Posts Tagged ‘education’

Episode #81: The Chewonki Foundation

Monday, March 1st, 2010

On this episode of the Agroinnovations Podcast I am joined by Margaret Youngs Coleman, who is the farm manager at the Chewonki Foundation, an outdoor classroom and learning institution dedicated to providing young people with educational experiences in the outdoors.

Margaret and I discuss the location and landscape of the Chewonki farm, its role in education, and the importance of wilderness and farm experiences for young people in today’s society.

Useful links:

The Chewonki Foundation

Diet Soap Podcast Episode #46: Radical Permaculture

The Humanure Handbook

FAO Information Note: Agriculture, Food Security, and Climate Change in Post-Copenhagen Processes

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Episode #77: CREAR with Mark Feedman

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Mark Feedman is the founder of CREAR, the Regional Center for the Study of Rural Alternatives, a small agricultural school located in the northern mountains of the Dominican Republic, near the Haitian border. Feedman has been an tireless advocate of sustainable agriculture for 40 years, and in this interview he recounts his struggle to create an educational center in the remote forests of Hispaniola. Topics include rural education, the future of Haiti, and the subject of hope.

CREAR (via Agroinnovations)

CREAR Slide Show (via Agroinnovations)

FAO Soils Bulletin 60

Live Learning Visits CREAR

Dominican Community Gardens: CREAR

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Episode #74: The Edible Acre Project

Monday, January 11th, 2010

In this episode we continue with the theme of school gardens and farms. I am joined by Debbie Hillman of the Edible Acre Project, a project in a suburb just outside of Chicago Illinois. Debbie discusses the origins and implementation of the project, the role of a the farm/garden in education, and practical strategies for those looking to develop similar projects in their communities.

Resource links below:

Peace Corps Connect: A networking site that may help you find RPCVs in your community

World Wise Schools: Bring the Peace Corps to your local school

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Episode #73: Felder School Farm

Monday, January 4th, 2010

This episode we welcome Ragan Sutterfeld of Felder School Farm, a school farm located in Little Rock Arkansas that is pioneering the way to get agriculture into our country’s schools. Topics of discussion include barriers to adoption, the agricultural calendar vs. the educational calendar, and agriculture in education.

This idea can be summarized in five words: Turn the Schools into Farms. Now, let’s go out there and make it a reality.

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Episode #67: Reinventing Education — Permaculture and Transformational Learning

Monday, October 19th, 2009

In this episode, I am joined by Nelson Lebo, organic farmer, teacher, and Ph.D. candidate in education.  Nelson and I discuss today’s crisis in education, and we reframe the debate towards one where permaculture becomes the lynch pin in a strategy to promote personal transformation through hands-on science education.  Issues like Peak Oil and climate change are also addressed.

Some useful links are below.

Futurescenarios.org: David Holmgren’s excellent work on the twin crisis of climate change and Peak Oil

The End of Suburbia: You Tube version of the film mentioned by Nelson in the podcast

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