GREEN GATHERING PERMACULTURE AREA
4-7 August, Piercefield Park, Chepstow NP16 6BE
PROGRAMME 2022:
FAIR SHARE/ FUTURE CARE AREA
Thursday
2.30-3.25
Intro to Permaculture drop in – looking at the ethics and principles of permaculture and how you can implement this in your home and community
Cath Palgrave, Field Families
3.30-4.25
Gardeners' Question Time drop in – come along and pose your questions to our panel of experts
Tammi Dallaston, Field Families, and friends
Friday
10.30-11.25
Out of the Blue – Creating art work for how and why we should care for marine and freshwater wildlife- all ages!
Shelley Anne Law, We Swim Wild volunteer
11.30-12.25
Cultural Emergence – How to expand our positive impact in the world
Looby Macnamara, People & Permaculture
12.30 - 1.25
TBC
LUNCH
2.30 - 3.25
Mother Nature Circle: exploring the journeys of mothers and motherhood.
Emma Gorbutt, Mother Nature
3.30 - 4.25
TBC
4.30 - 5.25
Setting up a food co-op - How to make good food affordable in your community
Ali Taherzadeh, Splo-down Food Co-op
5.30 - 6.25
Chocolate - producing an ethical, healthy chocolate (with tasting!)
Ben Popple, Mr Popple’s Chocolate
Saturday
10.30 - 11.25
Mother Nature Circle: exploring the journeys of mothers and motherhood.
Emma Gorbutt, Mother Nature
11.30 - 12.25
Generation Share: The Power of Positive Stories to Save the Planet
Benita Matofska, The People Who Share
12.30 - 1.25
Out of the Blue – Help create a wish tree to say why keeping the oceans and waterways pollution free is important to us. All ages!
Shelley Anne Law, We Swim Wild volunteer
LUNCH
2.30 - 3.25
Anti-Oppression Circle - Sharing Circle where we uncover our unconscious bias, addressing our power & privilege
Liba Ravindran
3.30 - 4.25
Chocolate! Tasting, benefits of and the ethics of making chocolate.
Ben Popple, Mr Popple’s Chocolate
4.30 - 5.25
Cultural Emergence – how to expand our positive impact in the world.
Looby Macnamara, People & Permaculture
5.30 - 6.25
Talking Workshop – how is Permaculture relevant to contemporary life?
Charley, Fin and Fry - The Modern Way
Sunday
10.30 - 11.25
TBC
11.30 - 12.25
Talking Workshop – how is Permaculture relevant to contemporary life?
Charlie Bentley, Fin Lillis and Fry Hopkins - The Modern Way
12.30 - 1.25
Setting up a food co-op in your community
Ali Taherzadeh, Splo-down Food Co-op
LUNCH
2.30 - 3.25
Out of the Blue – Creating pledges to the oceans and earth – take home and keep them! All ages!
Shelley Anne Law, We Swim Wild volunteer
3.30 - 4.25
Generation Share – the power of positive stories to save the planet
Benita Matofska, The People Who Share
4.30-5.25
tbc
5.30-6.25
Mother Nature Circle: exploring the journeys of mothers and motherhood.
Emma Gorbutt, Mother Nature
Earth Care Area
Thursday
4.30 - 6.25
Bringing Community into your Project: how to positively engage the community in your land-based project, and pitfalls to avoid!
Deb Millar, of Wilder Woods
Friday
10.30 -11.25
Forest Gardening – how to design, create and manage a forest garden
Chris Evans, Applewood Permaculture Centre
11.30 - 1.25
Earth as a building material- intro to green building. Transmitting building knowledge in a playful and tactile way
Maria Sanchez, CAT student
LUNCH
2.30 - 3.25
Retro-fit building as a community - an inner city project making their homes more energy efficient
Louise and Paul Scrivens,
3.30 - 4.25
Plant Health Pyramid – understand plant physiology and immunity to grow plants that are resistant to pests and diseases.
Joanna Dornan, Researcher
4.30 - 5.25
The Principles of Permaculture – how to connect yourselves, others and the community through permaculture
Eva Liebana, the Den of Wonder
5.30 - 6.25
Renting an allotment – How to get and grow an allotment
Judy Candy, allotments co-ordinator
Saturday
10.30 - 11.25
TBC
11.30 - 12.25
Johnson-su bioreactor composting: learn how to make a superior ‘inoculant grade’ compost, that is microbially diverse and high in fungal biomass. The Johnson-su method is a low-tech, passively aerated, no turn method.
Joanna Dornan, Researcher
12.30-1.25
Hazel coppice- woodland restoration, products and business
Dave Petty, Leeds Coppice Workers
LUNCH
2.30 - 3.25
Earth as a building material- Intro to green building. Transmitting building knowledge in a playful and tactile way
Maria Sanchez, CAT student
3.30-4.25
Forest Gardening- how to design, create and manage a forest garden
Chris Evans, Applewood Permaculture Centre
4.30 - 6.25
Climania -come and play! A board game designed by teenagers on how to be more energy efficient
Louise and Paul Scrivens, Retro Fit Balsall Heath
Sunday
10.30 - 11.25
The principles of Permaculture - how to connect yourselves, others and the community through permaculture
Eva Liebana, the Den of Wonder
11.30 - 12.25
TBC
12.30 - 1.25
Retro fit buildings in a community - an inner city project making their homes more energy efficient
Louise and Paul Scrivens, Retro Fit Balsall Heath
LUNCH
2.30 - 3.25
The Soil Food Web - Look at how microbes work, what they do and how they are essential to plant and animal health. Learn how to promote a healthy soil food web to improve plant health, improve yields, and plant nutrient density.
Joanna Dornan, Researcher
3.30 - 4.25
Keeping bees naturally – how to create a hive and let it thrive!
Judy Candy, allotments co-ordinator
4.30 - 5.25
tbc
5.30 - 6.25
Forest Gardening- how to design, create and manage a forest garden
Chris Evans, Applewood Permaculture Centre
People Care: In the woods
Friday Only!
Creating Physical, Mental & Spiritual balance using Permaculture
Saturday & Sunday
2pm
Storytelling & Resistance:
Explore story-telling and poetic techniques to understand how protest and resistance has been framed over time. Learn traditional resistance stories and understand how language enables us to challenge the demonisation of resistance
Every day
The Making Space:
Beastie Box Making – Don Lane – 10.30-1.30 Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Come along and make a bug hotel, all materials and tools provided.
The Creative Space
Drop in workshops throughout the festival – see the woods board for details
Storytelling with Jem Hughes– Interactive storytelling workshop with examples and then learn to write your own stories
Grow Your Own Poem with Toria Garbutt- come and try your hand at writing poems with an excellent poet to guide you
Eco Theatre – Action. Movement. Peace. Come along and stretch your acting muscles with drop in theatre workshops.
The Musical Space
Musical Permaculture with Shanti Macnamara
Daily between 12- 4
Instruments, looping pedals etc. provided. Expect song writing, performing in small groups, collaborative art and a chance to perform at the open mic space!
The Moving Space
Find Yoga, Qi Gong, Meditation and Forest Bathing here, or use the space for your own movement practice
Other Spaces:
The Free Shop
Take what you need, leave what you don't
Information point
Programme updates, Permaculture Association membership, a friendly chat
The Permie Shop
Items that crew have made to sell
Breastfeeding Yurt
Sit and quietly spend time with your little one
Children's play space
Somewhere to play with your kids if they are getting bored (NB This is not a creche!)
The Dark Space
A dark space for helping with overwhelm, or for moontime/ menstruation relaxation
Rags to Riches
Learn how to weave, play with textiles in a gorgeous retro caravan awning
We can't wait to meet you! x