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Connections |
The web of life |
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Stay overnight in the wood to get deeper connections to nature and each other. |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Experiment with growing seeds: compare seeds which are given most their needs but no water, to one which has no sun, or air, or if a seed has all it's needs met. |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Explore how all living things depend on the sun, water, soil, air, and other plants, animals, fungi and bacteria to live, through matching cards with the different elements drawn on them. |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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List all the inputs and the outputs for a common plant or animal (different groups could take different plants/animals), get creative, see how many inputs/outputs you can list. Draw the connections with other plants and animals, can you draw it into a closed loop system where all the outputs become inputs for something else? |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Think about how all living things are connected: e.g. through eating, excreting, breathing. |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Feel that everything has it's place and purpose in the world by doing the web of life activity. |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Experience a natural system (e.g. a native woodland) whilst blindfolded, how many different bird songs can you catch? How many different species can you feel/smell/hear? |
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Connections |
The web of life |
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Connect to your own impact on the rest of the Earth by celebrating the great things you already do. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture principles (Mollison's and/or Holmgren's) |
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Discover that permaculture is based on principles that help guide our action so that we can meet our needs in a way that sustains life for us and other species. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture principles (Mollison's and/or Holmgren's) |
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At the end of an activity children can give and receive feedback, and think how it can be better next time. |
