Why are we teaching Permaculture to kids?
Glad you asked that too. The practice of care-taking our human family, care-taking the Earth and giving something back are the ethics that Permaculture is based upon and is at the heart of what we are presenting in these programs. We’ve been taking a good look around at the world we are immersed in––the world we are leaving to our children, and we believe that we would all benefit from learning yet a few more, important skills that will contribute to bringing our bodies/minds/hearts AND our planet into balance. We are not knuckle-dragging fatalists, but we are aware that there are many ecological crises in our dying systems that need to be addressed, intelligently and basically. Ultimately, we want to be of service to children and youth in a loving, caring, creative way. And so, our summer begins with the Art-Farm curriculum blending art-making, organic gardening, natural building with cob, nature awareness and community gardening as the centerpiece. We will design and build a Welcome
