WHY MUMS MAKE AMAZING PERMACULTURE TEACHERS!

Mums are naturals at creating conditions for people to thrive - holding diversity, listening, noticing, uncovering possibilities, helping others find solutions, connecting, paying attention to patterns and details, creatively adapting to change, weaving together multiple interests and needs, uplifting others, gathering and sharing inspiration, offering diverse learning opportunities, hosting gatherings, being in conversation with local community, nurturing resilience and well-being, tending to relationships, holding safe spaces, caring for the future, and just simply making things happen with what’s in front of you.

These are ALSO qualities of amazing permaculture educators - not just for children, but for all kinds of groups.

That’s why I am focussing this interactive masterclass on mums as permaculture educators - how mums and permaculture teaching go together beautifully, and invite you to explore together with me and ask your questions.

[Yes of course, I know others can also be great permaculture teachers :-) but I’m sharing here specifically from what I have experienced as a mum and in the company of other mums around the world, and it is not something I’ve seen much attention paid to.]

Every week I get so many beautiful emails from people, particularly early to mid-career women, searching genuinely for advice for a different way forward - a way to live and work in balance, and with deep love and care for the planet and family simultaneously. Here’s a snippet of a lovely letter I received this week.

"...I have been meaning to reach out to you for a while … I am making a difference to a certain extent in my work...but I would like to do SO MUCH MORE and what you have done on your journey resonates with what I'd like to do, especially now that I also have 2 little ones. I both want to be the best mum to them whilst doing my best to help the planet."

How can we design fabulous permaculture education programs that foreground the incredible qualities and skills of mothers, create an income and simultaneously make space for being a mum?

MASTERCLASS HOST: MORAG GAMBLE

MORAG GAMBLE is a mum of three children (now 18,16,11) who thoroughly enjoys family and community life in her hand-built ecovillage home surrounded by permaculture forage gardens on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi country. She’s been a permaculture educator for 30 years.

Morag is the founder and director of the Permaculture Education Institute - teaching permaculture teachers on six continents. She is an international permaculture ambassador, speaker and trust-based philanthropist. She hosts free monthly Permaculture Film screenings and Permaculture Masterclasses, shares permaculture abundantly through her blog and YouTube - Our Permaculture Life, and speaks with leading ecological thinkers and doers on her podcast Sense-Making in a Changing World. Morag leads the Ethos Foundation - a permaculture charity supporting refugee women and youth to access free localised permaculture education and resources. Morag co-founded Permayouth with her daughter, and together they lead the Ethos Fellowship - a permaculture and systems thinking program for 16-25 year olds.

Morag Gamble, featured in James’ book, is an award-winning permaculture educator, ambassador, film club host, podcaster, YouTuber, writer, avid permaculture gardener and local food advocate, and founder/director of the Permaculture Education Institute teaching permaculture teachers and designers around the world from her ecovillage home on Gubbi Gubbi country.

ABOUT THE PERMACULTURE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

The Permaculture Education Institute, offers world-class permaculture teacher education online, sponsors the global Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast, hosts regular international conversations through the permaculture film club, permaculture masterclasses series, and programs such as Permayouth, Ethos Fellowship. The Institute collaborates widely with many thought-leaders and organisations contributing collectively to a re-imagining and activation of possible futures.

BECOME A PERMACULTURE TEACHER

OPTION 1: Permaculture Educators Program - lifetime access, start anytime

The Permaculture Educators Program combines globally recognised permaculture design (PDC) and teaching certificates, connects you in a global learning community, offers more than 80 drop-in sessions each year, and permaculture enterprise support to create a permaculture life and livelihood.

OPTION 2: TEACH Permaculture starts 30 September

Our TEACH Permaculture course is a 5-week online permaculture teachers certificate course. This internationally-attended online program that has helped to successfully launch many people's permaculture teaching careers, and puts you in touch with a global community of support.

In both courses we work with you to design a permaculture education program that brings your experience and background together with permaculture in ways that are locally relevant, and make sense to the people you want to share permaculture with. You will be guided to shape your own unique permaculture course offering, but you don't have to start from scratch. We'll share all kinds of examples and curriculum that you can tap into, copy and adapt. (We've been doing this for decades).

THIS IS A ‘PAY WHAT YOU CAN’ EVENT

While Morag's Masterclasses are free events, we do warmly welcome your generous donation. We always send 100% of all donations received via our registered charity, Ethos Foundation. Any donation received from this event will go towards youth-led permaculture projects in refugee and village communities on the front-lines of the climate and ecological crises.

MORAG'S PERMACULTURE MASTERCLASS SERIES

Throughout the year, Morag hosts many permaculture masterclasses on a wide range of themes relating to permaculture education and design, and how to craft an ethical livelihood in permaculture education. You can catch up on some previous masterclasses here.