PERMACULTURE TEACHER TRAINING
18 to 27 November 2023, Darjeeling, India
Advocate for Change Through Teaching Whole Systems and Passion Based Learning.
In this dynamic and interactive course, we share
impactful teaching techniques that promote effective communication and
application of Permaculture principles and strategies to a wide variety of
audiences and educational settings. Our goal is to encourage and inspire your
unique strengths and abilities by demonstrating diverse teaching modalities
including effective use of lecture, storytelling, class discussions,
interactive experiential activities, visual aids and hands-on skills.
As a class, we create a safe setting of active learning and build confidence through preparing and co-teaching multiple presentations providing essential and experiential practice opportunities. Participants engage in social permaculture and build strong resource networks to support one another via group projects.
Our time will itself be divided into Lectures, Photoshows, Discussions, Demonstrations, Exercises, Hands-on, and a walkabout. There will be a series of presentations, with guidance, that everyone will do, with at least one opportunity for another. We start basic and simple, then build the layers of learning from there. This is an engaged experience, with lots of information shared. We keep the process relaxed while learning about learning and growing from it.
While this course is focused on preparing one to help others learn permaculture, it has value for everyone in the teaching professions. It will help all levels of educators integrate regenerative topics and activities into their existing curriculum, as well as help them create more regenerative learning experiences.
Learning is grows Understanding, and is Empowering,Regenerative, and a Foundational Element of Permaculture Solutions
Training venue “Mineral Springs, Dabaipani, Darjeeling”
Mineral Springs, Dabaipani is an internationally certified organic and fair-trade labeled collective of 456 small farmers since 2002. The farmers have come under the Mineral Spring Sanjukta Vikas Sanstha since 1996. The collective has been marketing small farmers' organic tea in the international market. The tea is grown as part of a polyculture crop, within thousands of acres of Forest Garden and food systems
The participants will have home stay accommodations facilities with the members of Mineral Spring Sanjukta Vikas Sanstha.
Teacher: Rico Zook ( Meta )
Host: DLR Prerna: www.darjeelingprerna.com FB: Darjeeling Prerna
Permaculture Teachers Training Course fees, inclusive of training material, food and lodge:
International Candidates Rs. 32,000:00
Indian Nationals residing Rs. 25,000:00
Course Topics Include:
• Philosophy
and Ethics of Being an Instructor
• The Art of
Teaching and Facilitation
• Adult
Learning Styles
• Building
Curriculum and Lesson Plans
• Presenting
Styles
• Utilizing
Media and Activities
•
Co-Instructing
• Time
Management
• Venue
Logistics, Course Planning, Marketing and Budgets
• Interns,
Apprentices and Mentoring
•
Evaluations and Feedback
• Tips from
the Trade
• Tips for
the Road
• Keeping Up
the Spirit
• Self-care
• Right
Livelihood
• Extensive
Resources and More
This course is committed to and focused upon each participant starting or continuing on this educational and socially active path. As part of an ongoing work focus Rico is committed to assisting those who want to learn how learning happens and those wanting to engage in the facilitation of the learning experience. This course will help everyone be more engaged in their learning process while having fun.
With the successful completion of the required elements a Certificate from the Permaculture Institute of North America will be awarded. (See MOU in Participant Packet)
Prerequisite: Permaculture Design Course Certificate or instructor’s approval.
Instructor:
Rico Zook: With a lifetime in an educational atmosphere and work, Rico brings decades of experience to this course. He has facilitated and taught with many different demographics in widely different locations. Besides leading over 50 PDC’s he has lead just as manyshort introductory and specialized courses, plus,Farmer trainings on a variety of topics via translation andTraining the Trainers with NGOs. Prior to coming to permaculture he taught courses as diverse as cooking and martial arts.
For the past 25+ years Rico has been a Permaculture designer, consultant and educator working with private individuals, farmers, villagers and local organizations in India, Cambodia, Spain, northern New Mexico, Europe and other parts of the world. His work focuses on assisting all levels of our global community to create culturally and environmentally appropriate life systems that are resilient and regenerative.
Host:
Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna (DLR Prerna) www.darjeelingprerna.com FB: Darjeeling Prerna
DLR Prerna is a Darjeeling based NGO working in the Darjeeling
Hills since 1996.
Vision Statement
Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna believes in a world that sees the
need to live as one family where the environment is preserved and protected,
where conscious efforts are made to remove unjust structures while striving to
build a just and humane society.
Mission statement
Our mission is to build sustainable human communities in the
Darjeeling hills and the adjoining areas by promoting people's participation,
gender equality and living in harmony with the environment.
Darjeeling Prerna works towards having regenerative relationships with small farmers, forest villagers, tea plantations workers, CBOs, CSOs, Educational Institutions and NGOs in furthering the vision and mission of the organisation. We are a Darjeeling based organisation and our interventions are grounded in the specificities and long term lived experiences within the Darjeeling Himalaya. Our relationships extend across Sikkim as part of the Darjeeling Sikkim Himalaya. We bring these experiences to the larger discussion tables negotiating invisible systems that needs supportive policy environments. Darjeeling Prerna believes in a participatory, inclusive and environment friendly approach to development and is the organisational philosophy of good governance within and in all our interventions.
Current focal areas:
1. Community conservation
We work with communities living next to forests especially
protected areas in Darjeeling and Sikkim focussing on sustainable agro-ecology,
and managing mountain human wildlife conflict and advocating for mountain human
wildlife conflict policies. Agro-biodiversity conservation is an integral part
of the intervention.
2. Climate resilient communities
We work with small farmers in Darjeeling and Sikkim evolving and
promoting climate smart agriculture and agro-forestry. Promotion of diversity
of local food cultures is a critical aspect of our climate resilience
intervention and nutrition sensitive agro-ecology.
3. Community Health
We work with tea plantation workers, small farmers and educational
institutions especially in rural Darjeeling.
a. Water and Sanitation: Knowledge,
institution and infrastructure strengthening to access clean and safe water for
all. We are piloting bio-digesters; evapo-transpiration systems, grey water
management systems as well as springshed recharge as part of our work. We
promote sustainable menstrual health and hygiene.
b. School Health:
i. Preventive
health education inclusion in curriculum, screening and referrals in
partnership with rural primary schools.
ii. TeaLeaF:
Teacher leading frontline addressing mental health and promoting mental wellbeing
of rural children.
4. Zero Waste
We promote zero waste principles and practices as a member of Zero
Waste Himalaya. We facilitate direct interventions in Darjeeling and Sikkim
with local self-governance institutions, community-based institutions,
government institutions and educational institutions. We share need for a
change in narrative of waste to not producing waste, no-burn, demanding
systemic and design changes across the Indian Himalayan Region through the
Integrated Mountain Initiative. Zero Waste discussions include changing food
choices and the need to go local and unpackaged.
5. Knowledge
Contextualised sustainability knowledge and practise within the
Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalaya that is evolved in partnership with small
farmers, forest villagers, plantation workers and educational institutions.
Permaculture: DLR Prerna’s philosophy and practice has evolved with permaculture principles and ethics and is woven in our invisible and visible interventions. We have beenoffering the Permaculture Design Courses in the Darjeeling Hills with Rico Zook as the trainer since 2005. Shorter term courses for farmers, community leaders and teachers are being facilitated by the DLR Prerna team in the local language.
6. Platforms, Networks and Partnerships
We believe that our effectiveness, reach and impacts are made
manifold through Platforms, Networks and Partnerships. Our intervention
experiences are transferred to policy landscapes as well as bring solidarity
across the Indian Himalayan Region through the Integrated Mountain Initiative a
platform of elected, bureaucrats and civil societies advocating for mountain
sensitive policies. Our waste interventions are taken forward under the Zero
Waste Himalaya, a pan Himalayan platform of individuals and organisations
promoting principles of zero waste.
** IMPORTANT NOTE **
For further details
Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna,
c/o Hayden Hall Complex,
42 Ladenla Road,
Darjeeling 734 101,
West Bengal, India.
Phone Number: +91 9800869959 (Sailesh
Sharma)
Email: darjeelingprerna@gmail.com saileshkharel@gmail.com rairoshan@gmail.com
NB: **** DLR Prerna and Rico reserves the right to admit candidates to the course.
Full Fee deposit is required to secure your spot in this course.
Registration without deposit will only hold a spot in the course until we are
filled. If you have not deposited the fee by this time your spot will be given
to someone who does make the deposit.
International Candidates please contact Darjeeling Prerna for details.
CANCELLATION POLICY
This course is offered at the lowest possible pricing to make it
accessible to as many people as possible. As such a late cancellation can have
a significant impact on our budget. For this reason we have the following
cancellation policy.
6 weeks or more notice: full refund minus 5% processing fee
4 to 6 weeks notice: refund minus 25%
2 to 4 weeks notice: refund minus 50%
2 weeks or less notice: refund minus 75%
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