Presentation given to RW Traip Academy April 2013 to explore participatory design and permaculture curriculum.

1. Permaculture
Chat
Traip
Academy
&
The
Resilience
Hub
Designers
April 29, 2013

2. Talking Points
Who we are
Permaculture
What this site could be?
The Possibilities
Whole system
Curriculum
Intern Program
Best Leverage Point
Next Steps

3. Who we are:
Julie McLeod
Experiential educator,
gardener, permaculture
designer, organic farm/CSA
worker
Stowell Watters
Farm educator, farmer, artist,
permaculture designer
Rachel Lyn Rumson
Action-based Service-learning
educator, facilitator, process
consultant, gardener,
permaculture designer

4. Julie McLeod
Stowell Watters
Rachel Lyn Rumson

5. Permaculture
Permaculture: a definition
"Permanent- Culture"
Permanent Agriculture
Social permaculture:
building community
re-localization
capacity building
participatory structures
sharing design process with all
stakeholders...
Applied Ecology
Eco literacy

6. Permaculture
Ethics, Principles
elements of Design

7. Design
Permaculture is a design process:
1. Pre-work
Initial goal setting
Research
Base maps
2. Site work
Observation and data
gathering
3. Assessment and Analysis
Assets/Challenges
Niche analysis
4. Design Creation
Drafting design elements
Finalizing Design
5. Implementing design
6. Repeat

8. Tool for Design:
Niche Analysis

10. What could this
become?

11. Possibilities
Conversation
What could this spot become?
An engine of relevance. RL
Homestead v. High School
If I get dirty, I am learning. JM
• Experiences of choice to engage
with the land make deep internal
impacts
Squash Blossom Pizza! - SW
When you’re involved in the
design process, and
implementing there is a sense
of ownership that emerges.

12. Participatory Design
Large scale whole system engagement
Traip Level
Multi
stakeholder
input
Community
Development
Change
management

13. Design Process

14. The Integrative &
Collaborative…

15. 3 factors of Change
Technical
Political
Cultural

16. Methods of
Participatory Design
World Café
Open Space
Data collection strategies
Interviews
Surveys
Research
Conversation Café
Co-visioning

17. Permaculture Design

19. Curriculum
Design
“What is important is that children have an
opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn
to love it, before being asked to heal it’s wounds.”
- David Sobel

20. Permaculture Design
Course

22. UMASS ¼ Acre

23. Curriculum Design
Experiential
Place Based
Service Learning

24. Internship
program

25. Internship program
Mentors with their own
designs
Tinker and learn

26. Next Steps
The key to future funding is a
good design and thorough plan
of action, purpose and goals
The Resilience Hub
Designers Whole system
Consulting designers/
advocates
Curriculum Design
Consulting
educators/advocates
Internship
Guest Speaker/ advocates

27. Niche Analysis:
Traip Academy

28. Partnership Roles
Sponsors
Decide when changes will happen
and provide reinforcement
Create an environment so change is
made on time and within budget
Change Agents
Responsible for making the change
and executing plans effectively
Targets
Those who must change or
accommodate the change being made
Advocates
Can recommend ideas but do not
have the power to sanction them

29. Advocates need
Sponsors support
A good sponsor must have:
the power
pain (discomfort with the status quo),
vision
resources
the long view
sensitivity
scope
a public role
a private role
consequence management
techniques
monitoring plans
a willingness to sacrifice
persistence

30. Consulting
Process
Entry and Contacting
Discovery and Dialogue
Analysis and Decision to
Act
Engagement and
Implementation
Extension, Recycle or
Termination

31. Resources
Dave Holmgren - Elder
http://permacultureprinciple
s.com/
U Mass permaculture
gardens
Public Schools Best
Practices
New England Grassroots
Environment Fund
David Sobel – Educator
Place Based Education