Social Permaculture

The next Permaculture Course at Crystal Waters, Queensland! Come join us for our next Permaculture Design Course at Crystal Waters Permaculture Ecovillage for two weeks of immersive and inspiring learning. We are pleased to announce plans to present our upcoming Course – 2nd to 16th August 2026 Permaculture PDC. Permaculture Design Certificate Course Australian Permaculture Course based in Queensland  Robin Clayfield & …

We’re so lucky to have Robina McCurdy visiting Australia to offer some workshops and touring the film she co-produced. Here’s the details… EMPOWERING BIOREGIONAL FOOD SOVEREIGNTY Besides co-facilitating ‘GROWING COMMUNITY – Social Tools for Effective Group Collaboration’ workshop with myself, Robin Clayfield, Robina will be facilitating several workshops on community food systems in NSW, as well as a facilitators training …

Join Robina McCurdy and Robin Clayfield for this rare opportunity to learn about and grow community with two of Permacultures Elders and Pioneers. This Weekend Workshop includes two full days plus Saturday evening activities, a Spring Equinox ceremony early Sunday evening and an optional Pizza Dinner together 5.30pm on Friday 19 Sept (self pay) followed by free entry to the …

Robin’s annual and much appreciated creative teachers, facilitators and group leaders six day residential intensive course will be held from 19th to 24th May and will be a little warmer than the mid-winter course last year. The fire will still be going when needed and the food will be delicious and nutritious as always, when Donna is in the kitchen. …

“Amazing diverse course that has expanded my creative toolbox to facilitate in any scenario. Highly Recommended”. Carl Community Development “Robin’s Dynamic Groups Course is the gold standard in Facilitation education”. Gavin Hardy     “Robin’s many years of experience are on full display in this course. She cracks open the possibilities of what it means to facilitate and teach groups, …

The scheduled March 2024 PDC (Permaculture Design Certificate Course) was postponed till August to make the most of time, resources and numbers of interested people, which included three people from overseas countries. The PDC last August was fantastic and enjoyed by all and this coming August PDC, from 11th to 25th August is promising to be a fantastic learning experience. …

It is said by Futurists that Facilitation skills will be one of the Top 10 skills required in the future. Robin has been training facilitators, teachers and group leaders for 32 years now and after a time, formed up her observations, experiences and thoughts into a Learning Methodology. She’s floated it out into the world with the help of ELFy, …

Robin’s ‘The Vision Tree Planning and Design Framework’ which will be a whole chapter in her upcoming book ‘Dynamic Teaching and Facilitation’ will most likely be featured as an article in the UK ‘Permaculture Magazine’ sometime through the middle of this year. Delvin Solkinson from Canada and ‘Visionary Permaculture’ encouraged the article and drafted the first version and after slight …