May 2021 – Children in Permaculture

CiP Partnership with Local Authority to Support Outdoor Learning

Children in Permaculture Trainers in Scotland have been working with the Education and Learning Directorate in Dumfries & Galloway Council, to support primary school teachers throughout the region to take their learning outdoors. As with all good permaculture designs, we started with Survey: We sent a survey to all 600 primary school staff and received […]

Children and Food Forests in a University in the Netherlands

Located in a small town in the Netherlands, where agricultural higher education and rural life meet, is the Droevendaal Food Forest, an experimental food forest (or forest garden as some call it) on the campus of Wageningen University. It’s a fascinating place, not in the least because of the complexity of relations it addresses, and […]