Gold Coast Permaculture Workshops – May/June 2012
Courses/Workshops — by Vanessa Fernandes May 22, 2012
Honey from a home made extractor
1) Sunday 27th May, 2012 1:30pm: Gold Coast Permaculture Bee Keeping Equipment Workshop
This workshop will bring to you the home handywoman’s answer to excruciatingly expensive bee keeping, showing equipment put together by Syd Richards, the bee keeping mentor to Gold Coast Permaculture. Syd has a range of home-made equipment he would like to introduce to you including heated comb cutters, wiring and frame construction equipment and a honey extractor. This equipment will be on display at the workshop.
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Courses/Workshops — by Vanessa Fernandes March 1, 2012
Mental Health First Aid Course
There will be a mental heath first aid course run over two Saturdays on 10 and 31 March from 10am — 4pm on 10 March, and 10am — 3pm on Saturday 31 March. It is sponsored by Gold Coast Permaculture and will be held at Griffith University Gold Coast Campus G27 – Room 1.14.
Some reasons why people need MHFA:
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Community Projects, Compost, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Material, Rehabilitation, Society, Soil Biology, Soil Conservation, Urban Projects, Village Development, Waste Systems & Recycling — by Vanessa Fernandes October 18, 2011
The creation of soil biology and composting and the generation of soil health and fertility as the foundation of regenerative agriculture is a major part of any organic or permaculture design gardening process. It is no different at the Gold Coast Permaculture site at 270 Ferry Road where the creation of soil is a major priority for the group as we expand our operations to include a large community garden and double the size of our urban agriculture demonstration block.
In order to achieve this, Gold Coast Permaculture has decided it really should walk the talk. So, some of our members with both the organisational and “do” capability have been out connecting with different businesses in the community and tapping into waste streams. As a result, over 40 cubic metres of compost has progressively been started over the last three months with the first five metres being ready for use by mid-October. This is no mean accomplishment given that the only inputs outside of the composting materials are minimal numbers of bodies and compost forks.
Two of the four compost windrows built solely from local waste streams
Gold Coast Permaculture Connects With the Community
Community Projects, Courses/Workshops, Urban Projects, Village Development — by Vanessa Fernandes July 23, 2011
The Beginnings of an Urban Agriculture Project
In conjunction with the Gold Coast City Council sponsored Active and Healthy Programme, Gold Coast Permaculture is initiating a series of workshops designed to encourage city residents to involve themselves in growing food for their own use as well as improve the awareness of permaculture and its potential in the urban environment.
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