Welcome to the Children in Permaculture Activities section
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Holistic Planning

Theme:
A. Introducing permaculture
B. Living nature
C. Design
D. Growing food
E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture
Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
Hands
Heart
Head
Age:
3-6
7-12

Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Preparing food Helping to prepare food and eating together Learn about ancient traditions of food where you live - what did people eat before there were shops with food from all over the world?
Preparing food Helping to prepare food and eating together Find out about how far your food travels before you eat it (go to a supermarket and find out the countries where the ingredients for a meal came from) calculate how many miles were in your meal.
Preparing food Helping to prepare food and eating together Learn how to read a recipe by practicing together.
Preparing food Helping to prepare food and eating together Identify less common vegetables and fruits available in the local environment, including ones which grow wildly e.g. nettles, cuckoo flower, etc.
Buildings Homes See different types of animals and their ways of making shelters/homes.
Buildings Homes Build homes for fairies and/or animals using natural materials (sticks, stones, etc.)
Buildings Homes ip ins
Buildings Homes Think about what would make a home or bug hotel cosy and lovely for the inhabitants - thinking about the aesthetics.
Buildings Homes Find out what kind of different homes animals and people need.
Air How climate affects habitats and cultures Visit a greenhouse (e.g. in a botanic garden) and notice the differences/ similarities between the different climates created.
Air How climate affects habitats and cultures Design a home for people or an animal that takes into account the climatic effects of a particular region.
Air How climate affects habitats and cultures Learn appropriate design for the major climatic regions of the world (food, lifestyle, building, disasters).
Air How climate affects habitats and cultures Find out about the causes and effects of climate change.
Air How climate affects habitats and cultures Find out about the diversity of climates around the world and the different biotopes.
Air How climate affects habitats and cultures Participate in a talking circle in which everyone expresses how they feel about the impacts of humans on the climate.
Air How climate affects habitats and cultures Write about a climate and imagine what it feels like, e.g. "I am a desert, I am hot and dry. The winds blow and whip up my sands."
Design Implementation: making it happen See an implementation plan and experience how following it can help get things done (e.g. implementing an anti-bullying policy prepared by children).
Design Implementation: making it happen Be involved in the implementation of their design (e.g. collecting materials, creating a garden, hosting a party, organising an event).
Design Implementation: making it happen Meet regularly to celebrate tasks completed.
Design Implementation: making it happen Create a colourful implementation plan together with interesting and fun names which shows all the information needed to get things done: tasks, timeline, roles, work flows (whether 1 thing needs done before another) and ask who would be passionate about doing them.

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