Global Citizen SW has years of experience in establishing community and school garden projects. The project offers schools / youth groups the practical skills and knowledge to establish sustainable gardens on schools/ community grounds.Design and inplementation is guided by the principles of permaculture.
Permaculture is an organic, environmentally friendly and inexpensive form of sustainable land design and food production.
As a part of the project young people are made aware of the issues surrounding sustainable development and global food growing practices to create thier own global garden.
We look at the work of grassrooots organisations who run community food programmes.
Learning outcomes:
- -Garden design drawing
- -Horticultural learning-eg. seasonal food growing/companion planting/ crop rotation/pond building/willow structures/rain water harvesting/market garden enterprise/forest gardens/green wood working
- -The meaning of sustainable development- from problems to solutions
- -Food growing around the world
- -The work of grassroots organization working for food security
- awareness raising skills
- -Practical actions towards sustainable life styles
Method of Facilitation:
- role-play
- debate
- film
Citizenship Modules:
- cross curricular- including food technology, science, community studies, geography.
