PERMACULTURE FILM CLUB: Coral Gardeners

ABOUT THE FILM

Thanks to a changing global climate, warming ocean temperatures and acidification, coral reefs around the world are dying. Fast. It's projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that if we don't rescue them now, 90% of the planet's reefs will disappear by 2050.

In island nations like the Maldives, reef systems built over millions of years are essential for protection, food and income. "If we don't save the corals now, we're talking the death of a nation," says Maldives Environmental Minister Aminath Shauna.

Finding ways to preserve and regrow coral reefs has become an emergency for many throughout the chain of 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean.

"We've already fooled with Mother Nature and look how the planet has responded," says former President Mohamed Nasheed. "Everything is more: the winds are stronger, the waves are higher, the droughts are longer, the sun is hotter and the coral are dying."

COST

Thanks to the sponsorship of the Permaculture Education Institute, all tickets are FREE, but we warmly invite you to donate generously to support fair share permaculture in refugee settlements led by and for women and youth - regenerating soils and food systems. Your donation goes 100% directly to the people leading this project with free mentorship from Morag and the Institute.

HOST: MORAG GAMBLE, PERMACULTURE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

ABOUT MORAG GAMBLE

Morag Gamble is the founder of the Permaculture Education Institute teaching permaculture educators and designers on six continents. She has lived for a quarter of a century in an award-winning ecovillage. Morag has also created Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast, and the Our Permaculture Life BLOG and YouTube collectively viewed millions of times. She hosted the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas. Morag also hosts the Ethos Fellowship alongside Schumacher College Fellow, Fritjof Capra, and Ethos Foundation - a registered charity offering free permaculture education for refugees.

ABOUT THE SPONSOR

Permaculture Education Institute, based at Crystal Waters Ecovillage on Gubbi Gubbi country, offers programs to support people worldwide to become teachers and leaders of permaculture programs and to activate permaculture communities. The Institute hosts regular global conversations exploring one-planet living and earth restoration - through film, podcasts, masterclasses, discussion forums, and many courses. 

Here's our top 4 courses:

1. The all-inclusive Permaculture Educators Program is an in-depth online course and global learning community - for beginners to advanced practitioners - combining the Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) and Permaculture Teacher Certificate, plus permaculture business modules. Start anytime. 
2. TEACH Permaculture - 5 week advanced permaculture course in teaching permaculture 
3. Our foundational yearlong online Permaculture Design Course - will help you to create an amazing design for a place of your choice. Start anytime.
4. The Incredible Edible Garden is our self-paced 6-module online permaculture gardening course. Start anytime.