Inclusion requires caring about and understanding people different than ourselves by expanding our comfort zones and questioning prejudices. Strategies for inclusion involve observing what people need, which is often a permaculture community and long-term support. This document discusses setting up online and local support groups to include rooted people who cannot travel due to jobs, families, animals or introversion. It also discusses providing affordable or free courses to include young, unemployed, low-income or distant people.

1. InclusionInclusion is fundamentallyis fundamentally
about CARINGabout CARING
Caring requires
expanding our comfort zone
(real Observation)
&
questioning our prejudices
(actively wanting to know
people not like ourselves)
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2. To include people who
have difficulty attending
or being able to pay for
standard residential
Permaculture Courses
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Strategies for InclusionStrategies for Inclusion

3. Rooted People
who can't travel because:
• they have animals & farms
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Being rooted (grounded)
is an essential quality
to be able to transmit PC from

4. People who need ongoing mentoring & support
with big projects
Often have lots of knowledge
already, but no support group
or stable (ongoing) mentors
Pau was instrumental
in setting up the
animal husbandry
support group
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5. Rooted People
who can't travel because:
• they have children
Set up the
PermaCulture
for Children
Group
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Adriana
Journalist
& Editor of
Positive
News

6. Rooted People
who can't travel because:
• they 'don't do' big groups
Many people (who are great permis & great
potential permis) don't like crowds at all so
would not consider going to any group event,
especially for several days.
They are often well-rooted in their local
community, much more comfortable with
people they know well, but not with
strangers.
Can be difficult to imagine .. that this >> happy
scene ... is a nightmare scenario for some people
There are more
introverts than extroverts
in the world (50.7% in USA,
random sample by the Myers-
Briggs organization in 1998)
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7. Poor People
who can't afford to pay:
• Young people
• Unemployed & Low Income people
• People with big families & dependants
• People from poorer areas
• And those nowhere near a Course
Eliminated travel & residency costs.
Our PDC is 241€, or less
& provides much more personal design support (life-coaching).
We also use Permis (internal currency)
many students paying for their diploma in Permis.
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8. Rooted People
who can't travel because:
• they have full-time jobs
& spend holiday time with
family
Pepa works full-time
+ is a shop-steward
+ mother of 2 teen-agers
Doing diploma with us (over 3 years)
Transiting her life by creating own eco-business
Was instrumental in creating the Study
Circles Network
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9. Some Group Designs
Much of the prejudice against 'internet
relationships' is that they are 'less
real' ... in fact long-term close relationships have
created a stable Network of Projects with lots of
edge ... & doing daring 'edge' work
All offer on-site events & courses
(Integral PC), inter-connected
Study & Support Groups (various)
Women's & Men's Circles
Integral Health Group
Lots of Free Mini-Courses
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www.PermaCultureScience.org
a great online Integral Permaculture Designers
Manual (7yrs of collective work, a modernized &
constantly improving PDC curriculum)
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10. Strategies for InclusionStrategies for Inclusion
Observing what people NEED
- mostly it's a PC community
& support, long-term
(lots of CARING)
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