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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Touch, smell, feel and see different materials (e.g. wool, cotton, hemp, bamboo). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Learn some basic crafts (e.g. French knitting). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Model clay (preferably harvested locally). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Happa Zome/ textile imprinting. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Listen to folk stories about traditional crafts. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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See and touch different hand crafts made from different materials. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Create and decorate clothes (e.g. sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Make useful items out of wood, through sawing, carving, hand-drilling, pyrography etc. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Make useful items from clay. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Celebrate and exhibit handcrafts. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe how different types of plants grow well in different places depending on the available sun, space, water, heat, nutrients etc. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Spot local plants which are poisonous, harmful and/or edible. This can turn into a (hand) game 'Everyone run and stand next to a poisonous plant' or 'Everyone touch an oak tree'. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe and identify different types of seeds. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe how a garden inspired by permaculture is different from other styles of gardening. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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See how mushrooms grow on logs. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Forage for wild plants we can eat in the local area. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Spot some of the elements in a permaculture garden e.g. mixed species planting, mulched beds, curved paths, water storage, companion planting. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Grow food in polycultures. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Make a new baby plant from a parent plant (taking cuttings). |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Collect vegetable/fruit seeds and store them for the winter and/or share with your family or friends. |