Social Permaculture

In September it will be 30 years since Robin and Skye offered their first ‘Advanced Permaculture Creative Teachers Facilitation Course’ as a result of many people asking them how they managed to present a whole 2 week Permaculture Design Course without using lecturing and other non-participatory learning methods. The pair spent the next 12 years or so supporting people to facilitate learning rather than ‘teach as an expert’ and published ‘The Manual for Teaching Permaculture Creatively’ in 1995 to address people’s requests for written documentation of their approach to education. Since the early 2000’s Robin has evolved the bones of this early work with Skye into a Learning methodology called ‘Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning’ and offered it to a broad audience from trained teachers, NVC Practitioners, CD workers through to Art therapists, Healers, Genders workers and also corporate people. View a related post to see some recent testimonials. You can …

The Crystal Waters Community Cooperative hosts PDC’s in the village, traditionally once a year, but now twice a year, in Spring and in Autumn. Robin has hosted, programmed and coordinated the presenter’s team and the catering for the last two courses as well as presenting the majority of sessions. Many other Crystal Waters and Local presenters join her to form a dynamic teaching and facilitation team, including Max Lindegger, Annaliese Hordern, Conor Cran, Jess Steele, Richard Mochelle, Nigel Paratt and several other guest presenters. The course features many practical examples of Permaculture, hands on sessions, Crystal Waters and local permaculture garden tours, theory sessions and a culminating hands-on design exercise that brings all the learning from the intensive two week program to an exciting climax. Dates for the Spring course are 28th August to 11th September All information is on the website here   and have a look at the …

“A Practical, interesting and creatively inspiring course – I learned more applicable skills here than I did in a University Curriculum Design Course!” Jana Sacco – Canada 2019 Director of Terrawisdom Centre and Starfish Synergy Consulting. “I came into the course feeling a bit bored and uninspired by my work. I am leaving feeling totally re-energised and excited about the possibilities to apply what I have learnt. I now feel a clear sense of how I can continue to be more and more effective as a facilitator in a healing environment”. Clare Beverly – Crystal Waters 2020 Mental Health Worker “This course taught me not only how to respond to the learning needs of the group participants but gave me tools to accelerate and enhance my own learning process” Alexander Hugh Frazer – Canada 2019 Permaculture Educator and Landscape Designer “Robin is a national treasure and powerful teacher and elder. …

Robin and Erin are receiving great feedback from the Social Permaculture Weekends they’ve been running for the last few years. It has seemed like a wise decision to offer a second workshop for the year in October on the 8th and 9th given the extent of interest and encouragement. Once again ‘Social Permaculture – for Times of Change’ will be the theme and be explored through offing many creative processes, engauging sessions, immersion in the content in practical ways and an abundance of resources.Email Robin to express interest or to book

Delvin Solkinson’s next awesome publication will be a mega extension of the popular Permaculture Design Deck. This new edition will feature many new cards by Robin Clayfield, Graham Bell and Susan Weed. Robin has contributed heroically to the new edition of this creative resource deck, including sharing a new feature framework that she unpacks in her upcoming book called the ‘Vision Tree’. The Permaculture Design Deck, now 20 years in the making, recently rewritten at sacred places on Delvin and Grace’s Irish honeymoon last September has gone to print at last! You can download the 2018 edition for free or support the initiative by pre-ordering a deck. Here’s the Link.  

Robin’s wonderful creative friend, collaborator, author and documenter extraordinaire Delvin Solkinson recently asked Ben Tour to create an artistic image of her for use in her work and promotions and also for Delvin to use in his eNewsletters, books and promotions. “Thanks so much Delvin, I love it, though it is rather flattering and shows me as a younger woman! I can live with that.” Robin said recently.