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The visit to Permaculture Monsant What a treat it was to enjoy the learning adventure at Permaculture Monsant. Our hosts were just wonderful people. More to come about the visit and what we learned.  In the meanwhile, a few photos.

Day 5 was a long one, with most people moving from Mas Franch to Can Masdeu, where we enjoyed a site tour (along with another group of American students) and an incredible meal before heading to Barcelona centre to visit Aurea Social and learn more about that project.  The day ended on the beach where… Continue reading Spain Meeting – Saturday 28 Sept 2013

Day four was more restful, but the schedule endlessly busy with meetings on the future of the partnership, collaborating with others, and feeding back on the days gone by, interspersed with ‘contemplation in motion’ (shown right) and witnessing many people hit by a ‘zombie virus’. For the body, activities included collecting firewood in the forest,… Continue reading Spain Meeting – Friday 27 Sept 2013

Day three was packed with another round of micro-sessions and inputting materials to The Compost (‘Collection of Materials about Permaculture in Order to Support Teachers’), a site visit to Ecollavors Seed Saving project, an Open Space and of course, lovely foraged food and meals prepared by a Barcelona collective! The day’s micro-teaching sessions included: Basics… Continue reading Spain Meeting – Thursday 26 Sept 2013

Day two is flying by and has been packed with micro-teaching sessions, writing, collating and inputting materials to the website, progress with using VSM (the Viable Systems Model), a lecture on Systems Thinking and more. We’re beginning to capture the micro-sessions in text, images and videos, as resources in our Teacher’s Manual. The sessions included:… Continue reading Spain Meeting – Wednesday 25 Sept 2013