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Permaculture Chat – April 2014

By Shirley James, PCC Secretary Judging by the amount of animated questions and discussion at the last Information Night when Michael Neville spoke about waste management I guess Kerrie hit the jackpot with a speaker who was of interest to all.  At the next...

Hall gatherings

Environmental Concerns facing the Central Coast

Guest speaker: John Asquith from CEN John will speak at the April meeting on the role of CEN, and Environmental Concerns facing the Central Coast, including the implications of the “Fair Go” Campaign.  John Asquith is a retired Engineer and Executive who worked in...

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Permaculture Chat – Mar 2013

By Shirley James, PCC Secretary What an inspiring talk we had at the last meeting!  It was hard to believe what a difference we saw in the African fishing village after Permaculture methods had been introduced.  WeIl it gives a very clear picture of what is meant...

Activities

Call to volunteers – Gosford Show

By Robyn Crosland, PCC Shows Team leader We will have a stand at Gosford Regional Show 3rd and 4th May again this year! Our theme is on "small space gardens". We thought with lots of people having bigger houses and less land on their blocks as the houseblocks are...

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Waste management and sustainability

Guest speaker: Michael Neville Michael has been involved in community education for over 25 years. He has worked with a diverse range of urban and rural communities. He was a teacher for 10 years in the government sector specialising in environmental education....

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Permaculture chat – Feb 2014

By Shirley James, PCC Secretary It seems a long time since we had the last meeting for the year in November. That was quite a fun meeting with lots of delicious food and everyone having a great old chat. Not much change in the executive but maybe someone will step...

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One Passionfruit Project

Guest speaker: Paula Paananen, 18th Feb The Paananen family have traveled to Uganda several times over the past two years to work with the fishing communities on the shores and islands of Lake Victoria. The fishing communities face massive food insecurity,...

Activities

PCC Movie night

On 21st Jan, we’re going to watch 1 or 2 permaculture-related movies. At this stage we’re planning to watch Geoff Lawton’s “Food Forest” and maybe “Harvesting Water”. See here for more details on this event: https://dev.brightbluegum.com/events/pcc-movie-night/...

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The Chikukwa project

A Documentary co-produced by Uni of Ncle researcher/lecturer, Terry Leahy This film documents a permaculture project in Zimbabwe, which has totally transformed the lives of the Shona people over a period of twenty years. The project has been successful in...

The Chikukwa project