Aim of the course
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to introduce permaculture as the alternative to western “culture”
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to encourage (mostly young) people to develop more authentic life designs, more adapted to post-capitalist economic & social reality
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to pass on agricultural & horticultural permaculture techniques to people who are starting up collective gardens, CSA’s, Eco villages
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to share group experiences with people so they get the taste of open dynamic purposeful community life
Concept
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Plukrijp functions on a “circles of interest” mode
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we encounter each other on a free, non-sectarian base, where scarcity of money, shelter or information are transcended
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Plukrijp facilitates this exchange
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through membership fees & free donations the costs of the infrastructures are met
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meals, lodging, administration, websites, mailing lists, travel expenses, are paid for from this “magic hat”
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there is an open accountancy, members can participate in the decision making, yearly meetings & can call for extra meetings
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for meetings we practice the “love-unity” method, incorporating many of the new communication techniques
Practical arrangements for the permaculture course 2013-2014
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membership fee = € 50 or free donation
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each member tries to come to the 7 weekends
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costs for each weekend = € 50 or free donation
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at the end each member gets a CD with the texts of the course
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weekends from Saturday 10 a.m. till Sunday 5 p.m.
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meals & lodging are included
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no alcohol, drugs or violence in words or deeds please
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be on time, forcing others to wait for you is not nice
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communication= frank.ruymen@gmail.com or 0032-485.924.212
0032-15.233.560
Permaculture course Plukrijp 2013-2014
Weekend 1 : initiation weekend + garden practice
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the 3 principles of permaculture
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the flower of Holmgren, interactive exercise
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our wiki at permabook.brozkeff.net, an introduction to the wide implications of perma
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practice in the Plukrijp garden: a first visit to 15.000m² of 30+ years of perma
French5 & 6/10/2013 – Dutch, English12 & 13/10/2013
Weekend 2 : fertility+techniques in permaculture gardening (part 1) + practice
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soil life, compost, minerals
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a forest or a garden; how to feed 7 billion humans ?
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a short history of man’s relationship to nature
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food yearround from the permaculture garden ? How ? Why ? Tools ?
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practical : synergy, resources, tools, techniques, systems in perma garden part 1
French2 & 3/11/2013 – Dutch, English9 & 10/11/2013
Weekend 3 : social dynamics+design your project (part 1)
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why/how groups ? + practical exercises
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situational authority, flexibility, dependance games often played in groups
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proximity vs exclusivity, a short history of the last 60 years
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value = alternative money systems
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the transition town movement
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practice = design your life project part 1
French4 & 5/01/2014 – Dutch, English18 & 19/01/2014
Weekend 4 : water + life design + design your project (part 2)
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water in the permaculture garden-field
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water as healing
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the science of water anno 2013
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fractals, spirals, waves : beyond the linear view
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life design, a systemic approach to YOUR life
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practice= design your project part 2
French1 & 2/02/2014 – Dutch, English8 & 9/02/2014
Weekend 5: design, tools, techniques in permaculture gardening (part 2) + practice
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design for gardens : tools, techniques, systematic approach in time & space
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tools : what you need + how to keep it working
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techniques : false seedbed, superficial cultivation, line seeding, mixed crops, edible cover crops, nursery plants, plant propagation, seed saving & exchange
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practice: create a warm bed for early planting
French1 & 2/03/2014 – Dutch, English8 & 9/03/2014
Weekend 6 : utopia, why not ? + design your village/town/community
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some more & less realistic utopias from past & present
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the story of debt, or the artificial creation of scarcity
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deep ecology, modern slavery, tribal solutions to live a meaningful good life
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practice = redesign your village, neighbourhood, household, town towards…
French5 & 6/04/2014 – Dutch, English12 & 13/04/2014
Weekend 7 : cycles in nature, life, cosmos + techniques in permaculture gardening
(part 3) + PARTY !!!
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in nature, the year, life, the cosmos
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ancient (forgotten) civilisation: fiction or reality ?
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practice = seeding, weed control, to mulch or not to mulch, that is the question, cover crops, combinations, ….
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practice = party
French3 & 4/05/2014 – Dutch, English10 & 11/05/2014
Keywords for the course
aerobic bacteria – co-creation – coherence – compost toilets – CSA – design – dry farming – durability – eco-villages – ecological footprint – ecosystems – edible crop cover – false seedbeds – flexibility – fluidity – food collective – give-away-shop – harmony – homeostatic dynamic balance – life design – low-impact – microbiology – microclimate – money alternatives – mulching – nomadism – paradigm change – peak everything – polytunnels – proximity – re-use/re-cycle/re-pair – resources – synergy – together – transition – value – water clusters – yin/yang
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