Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning Dynamic Courses, Books, Resources and Tours for Healthy Groups, People and Culture with Robin Clayfield

Hello Wonderful Community and Heart Centred Practitioners. Many of you know the core work Robin offers in the world. As well as Permaculture, her key focus and offering is the ‘Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning’ courses, workshops, writings and educational resources. She feels very strongly that to support our world, our communities and positive change in education, the environment, social and political challenges etc we need people who are well skilled and trained in facilitation and group work. Groups form the basis of much positive action and community building. Education creates the backbone of new foundations and for learning a positive, peaceful and powerful way forward for our children, youth and also adults needing more tools, ideas and purpose. If our groups are well facilitated and work easily together, they are more effective at meeting their purpose and everything works out better for everyone, including all the people who benefit from …

It’s time for Robin’s annual Creative Facilitation and Teacher Training course at her home community of Crystal Waters. Last year’s ‘Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning’ training saw three people turn around in transit to the course as the threat of COVID started to lock down the whole country. Robin with Donna, the fantastic cook for the course, had done all the shopping for the catering and the remaining nine people managed to arrive so a group of 12 people went into a bubble for the week, emerging to a world where even going shopping was a challenge. Everyone enjoyed the course very much and got heaps out of it in terms of skills, knowledge and confidence to take home… and they all got home safely. This year we’ll see one of those people who had to turn around in transit, midflight, to return to the north of WA last year, make …

MARCH 2021 Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning With Robin Clayfield 21st to 26th March 6 Day Creative Facilitators, Teachers and Group Leadership Training at Crystal Waters Permaculture Village. South East Queensland. Residential Course, Fully catered. See the FaceBook event invite for more information and current updates. Here’s the poster… APRIL 2021 Community Gardens and Permaculture Festival at and by Northey Street City Farm Sunday 11th April Part of APC (Australasian Permaculture Convergence) All day with workshops Here’s the website link APC (Australasian Permaculture Convergence) Hosted by Northey Street City Farm 12th to 15th April at Redlands Bay Here’s the website link Northern Tour of Sunshine Coast Permaculture Places – Crystal Waters, Green Harvest and Yandina Community Garden plus Noosa Permaculture sites as part of APC Organised by Robin and others. 15th to 18th April Stay tuned to the Pre and Post APC Courses and Tour page of the website for details. It’s about to …

Crystal Waters Eco Village has established its reputation as an important centre for Permaculture here in South East Queensland with its history going back over 32 years. Robin Clayfield and Crystal Waters Community Cooperative will host a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) from 8th to 22nd August, 2021 with many Crystal Waters and other local Permaculture teachers, facilitators and guest presenters. Bruce Gibson is the Organiser of the overall logistics, website, bookings and admin for this annual course which is a fund raiser for the Community Cooperative and its village enhancing facilities. The 2021 Course will be the first one where Robin has organized the program, presenters and kitchen goodness, having been a Special Guest in past Co Op Courses led by Max Lindegger and Bruce. Max wanted to start his own courses again and Robin, having presented over 30 PDC some years ago, put her hand up to carry on …

Australasian Permaculture Convergence 2021Celebrating Nature’s AbundanceMonday 12 April to Thursday 15 April 2021at Camp Kindilan, Redland Bay, Queensland. The 2020 Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC) was postponed to April 2021 due to the COVID19 pandemic. The program will be kept as close as possible to the one planned for last year but with necessary changes. The APC is a biennial gathering of permaculture people from around the country and the Asia Pacific region. All people with an interest in permaculture and regenerative development are invited to join for four days of workshops, hands-on activities and discussions on how we can both celebrate and support nature’s abundance. The Quandamooka First Nations people are the traditional custodians of North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) and the Southern Moreton Bay region including Redland Bay. The organisers pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. For more information on their activities visit their website Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee …

“With the creation of the Savour Soil YouTube channel it has allowed us to reach a greater audience and create more content. It allows us to use creative Dynamic facilitation in a different way, pushing the edge outside the comfort zone with what we hope will be a Closer Personal Connection. Helping to make it real!” Michael Wardle – Savour Soil Permaculture Highly recommended by Robin Clayfield as a very clear explanation of these concepts using technology and dynamic group facilitation with great results. The Permaculture Framework Zones & Sectors – Part 1 Zones & Sectors – Part 2 Trees in Permaculture – Fertility

‘Kuttamullamee’, the 1acre Lot that Robin cares for at Crystal Waters Permaculture EcoVillage, is becoming a Permaculture and creative Social Permaculture wonderland after she, Rob and several volunteers and WWOOFers have put in many hours since COVID began to plan for and work towards creating a biodiverse garden system, water security, fire safety, food security, gully regeneration, earthworks consolidation plus social and recreational spaces. It’s a building site, a deconstruction zone (having pulled down four structures), earthworks mitigation site, roadwork project as well as a once again lush and productive vegie, herb, flower, orchard and fibre garden. When the COVID lockdowns began Robin felt that the most important thing she could be doing is gardening, after a few years away and a time of coming ‘home’ again and building… Clearing the bamboo, weeds, dead trees, weed trees was a huge job. Now the new and retrofitted gardens are at a …