Design salon 2: skilling up the local group
IT'S A REAL-WORLD INTRODUCTION to permaculture for those participating in the design of the small garden and the tour trails at Barrett House in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs...
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Ideas diffusion – from innovation to adoption
Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ACCORDING TO Dr Robert Gillman – a one-time astrophysicist with NASA turned community worker and, later, publisher of In Context magazine – there is a process by which new ideas move from the […]
Read MoreParticipatory planning the theme of local group meeting
IN SYDNEY'S EASTERN SUBURBS, where plans are underway to develop a sustainability education hub at a community centre, a local permaculture group joined in a participatory process to develop ideas for a permaculture interpretive garden...
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Participatory approach introduces new methods to growers
PTD — Participatory Technology Development — is an approach that encourages farmers to try out new techniques, to monitor results and to make decisions about adopting new farming techniques.
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