previously acted in this role for the Hong Kong, Korean and Indonesian Permaculture Networks. She has been a Director of Permaculture International and Crystal Waters Cooperative and has taught at leading eco-educational centres and organisations around the world including Schumacher College, The Centre for Alternative Technology, Findhorn Foundation, The Green University, Permaculture Centre Japan, UCDavis, Center for Ecoliteracy, Global Ecovillage Network, The Ladakh Project, UNESCO Master of Sustainability and many more .
She produces the popular Our Permaculture Life Blog and Youtube Channel that have been viewed by millions sharing free permaculture information around the world. Morag also produces a free online monthly masterclass series accessed by thousands and is just launching her podcast with interviews from leading thinkers and activists for positive change in the world. Morag is a regular contributor to the Australian Permaculture Magazine and has a chapter in both Reclaiming the Urban Commons and Permaculture Pioneers. She regularly appears on ABC radio as a simple living correspondent.
Morag holds a Master of Sustainability Education (Hons) from Griffith University and from the University of Melbourne she holds both a Post Graduate Diploma of Landscape Architecture and a Bachelor of Planning and Design.
Who should participate in this course?
This course will be specifically
targeted to people who are working with schools or communities, as well as
individuals interested to integrate Permaculture thinking into their own
projects and work. Participants will include sponsored school teachers,
community workers, farmers, NGO staff members, as well as individuals looking
to gain a personal transformation. The participants will deepen their knowledge
about the history, ethics, philosophy and goals of Permaculture.
The systemic approach of the
Permaculture design process extends beyond the field of home and garden, and
also involves the community and economic aspects. Therefore, the participants
study the principles and the steps of the Permaculture design process and
explore the application in the fields of garden, agriculture and
self-sufficiency, as well as architecture, construction, infrastructure and
questions of work and employment. The theoretical input will be complemented by
many practical applications.
What will participants learn in this PDC?
The aim of the course is to deliver the
broad field of Permaculture through the internationally recognized 72-hour
design course curriculum according to Bill Mollison and to provide a solid
foundation for further endeavors using Permaculture.
During the course, we will focus on the
following topics:
- Ethical foundations of Permaculture
- Permaculture principles and methods
- Observation and perception
- Design exercises and presentations
- Ecosystems, system theory and
complexity
- Soils, trees, water, climate
- Permaculture in the tropics
- Urban Permaculture and indigenous
landscape design
- Social Permaculture
- Natural patterns
- Terrain modeling
- Self-sufficiency
- Economy and community
Design exercises as well as the
intensive study of concrete projects in individual or group work and student
presentations will put the theory into practice. Thus, the theory acquired in
the course is directly applied by practical transformations on the existing
project of Sabina School.
Venue: Permaculture background of Sabina School
Sabina School is a children’s home and
school established in 1990 by Sister Rose Muyinza. Sabina Food and Water
Security Project was founded by Jane Smart (World Bank – IMF retired, Children
of Uganda board Former Vice Chair) who has a strong conviction for the
wellbeing of children and communities in Uganda, where she raised many
vulnerable children to date. Jane realized the potential and ability of
Permaculture in advancing the possibilities for Sabina school and established
the Permaculture side of the school. In support of Permaculture practitioners
Rosemary Morrow, Dan Palmer and Amanda Culyer from Australia and Mugarura
Charles, Nyero Christopher and Namubiru Sharon from Uganda, the first PDC took
place at Sabina in 2008. Short- and long-term plans for the school and its land
were designed and since then partially implemented.
In 2018 another PDC took place from 13- 26th May
with UK Partners, which was followed by the first East African Permaculture
convergence. Find the reports of the two events here: https://pdcuganda-may2018sabina.blogspot.com/2017/12/east-african-permaculture-convergence.html
We look into the future and believe
that Permaculture remains a key solution that we need to get to all change
makers in the community, and are excited for the upcoming PDC on December 10th
to 23rd, 2018. Sabina remains the ground to take the challenge with
her diverse long visionary Permaculture works since 2008 to date that showed
significant impact on the land and its community. End your year by being part
of the promising journey of making a safe planet with reliable skills through
permaculture.
Structure of December PDC 2018 at Sabina Permaculture
Project
The PDC itself will be aimed at up to
30 participants. The 30 participants will be divided into 2 home groups each
facilitated by 2 facilitators.The Following is the curriculum that all
participants will go through:
1: Uganda – Africa – Global -Permaculture Perspective and
Challenges.
Permaculture in Uganda, Africa and across the world is
dynamic topic with varying capacity of different regions to implement in
different approaches. Permaculture has much to offer for both the rich and the
poor in terms of resources, in addition to learning environment of academia.
The challenge is limited capacity and creativity to practice what permaculture
offers practically because of varying factors.
2: Permaculture landscapes Design
Develop a complete ecosystem design, food forests, garden
practical sessions, plant nurseries, propagation, land development strategies.
This group will help maintain plants in the plant nursery, led on the planting
practical sessions and help develop a maintenance plan for the school gardens.
.
3: Renewable Resources
Biogas and methane, wood char and wood gas, coppice
establishment and management. This group will help maintain the on-site systems
for methane production and wood gas, collating their experiences as a teaching
resource for the school and other participants.
4: Permaculture for Uganda schools curriculum
Permaculture is a powerful educational tool, how can we use
it in schools to change campus culture, reduce waste, water run-off and covert
nutrients in to healthy soil. This group will be considering how to bring
permaculture much more into schools, the curriculum and the school campus
culture. We have links to the Ministry for Education in Uganda as well as
several key regional schools, our aim is to capitalize on these.
5: Defining Permaculture in Business Sense in Building
Sustainable Settlements
Saving the planet, reducing emissions and building fertile
soils is one thing, but can we create new enterprise and livelihood using
permaculture design? This group will be looking at permaculture as a business
model, we will be incorporating some business skills, planning and reporting
into this module, pointing participants towards avenues for creating new jobs
and businesses that capitalize on permaculture structures.
Teachers:
Charles Mugarura,
Charles is the Founder, lead Permaculture Tropical designer
and tutor at BEU (Broadfield Enterprises Uganda) - Permaculture Group. He is a
qualified Permaculture implementer and teacher, my journey began in 2008 with
Permaculture Across Borders under Dan Palmer and Rosemary Morrow. I have
taught on 5 PDCs and 30 short trainings and conducted impactful subject centred
Permaculture solutions. He has multiple professional trainings in leadership
and innovation modeling and received an award of Youth Climate change Blue
Mountains Permaculture Institute of Australia, under Rosemary Morrow and Dan
Palmer. Charles hosted and organised the first East African Convergence 28th to
29, May 2018, with 70 participants at the field site in Sabina in Partnership
with Sector 39. He is currently pushing the Permaculture curriculum integration
into the Ugandan national education with support from State Minister of
education in Primary schools, Hon.Rosemary Seninde and Hon. Mathias
Kasamba. Charles is also holding Computer Science Diploma in Agri- Business
from Makerere University Business School, that motivated him to innovate for
Permaculture-Tech since 2015 ( PermApp- Project - Permaculture on Mobile ).
This gave birth to the PermApp previously in brand of Kuuma, Professional
Course in Business Behaviour at Leuphana University Germany. I have coordinated projects in Rwanda between 2013, in Kenya in 2015 and 2016.
Charles also worked as WeFarm Uganda - Trainer and User acquisition, the
strategy involved data analysing on Farmer’s challenges and solutions. He
facilitated two Permaculture workshops in Bonn, Germany at the COY 13 and
delivered the Africa Youth climate change position paper, at the COP23 at
United Nations. Charles received an Award of Youth Climate change adaptation
using Permaculture in September 22nd 2016 from Global Citizen, NYC. NUCAFE 5th
Winner Prize on Coffee growing- In dry lands June 2016.- NUCAFE. Gorilla
Tracking and Conservation activist 2012. Experienced in joint teamwork development,
capacity building for local movements and fundraising.
Laura Maier
Laura is the Operations Manager and Permaculture designer at
the Practical Permaculture Institute Zanzibar. She joined the Permaculture
family in 2012 while living on Jamaica. She consequently wrote both her
Bachelor and Master thesis on Permaculture (B.A. “Peace-sustaining and
sustainable Lifestyles: Permaculture and Rastafari” and M.Sc. “Enhancing
ecosystem services for urban resilience – A case study of Permaculture as an
adaptive management approach at Fumba Town, Zanzibar”). After spending a year
researching Permaculture in East and South Africa, she decided to settle on
Zanzibar, working with Franko Göhse for the Fumba Town Service Center for one
year, and after that moving on to take over the role of operations management
at the Practical Permaculture Institute, Zanzibar. At PPIZ she is
managing the regular class schedule and activities of the institute, as well as
a Permaculture School Garden and an out of school Youth Empowerment and
Ecopreneurship program. She has first hand experience in project- and
land-based design, implementation and evaluation. Laura has been hosting
Permaculture courses and workshops and is running all of PPIZ programs. She
attended an introduction to Permaculture course, two PDCs and advanced digital
Permaculture design using Adobe Illustrator with Daniel Halsey.
Sheena Shah
Current PRI Kenya Executive Director - Born and raised in
Nairobi, Sheena is educated in Kenya and in the U.K in Early Childhood
Development and English Language, thereafter with 3.5 years teaching experience
in schools offering a holistic approach. Sheena took her PDC on Rusinga Island,
off Lake Victoria in March 2011 with renowned facilitator, Warren Brush and
then proceeded to help establish a school and successfully implemented a
permaculture design and gardening workshops for a year at a Children’s Home in
Athi River, Kenya, which was generously designed by Warren Brush himself, who
also consults for the affiliate centres in Europe.
Sheena later joined PRI Kenya in 2012 and managed their Education Programme until December 2016. Currently, Sheena is now responsible for the overall management, overseeing all field operations, strategies and programme delivery and manages all partnerships and communications. Sheena is known for her ability to inspire masses of people through coordination and overall communication and has the ability to weave together complex issues into cohesive narratives that can be acted upon quickly. She is also very much focused on regenerative business, using solutions and principles to level up and ensure long-term sustainable development and shift the paradigm skillfully.
Sheena is a Gaia University Associate and is further pursuing her studies in International Permaculture Design at the Gaia University, which is an incredible open source programme for field students in permaculture and development.
Sheena later joined PRI Kenya in 2012 and managed their Education Programme until December 2016. Currently, Sheena is now responsible for the overall management, overseeing all field operations, strategies and programme delivery and manages all partnerships and communications. Sheena is known for her ability to inspire masses of people through coordination and overall communication and has the ability to weave together complex issues into cohesive narratives that can be acted upon quickly. She is also very much focused on regenerative business, using solutions and principles to level up and ensure long-term sustainable development and shift the paradigm skillfully.
Sheena is a Gaia University Associate and is further pursuing her studies in International Permaculture Design at the Gaia University, which is an incredible open source programme for field students in permaculture and development.
Abigaba Victoria
Katumba, is a holder of of a Bachelor Degree in Community Psychology, rom Makerere
University. Graduate in Permaculture Design Course 2018, She is experienced in
project Planning , partnerships, in Uganda - China trade Association . She is
former secretary at office of the Vice President - Economics and Advisory Fund
for Rural Agriculture development Agency, Worked with Refugees in data
collection with community service with Reach A Hand. Currently working as our
operations and Partnerships manager, as well a Trainer on Permaculture
enterprise, Permaculture in schools.
Mercy Melody Kayodi, holding a Bsc in
Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses Management, He has permaculture Design
Course. In addition in trained in women entrepreneurship and leadership,
has worked our regional field ja cross Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
She has won - Women's entrepreneurship BlogDev. of world Bank where she
Represented in USA. she experienced in Adult education, field Training and
Youth advocacy on climate change. He is currently contributing to the
curriculum development of primary schools in Permaculture where we are working
with Ministry of Agriculture. Currently the Director of Permaculture
Education,Trainings and Research at BEU- Permaculture.
What you should carry?
- You need to carry your own and a receipt copy
of your registration form and Bath and face
towel.
- • Sleeping bag (if you have one)
- • Light shirts and trousers that can cover you from the
sun in the day.
- • Comfortable shoes, sandals, slippers
- • Good shoes for outdoor practicals
- • A jumper or cardigan for chilly evenings (it does get
cold!!)
- • Warm covering sleeping clothes and socks for evenings
- • Rain jacket (rainy season now)
- • Gumboots/ wellingtons (optional but needed during
rainy season – March and October)
- • Sun cream - minimum factor 30 recommended
- • Sunglasses
- • Hat
- • Torch/ Flashlight - a wind-up one is a good idea
- • Mosquito repellent + Malaria tablets + Anti
Malariabiotics (please consult your doctor)
- • Personal medicine
- • Stationery; writing pens & pencils and a note pad
- • Extra pocket money
Fees: 500 USD, for all training, accommodation, meals and
resources for 2 weeks.
Payment can be made on receiving an invoice after sending a
short email booking a slot (charles@broadfieldpermaculture.co.uk ) and filling
out the application form.
How to Book a slot?
Book in advance to avoid disappointments since there is a
set limit of the number of participants. Apply by emailing to
charles@broadfiledpermaculture.co.uk
Fill the application form Please here: https://goo.gl/forms/YTPzfCi7JFotpAms1
How can you Partner or contribute?
Partner, donate or sponsor a community teacher, or rural
farmer for a 10th – 23rd - December PDC 2018
Account Details to make your payments:
Please note that a 50% deposit is required to secure your
places, thereafter full payments must be made by Nov 14th. Once transfers are
made, please email us your confirmation codes to verify.
BEU- Permaculture Group bank details:
Broadfield Enterprises Uganda
swift code;
swift code;
ABCLKENA
Bank Name : AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION
Beneficiary Name: BROADFIELD ENTERPRISES UGANDA
Account number : 2000000920
Bank Name : AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION
Beneficiary Name: BROADFIELD ENTERPRISES UGANDA
Account number : 2000000920
Address :
BEU- Permaculture Group
Permaculture -Innovations Project - Inside RANlab
Upper Kololo Terrace plot 28 House 38
P. o . Box Kampala - Uganda -East Africa
Organizers:
Broadfield Enterprises Uganda ltd - Permaculture Group
Charles Mugarura
Mobile: +256703392766
mugaruracharles916@gmail.com
Mercy Kayodi Melody
Mobile +256785147446
In Collaboration with:
Practical Permaculture Institute Zanzibar
Laura Maier
Mobile: +255777304890
Our supporting partners
Krieskinderstiftung
German Permaculture Institute
Resilient Africa Network
For Directions to the
Venue:
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Are there scholarships for this program?
ReplyDeleteSoon the scholarship call will come out we are still looking for donors to fund it.
DeleteHi Charles. I really need to study Permaculture so that I can I establish a demo-unit in my village where children, youth and adults can learn Permaculture.
ReplyDeletePlease consider my request when you have a chance or better still scholarship opportunities.
God bless you.
Maurice
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