NEWS FROM CIP What have we been up to? Our lovely CiP team had a 2nd transnational meeting in the middle of September, straight after the European Permaculture Convergence. Placed on a hillside above lake Bolsena we were enjoying magnificent views and impressive thunderstorms while discussing progress of work in our project. We were […]
NEWS FROM C.I.P. Now you can download our Resources Survey of Resources The Children in Permaculture (CiP) team are happy to share our “Survey of Resources” published online and freely accessible for all. The Survey of Resources is a very thorough review of existing resources of appropriate content about engaging children in permaculture. It reviews […]
Growing up in a small town in the Southern US, I would spend all day outdoors. Our house was next to hundreds of acres of corn and, beyond that, dense forests. My parents would give me a machete and tell me to be home by dinner. Sometimes I would be gone for 8, 10, even 12 hours. […]
Janet Millington is the co-author of the book Outdoor Classrooms that is coming together with Carolyn Nuttall in May 2016 to Europe to hold a series of workshops on how to engage children in permaculture. Where do you see the highest value of permaculture? Permaculture has gathered together, trialed, refined, and improved practices that can […]
As the CIP team is always busy working on many many things at the same time, it’s no wonder that in the beginning of April, while the Survey of Resources was being polished ready to be published online, we were also developing the forthcoming intellectual outputs – case studies and curricula with associated session plans, […]
The Children in Permaculture- CiP project team participated in the European Permaculture Convergence in Bolsena, Italy from September 7th to 11th 2016. Within the inspiring and extensive program of the EuPC, the CiP team took care of the children’s area, a safe space where every morning the youngest EuPC’s guests could spend their time having […]
Dear friends and supporters of the Children in Permaculture Project, It is with great joy and gratitude to share with you the news that the Children in Permaculture Project has officially received funding from Erasmus +. The seeds of a dream that were planted 3 years ago are finally sprouting and it is happening with […]
Interview between Joe Atkinson(Permaculture Association Britain) and Lusi Alderslowe (Children in Permaculture) J: Who came up with the idea for the project and how?? L: Thanks to your European Permaculture Teachers (EPT) project which delivered excellent resources and connected people from different countries in inspirational ways… But, participants recognised that the EPT did not […]
The Children in Permaculture (CiP) team are happy to share our “Survey of Resources” published online and freely accessible for all. The Survey of Resources is a very thorough review of existing resources of appropriate content about engaging children in permaculture. It reviews 316 resources (books, films, websites, lesson plans etc) in 5 languages, including […]
We are happy to announce that the CiP team and other participants have successfully finished the international course to train permaculture educators to introduce permaculture into schools and promote it as a community solution. The course was led by the authors of the book ‘Outdoor Classrooms: A Handbook for School Gardens’, Janet Millington and Carolyn […]
