northernhord
Active Member
I studied permaculture whilst at ye olde Ruskin College.I remember the first session well, some straggley bloke with long hair and a cheese cloth shirt asked us to sit quietly whilst a simple candle burned in the centre of the table, incence fumes wofted about as we sat in a sniggering silence
Eventually after a week or so of visualisation and benign lateral thinking group workshops the bloke finally started chatting about the practical side of permaculture which mainly consisted of him chatting about growing stuff in his garden.
Due to his wishy washy away with the fairies approach half the people left the course, in the end there was three of us left, he did one more session where he talked about composting and that was that.
I ended buying Paddy Whitefields Earth care manual that provides practical permaculture ideas for temporate climates, a bloody good book, a touch on the pricey side but worth it.
Eventually after a week or so of visualisation and benign lateral thinking group workshops the bloke finally started chatting about the practical side of permaculture which mainly consisted of him chatting about growing stuff in his garden.
Due to his wishy washy away with the fairies approach half the people left the course, in the end there was three of us left, he did one more session where he talked about composting and that was that.
I ended buying Paddy Whitefields Earth care manual that provides practical permaculture ideas for temporate climates, a bloody good book, a touch on the pricey side but worth it.
