This course will run over 2 days, Saturday 13th November and Sunday 14th November 2010 from 9.30am to 5pm. The course will introduce the basics of permaculture design and show how this approach can be applied.The first day will be at Stanmer Park.The second day will either be at Stanmer Park or another location within 15 miles of Brighton, travel and lift sharing will be arranged on the first day.

The course will be led by Pippa Johns, a permaculture teacher and designer who runs Edible Gardens plant nursery and design consultancy. She will be assisted by various other teachers.

The course is open to anyone over the age of 16. No prior knowledge of permaculture is needed.

This course will offer information about, and some hands-on experience of, the basics of permaculture design; designing for sustainability in all walks of life. Whether your interest is gardening, farming, planning, building homes, community work, economic regeneration, business or green lifestyles, the application of Permaculture principles empowers you to make a positive contribution towards a sustainable future. The course will enable you to apply permaculture principles in your individual circumstance to help move towards sustainability.

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Film showing as part of Green Architecture Day hosted by the Permaculture Trust.

This 50-minute film tells the poetic tale of nine families as they create beautiful natural homes and plentiful gardens from sheep-grazed soil in Wales. In the face of legal battles and local hostility, they live with an ongoing pressure meet their targets and show success for the UK's first planned ecoVillage, Lammas.

Under a new planning directive, Pembrokeshire Local Authority released Policy 52 - which allowed for low impact development under certain strict rulings: houses built from sustainable resources and residents to glean 75% of their household needs from the land. The essence of this story is a desperate need to access affordable housing and to renew our relationship to the land.

£5 per ticket.

Sallis Benney Theatre
University of Brighton
Grand Parade Building
Brighton BN2 0JY

Saturday 27 April 2013
6:00 - 6:50 pm