Youth In Permaculture Is Here-You Can Join!

‘Get more out of life by using less’: This is the essence of permaculture – an ecologically sound way of living that can be applied to households, gardens, communities and businesses. It is created by cooperating with nature and caring for the earth and its people. Today’s youth are embracing this concept and spreading the word.

- Tony Rollinson

Over the last few years a group of youths and young adults have been busy practising permaculture on Mallorca, the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands. They have planted and harvested forest gardens, built pallet structures, designed demonstration sites and raised funds through work exchange.

Members of the group used crowdfunding to pay for their Permaculture Design Courses (PDCs) and teacher training, and they’ve gone on to teach workshops in their local schools. They have interviewed their own mentors and are documenting all of their design and work in a portfolio.

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH PERMACULTURE NETWORK

The youths have also made a little money and have ensured that they are all having fun too. While doing all of this they have identified the importance of including youth in the permaculture movement and now wish to build an international network to facilitate this.

The group are using Permacultura Mediterranea’s (permamed.org) Permaculture Pathway Program to skill-up, employing what permaculture teacher and author, Rosemary Morrow, refers to as ‘the freedom and responsibility offered through self-directed non-formal education.’