[FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: [ipc9support] You Tube Permaculture in Schools: Food & Trees for Africa Celebration 2007 South Africa

[ethan roland]

incredible work in africa -- anyone else thinking of going to the
international convergence (www.ipcon.org) next year?

love,
ethan

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uADS8x-XinU

Food and Trees For Africa (FTFA)www.trees.org.za (Permaculture Organization
in South Africa ) and Woolworths Trust EduPlant Celebration of Permaculture
School Gardens 2007 in South Africa
Schools food gardening and greening programme that promotes and supports
schools in the growing of good food using resource-efficient Permaculture
techniques

Press release in 2007 about the program

Woolworths Trust EduPlant 2007 Launches With Permaculture Workshops
 With threats of global climate change looming large, the challenges of
sustainable living will top many an agenda in 2007.  Woolworths Trust
EduPlant launches its 2007 programme with a series of free, empowering
workshops that will help educators to create food-rich, sustainable
environments at South African schools.



Co-ordinated by Food and Trees For Africa (FTFA), Woolworths Trust EduPlant
in association with the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Landcare
SA and SABC Education, is the leading schools food gardening and greening
programme that promotes and supports schools in the growing of good food
using resource-efficient permaculture techniques.



Through their participation in EduPlant, thousands of schools across the
country have become champions of community development; promoting food
security, improved nutrition and self-reliance.  Last year, more than 380
schools participated in the Woolworths Trust EduPlant programme.  Each year,
Woolworths Trust EduPlant starts out by holding free one-day workshops in
all nine provinces.  All interested educators are encouraged to attend.



As many a South African educator can attest to, Woolworths Trust EduPlant
workshops are inspiring and enjoyable events.  Group interaction and
experiential exercises are used to create a fun and meaningful learning
environment.  Educators learn all about world-renowned permaculture ethics
and techniques.  Permaculture is a valuable system of
environmentally-friendly gardening and farming, design-driven to mirror the
healthy patterns of Nature's own eco-systems.  Workshop topics include water
harvesting, soil improvement, natural resource mapping, recycling design as
well as how to involve learners in the school's living, learning laboratory.



During the year, motivated teachers are supported in their efforts to design
and create improved, sustainable, food-rich school environments.  They then
enter their school gardens into the annual Woolworths Trust EduPlant
competition where they could participate in the exciting finals event and
win prizes.



In 2007, EduPlant also celebrates the announcement by the Woolworths Trust
that it will continue as the major sponsor through to 2010.  Chairman of the
Woolworths Trust, Mr Brian Frost says: "Long-term commitment is important to
sustain a programme such as EduPlant where the benefits to schools accrue
year after year. At the entry level, Woolworths Trust EduPlant helps schools
to improve the nutrition of hungry learners and to enhance and protect the
school's physical environment.  However, the benefits of EduPlant are
far-reaching and ever-increasing.  We look forward now to the 2007
Woolworths Trust EduPlant programme with the aim of empowering more and more
South African learners and educators."



A key strength is that Woolworths Trust EduPlant gives people the knowledge
and skills that enable them to grow their own good food, to comprehend the
interdependence of natural systems, to care well for their environment and
to share their food gardening expertise with their communities.   Many of
the educators who participate in the programme become 'champions' of food
security in their communities by teaching other schools and community groups
how to grow their own permaculture gardens.  The schools themselves become
hubs of environmental awareness, sustainable living and nutritional
knowledge, as well as resources of good food.  They play an important role
in promoting self-reliance and home-grown sustainable development, thereby
increasing their community's confidence and capacity to drive their own
development.



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