On May 28th, we held our 6th online meeting. We discussed ideas and next steps about the Educational Model, as well as our project meeting in Romania. The Growing Communities project is moving on!
The Association for the Development of Permaculture (ADP) is a long-standing partner of EDUPLUS Association. We often organize visits and training activities there, so that both foreign education staff and local people from Tenerife can learn from them.
It all began in 1996 when the permaculture farm “El Mato Tinto” was created in Tenerife. For over 20 years, permaculture has been used as
5th online meeting with our Growing Communities project. We discussed about the results of our international desk research and the next steps for creating the Training Model.
Exploring the potential of Social Permaculture in community gardens... the final document will be a condensed of expertise and best practices, useful for any educator willing to implement some social permaculture principl
April is here and we keep creating together in our Intergenerational Permaculture Garden with La Punta - Bajamar Avanzando, Tenerife.
We plant and mix lettuce, beetroot, aubergine, cabbage, cauliflower chard, sweet pepper, tomato, herbs, flowers… The more variety, the better!
Another online meeting this week... Due to the COVID 19 pandemia we have to postpone our first face to face international meeting.
But we keep collaborating online, working on our international research: permaculture, community gardens and work with disadvantaged adults in the 3 partner countries - Spain, Germany and Romania.
The “GROWING COMMUNITIES: Empowerment through social permaculture” project responds to two important challenges in Europe: social inclusion and environmental & climate goals, by using an innovative approach to social permaculture, community gardening and sustainable lifestyles.