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People Care PDC (Permaculture Design Course) “Most permaculturists are expert at understanding the relationships between landforms

and water harvesting or between soil microorganisms and plant health.

But when it comes to our human relationships, we often founder. Nurturing the vegetables in the garden is a lot easier than nurturing our connections to the people

who decide where to plant the vegetables and who will water them.”

― Juliana Birnbaum Fox, Sustainable Revolution: Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms, and Communities Worldwide

2015, 14. - 28. 10

Serbia

Becoming human is the cradle for sustainable living We increasingly recognize the vital

role of a healthy community in

addition to raising awareness of the

sustainable ecosystem. From our

perspective, nowadays social systems

need the same attention as the

ecosystem. The importance of effective

interpersonal connections and also the

relationship of the individual to him/

herself is obvious.

People Care PDC is devoted to facing

the social demands of our time

creatively and it offers practical

impetus to dealing with interpersonal

challenges both in the private and

professional environment. This is the

core for a healthy and supportive

community life in accordance with the

planet.  

In this course permaculture tools and

principles that are usually used for

ecodesign will be used for designing

social system.  Practical exercises and

examples will help us to analyse and

strengthen the communication and

well-being within the community. The

course offers tools for communication,

conflict resolution, decision-making

processes, organic planning and

development processes.   The aim of

the course is to prepare and qualify the

participants for supporting and

developing their social environment in

communities, relationships, work and

project teams, schools or in their

families. The learning journey we are

travelling includes clarification and

purification of personal world-views

and develops  sensitivity. The learning

happens in a community what makes

the learning journey easier, deeper

and more joyful.  

We are looking forward to starting the

journey of discovery with you.

Ulrike & Tomislav

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Course content:

The course will be practically oriented and include theoretical reflections as well. Besides learning permaculture design the main focus will be on creating social system within the groups that supports learning and personal growth as well as community building. This will help us to understand group dynamics, blockages and possibilities to resolve conflicts, improve decision making strategies and to evolve collective intelligence.

The course includes I) the basics of Permaculture

• History of permaculture and its role in today's society

• Permaculture ethics and principles

• Basic Permaculture design for ecosystems (permaculture and its connection to ecosystems)

• Development and implementation of concrete designs for an ecosystem (for example garden, compost, animals, water)

II) Methods and practices for strengthening the social systems

• Preparation of social design according to the permaculture design tools (zoning, resource analysis, flows…).

• Making a personal design, design for a relationship, design for smaller and bigger groups

• Developing a strategy and ethics for implementation.

• Monitoring: analysis of results and preparation of the closure phase as well as the preparation for the start of a new cycle.

• Designing sustainability in a social system

• Disaster Design: How do you prepare for a collapse of the social system or

what can we do in the present time? What can we do for the future and how can we do it?

• Personal permaculture design: How can I recognize and use what is available to reach the best possible with lowest energy consumption and least impact on environment?

• Use of collective intelligence.

• Kung Fu of modern communication (don’t fight, create synergy).

• Dragon Dreaming Project Design: Introduction, dynamics and directions of social energies - Develop and implement a Dragon Dreaming Project Designs

• Sociocracy: effective group decision-making and integration of different aspects and opinions

• Overcoming blockages in projects and conflicts in teams.

…and more based on participants’

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«Permaculture means to create paradise»

- Beate Rölli -

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The basic daily structure:

8:00 - 8:30 body work/ meditation

8:30 - 9:00 breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 silence/preparation

9:30 - 10:00 philosophical input & check-in

10:00 - 10:15 theoretical input

10:15 - 11:00 work in groups

11:00 - 11:30 pause

11:30 - 12:20 presentation/discussion/supplement

12:20 - 12:45 exercise, group experience

12:45 - 13:00 check-out

13:00 - 15:00 lunch

15:00 - 17:00 group task

17:00 - 17:30 break

17:30 - 17:50 transfer to wider dimension (global/planetary)

17:50 - 18:30 reflection, learning feedback, integration

18:30 - 19:30 dinner

19:30 - 20:30 work on the daily protocol (3 people a day)

20:30 - 22:00 celebration

The workshop design balances theory and practise, individual and group work as well as body and mind learning experiences. We will use teaching and learning skills that are inspired by the famous Russian Tekos school.

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Basic timetable:

14th - 20th- basic of Permaculture

• Arriving on Wednesday, 14th by 18.00: dinner and introduction, evening by the fire.

• Thursday-Sunday: Introduction to permaculture through creating concrete design on the venue, including everyone's learning needs. We will discover permaculture principles and learn how to use permaculture design tools. We will step into the organic world-view and challenge our mind-set as whilst “playing” with the basics of permaculture design.

• Monday morning we will have a middle evaluation process to harvest the achieved work, give space to unexpressed emotions and withheld thoughts (connected to the course and the group:).  There will be also time to practice gratitude to nourish and care for the common being - our group. Free time after lunch will be perfect time to make long phone call to your mum and prepare for a big celebration in the evening (bring your musical instruments, traditional food specialties, sketch props…).

20th - 28th permaculture social design (analysis, tools, development and practical application)

• Tuesday 20th –start with the "Dream Circle" (a tool for harvesting energy

and collective intelligence of all group Members and finding common direction) for the rest of the PDC. We will get into the group designing and implementation of group till Friday evening.

• Saturday 24th – course update (short evaluation process). Free time after early lunch to cool down your brain and hearts for the final round.

• Sunday – the grand finale with all necessary tips for successful adaptation back in the normal life. The end takes place with a compost hug at 17.00 on Wednesday 28th.

All participants will get a 72h PDC certificate as well as a certificat for the Dragon Dreaming Introduction.

Course Registration The course will take place from October 14th to 28th in Serbia. (We will announce the place of the venue as soon as possible)

The workshop language is Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian with English translation. Or the other way around.

The course fee 550€. The fee includes room and board.

Participants from Eastern Europe will be ask for 380€

Participants from former Yugoslavia’s participants will be asked to pay the reduced 190 €

After registration you will be asked to pay 100€ / 50€ for securing your place. Please let us know, if you are not able to pay the Course fee. We are willing to find a solution with you.

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Workshop leader: Tomislav Gjerkeš ( Dipl. Physicist, Dipl. Permaculture Designer , Dragon Dreaming Trainer ) and Ulrike Reimann ( Dipl. Educator, Trainer for Nonviolent Communication and Dragon Dreaming )

Registration will is open until 15.09.2015  or to 20 participants. If you are interested please fill up the registration form before September 15th For more information do not hesitate to contact us.

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Organized by: Supported by:

MikrokozmosTomislav Gjerkeš s.p.www.mikrokozmos.si

EmotionskulturUlrike Reimann

www.emotionskultur.de

http://permaculture.rs