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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Sing songs about permaculture and caring for the Earth. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Make a photo collage that shows the difference between monoculture and permaculture. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Make posters or collages about permaculture. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Play a game which explains what permaculture is. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Go on a tour which explains how permaculture is demonstrated in that particular place. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Spend time in a aquaculture-inspired garden, touching, tasting, smelling the plants and animals (as appropriate). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Learn that a permaculture garden can provide clean and healthy food. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Explore the idea that when you work with nature, it can take less energy. For example, after experiencing two different ways to collect water (e.g. one involving carrying a watering up a hill, and the other allowing it to flow down the hill to where you want it). A discussion can help children to think about how to work with the natural flow of water. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Discuss t the difference between want and need. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Learn that permaculture is a way of looking at the world which helps people to live sustainable and express it in their own words. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Understand what the words "ethic" and "principle" mean. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Give thanks for the natural materials you use, ask permission to take the materials from nature, the tree, the riverbed etc. and promise to use them wisely. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Role play a life cycle of beings and things - growth, death and decay e.g. plants, plastic item. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Experiment with filtering water with different materials (e.g. Galium aparine). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create a repair cafe with families repairing together, e.g. bicycles, toys etc. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Put food waste into the compost bin. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create a simple work (e.g. art) with recycled materials e.g. instruments for a sound garden. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Feel the need for a nice clean (unpolluted) planet, e.g. through story or song. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Observe how waste can be reused. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create ways to exchange toys e.g. in a lottery or gift exchange. |
