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  • Kickstarter Project - The Permaculture Student 1 - The 1st permaculture textbook

    The 1st in a public and home school permaculture textbook & workbook series for 6-12th graders, families & adult learners.



    This project is almost funded and it has 27 days until the project funding closes. They are expecting to deliver this in March, my guess would be end of March or early April.

    Permaculture is the Future
    Permaculture is a design science that uses the patterns and systems of nature to provide sustainably and regeneratively for both humans and the environment. It is also the best way to repair degraded, polluted and damaged environments. Permaculture solves all the insurmountable problems of our modern world. Loss of topsoil, deforestation, & pollution can all be addressed and reversed, & regeneration can be achieved. Not only can it be done, it already is being done by governments and individuals globally to be more resilient and to reverse damage to local climates (the Loess Plateau Restoration is perhaps the largest example of this).


    The Permaculture Student Series


    When I finished my permaculture design course with Geoff Lawton, the first thing I looked for was curriculum designed for my two young sons who are homeschooled. I couldn't find anything for young students, only for teachers with school gardens. I wanted the PDC experience to be a normal part of my children's education. I realized that no one else was doing it, and I was qualified (MA in education, certification in Permaculture and training as a writer), and I wasn't the only one looking for it, so I felt compelled. I'm sourcing the experts as much as I can to review the work before the final print so I can make it perfect. I've already shared samples with numerous leaders in the permaculture world with only positive feedback - Geoff Lawton, Paul Wheaton, Diego Footer, Elaine Ingham & Diana Leafe Christian. My hope is that this becomes the standard for all public and home school programs, linking high school graduates into the college programs at their highest potential. Imagine the designs this generation will come up with. Imagine the exponential change for good they will innovate.

    The Permaculture Student 1


    The first installment in the Permaculture student series is the middle school volume. It is also for beginners of any age or for anyone wanting a simple, direct and academic reference for permaculture design science. It is a reference manual rather than a traditional textbook of units and assignments. It is modeled after and primarily sourced from Bill Mollison's Permaculture: A Designer's Manual with influences from Geoff Lawton, Elaine Ingham, Paul Wheaton, Sepp Holzer and Jeff Lowenfels. It is designed such that anyone can setup their site safely and begin their education in permaculture on a solid foundation based in science.


    The Permaculture Student Workbook


    The workbook is a guide with recipes to help anyone analyze and plan their own home site. Whether you need to make a topographic map, create a series of climate analogs, arrange the zones, or plot the sunpath or sun angles, this workbook will safely guide you and help you to stay on track.


    NEXT UP: Volumes 2 & 3 of The Permaculture Student Series


    While PS1 is for the middle school or beginner learner, PS2 & 3 are the high school levels that connect to the 40+ college permaculture design programs already in place across the US. If students can test and fix their own home soils with a microscope in high school, the collegiate programs will be able to take the science and the students exponentially further. These will be released in future Kickstarter campaigns.


    The Future of The Permaculture Student Series


    The immediate future for the series is for translations to be made in as many languages as we can and to donate class sets to as many schools and permaculture research institutes as possible. Already the Polish and Italian versions are complete with nearly 10 others also in the works (Tagalog, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, and more). Once we are rolling as a business, we are going to setup (or take steps to qualify to be) a non-profit organization side to our mission that focuses only on donating books to areas and schools in need. We need a permanent website to host the shop, non-profit organization and free educational stuff like animations and pdf downloads. (I am already working with a young team of animators on a Permaculture Kids DVD).


    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ref=nav_search

    Your Help


    With your help we can make all our futures bright: abundance of resources, healthy communities, enough opportunity for everyone and plenty of healthy food, clean air and water, and affordable, sustainable homes to live in. Let's reverse the damage and the disorder; let's educate the future now with permaculture.

    Recently I met Danial Lawton as he was working on a local permaculture project, and he has looked over The Permaculture student, given me feedback and connected me with illustrator Wayne Fleming who did the cover for Bill Mollison's Introduction to Permaculture. He is an illustrator that can demonstrate the science of permaculture like no other. We are going to bring him in to illustrate: the backyard food forest, the soil food web, a realistic map of a zoned permaculture farm, & one surprise!


    As soon as Kickstarter gives us your donations, we can pay for the final illustrations from Wayne Fleming, pay Brandon Carpenter for all the other illustrations, the formatter to finalize the books and the printers to print and ship it to us; we will immediately ship them to you at that time. We hope that to be mid to late March. Your donation will fund future education to enhance future volumes, book donations to schools and areas of need, printing of more copies, the printing of translations, and the shipping costs & formatting costs for everything.


    The future needs permaculture today. Your contribution brings that future closer.


    Check out some pages & art from the Permaculture Student 1:









    Here's some from the Workbook:





    "It's a trap!!!!" -- Admiral Ackbar

  • #3
    I've been reading about permaculture...
    lots of similarities to the "backtoeden" teaching.
    but way more detail... and broader info...
    just the thing for all you "researchers!"
    takes one to know one...
    and having it in a lesson form can save us years of trial and error... I don't think we have the time!

    I'm latching on!
    thanks 610.

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    • #4
      Update: This project is funded and now come stretch goals. This project is still open for 25 more days. I am realistically expecting delivery in early April.

      YOU ARE GETTING YOUR BOOK(S)!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to send them to you!!! Just remember that we have to wait for the kickstarter campaign to run its course and then 2 weeks for payments to process, and then printing, shipping to me, packaging & then shipping to you. Have patience :)


      An hour after we reached our goal the rains came; I'm listening to sound of it through the window in my room. I feel like you all brought the rain to my field; your rains will make The Permaculture Student grow. Let's transplant and spread it as far as we can now! We're only just at the start; we're only on Day 4! DAY 4!! 26 more to go, so let's talk...


      $11,000 - We will hire Wayne Fleming for more amazing drawings: a Microclimate example, a Sunpath Chart, a Keyline example connecting keypoint dams, a Paddock shifting example & more! Check out Wayne's work here: http://www.waynefleming-illustrator.com/index.php


      $15,000
      - MORE ART! We will pack it in with art from Wayne Fleming! More animals, more designs, more examples!!


      $20,000
      - Digital animations online on our webpage & sent to you as digital downloads: trees & their energy transactions, trees & precipitation, Food Soil Web in MOTION!!, & more!! These animations will be part of your home collection of curriculum!

      I am excited about this one since we just started homeschooling our 7 year old.
      "It's a trap!!!!" -- Admiral Ackbar

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      • #5
        And now the wait begins. I am really excited about both of these recent projects.
        "It's a trap!!!!" -- Admiral Ackbar

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