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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Clean up after themselves indoors and outdoors (e.g. leave no trace). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Help to grow food in a garden. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Think about and discuss the world from the point of view of plants, animals and other creatures that share our world and like us, also want to be safe, healthy and happy. Ask an open-ended question such as "What does this plant need or like?". |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Connect with people and nature emphatically through conversation and open-ended questions e.g. "How can we make the tree happy and safe?" "How can we share our harvest with other people and wildlife?" |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Participate in daily routines around sharing with nature: e.g. offering scraps to the compost, thanking the earth and people that prepared our food; sharing fruits and saving the seeds. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Hear stories about nature's abundance and seasonal traditions/rituals celebrating the earth. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Sing about the Earth, sharing and permaculture (eh. "Permaculture ethics song", "Come see the apple tree). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Look for good examples of Earth Care, People Care, and/or Fair Share (e.g. in a garden/design) |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Use the permaculture ethics to make a decision (e.g. "which option is more Earth Care?"). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Make a chart and track examples of People Care, Earth Care, Fair Share over a week. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Make a poster or collage with examples of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share using 3 overlapping circles (Venn diagram). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Make a repairs cafe - to bring broken things to repair together (bikes, books, toys) instead of throwing away - to make the resources last longer. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Practice taking care of another person for a day. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Reflect on how behaviour can demonstrate the permaculture ethics (e.g. discuss "How did we do today in terms of people care?"). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Recite or create poems together about caring and sharing. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Learn about Earth Care by discussing specific examples of taking care of nature and creating a healthy environment for all. Practice applying this ethic to hypothetical situations. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Learn about People Care by discussing specific examples of taking care of yourself and other people and applying this ethic to hypothetical situations. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Learn about "Fair share" by discussing specific examples and experiences of sharing fairly and redistributing any surplus back to Earth care and People care. Prepare hypothetical situations and simulations to apply this ethic in practice. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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Play a simulation game: Divide the group into Earth protectors, People protectors and the Fair Share Mediators - then give different situations - "we want to build a new dam"; each group gives their point of view, and the "Fair Share" Mediators try to find a win-win solution that both sides are happy with. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
The permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share. |
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See the permaculture ethics expressed in 3 overlapping circles (Venn diagram) and discuss some actions which could be in the middle i.e. meet all 3 ethics (e.g. growing food is Earth care because there's less transport, and People care because the food is fresh and chemical-free, and Fair Share because we aren't taking resources from elsewhere). |
