We are looking for someone special to join our team as an Education Officer for the One School One Planet Project. It is a part-time position for one year, but Sector39 is growing and developing as an organization and we need good people onboard to help us realize our ambitions. It is a part-time position for one year,…
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In our first episode after a brief hiatus, Steve and Jack reflect on some of the work they have been doing over the last few weeks – Steve’s PDCs in Uganda and his work with the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Jack’s continuing research into the ‘spiritual’ and ‘experiential’ dimensions of Permaculture. The main bulk of…
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In this episode Steve brings us two interviews and a discussion from participants in the PDC he is currently teaching at Sabina School in Uganda. Participants give fascinating insights into their backgrounds and motivatiosn for attending the PDC. Discussions cover the importance of working with the environment through organic agricultural methods, the implementation of ideas…
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This week Steve and Jack are joined by Dr. Andy Letcher, co-ordinator of the new MA in Ecology and Spirituality at the Schumacher College, Dartington. In our conversation we discuss Andy’s background in ecology, environmental activism and the Study of Religion. We cover the history of the Schumacher College and the contents of the MA…
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This week Steve and Jack are back at Cae Bodfach Community Orchard to catch up with conservation educator Dewi Morris and Emyr Jones, leader of the GCSE Land-Based Studies course at Llanfyllin High School. Dewi explains how the community orchard has developed over the last four years and why Afon Cain is so important to…
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This week Steve and Jack discuss the progress that has been made over the weekend at the Cae Bodfach Community Garden with students from the 2017-18 Chester Cathedral PDC. They are then joined by Lusi Alderslowe, who co-ordinates the Permaculture Association’s ‘Children in Permaculture Project.’ They discuss the origins of the project, the importance of permaculture…
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In Episode 2, Steve and Jack talk about how permaculture education works, and how the permaculture approach can be incorporated into the mainstream education system. Our guest on this week’s show is Claire Henderson Davis, Contemporary Performance Artist and Theologian in Residence at Chester Cathedral. Claire talks about her background in performance and theology, and…
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