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Permaculture for Refugees in Camps

Bringing Permaculture to Refugee Camps

Bringing Permaculture to Refugee Camps

Permaculture for Refugees in Camps

By RomaBar2050January 19, 2021No Comments

New P4R Booklet by Rosemary Morrow with Ruth Harvey Teaching Permaculture in Refugee Camps It is with pleasure that we, Permaculture For Refugees (P4R), bring you the latest booklet in our series on teaching permaculture in refugee situations. It is...

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International Conference of Good Practices on Refugee Protection’s report

Bringing Permaculture to Refugee Camps

Bringing Permaculture to Refugee Camps

International Conference of Good Practices on Refugee Protection’s report

By RomaBar2050June 12, 2020No Comments

Last fall P4R participated in the conference ‘Meet, Share, Inspire: International Conference of Good Practices on Refugee Protection,’ co-organized by Support to Life (STL), Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM) and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe...

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Teaching Permaculture for Refugees Training Course

Bringing Permaculture to Refugee Camps

Bringing Permaculture to Refugee Camps

Teaching Permaculture for Refugees Training Course

By RomaBar2050February 20, 2020No Comments

P4R member Marguerite Kahrl, recently participated in this training geared towards permaculture teachers who want to teach in refugee situations. This course was funded through an Erasmus+ EU grant and was run at the Gorno Draglishte Village in Bulgaria,...

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P4R Reflections on 2019

P4R Publications

P4R Publications

P4R Reflections on 2019

By RomaBar2050January 04, 2020No Comments

To test our theory that permaculture will be an effective tool towards working together with refugees towards places of hope and transformation, this year we held a series of six Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) courses for refugees and camp managers...

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P4R – End of Year 2019

P4R Publications

P4R Publications

P4R – End of Year 2019

By RomaBar2050January 04, 2020No Comments

In this brief report Rowe Morrow reviews the year 2019 just gone by, in the light of the activities in which we got involved. It has been a quite intense year for us at P4R, as you will read through. Hope you find it inspiring. Read on (pdf)…

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Malaysian Permaculture Design Course for Refugees and Community

P4R PDCs

P4R PDCs

Malaysian Permaculture Design Course for Refugees and Community

By RomaBar2050October 25, 2019No Comments

In this new report, Rosemary Morrow tells how the last PDC course run as Permaculture For Refugees went. The course was run between June and July 2019, at the Alumni house, USCI, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We consider it our 6th PDC in our pilot project,...

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5th Permaculture Design Course at Lavrio camp in Greece

P4R PDCs

P4R PDCs

5th Permaculture Design Course at Lavrio camp in Greece

By RomaBar2050October 25, 2019No Comments

This is the report narrating how our 5th PDC at the Lavrios refugees camp went. Lavrios camp is a relatively nice place, compared to other, more packed, refugee camps. It’s premises belong to the Greek ministry of Agriculture and used to be a holidays...

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4th Permaculture For refugees Design Course in Lesbos island

P4R PDCs

P4R PDCs

4th Permaculture For refugees Design Course in Lesbos island

By RomaBar2050October 25, 2019No Comments

The last two PDC courses of this series, run in spring 2019, were in Greece on the island of Lesbos. It was held at the premises of the One Happy Family NGO, and sponsored by Low Tech Lab. From the beginning, Low Tech Lab (LTL) was enthusiastic about...

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3rd Permaculture Design Course at Imece, Turkey

P4R PDCs

P4R PDCs

3rd Permaculture Design Course at Imece, Turkey

By RomaBar2050October 25, 2019No Comments

Our third experience in teaching in refugees camps was run in Turkey, at a camp with women refugees. The course was co-taught by Rosemary Morrow, Francesca Simonetti and Marguerite Kahrl. We were hosted by Imece village. It sits on the eastern slope of...

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The Joys and Challenges of Teaching Permaculture in Refugee Camps

P4R PDCs

P4R PDCs

The Joys and Challenges of Teaching Permaculture in Refugee Camps

By RomaBar2050July 02, 2019No Comments

In this new article, recently published in the Permaculture Magazine #100, Rosemary Morrows explains about her latest experience teaching in refugee camps, in several parts of the world. As she opens the article: “The Permaculture for Refugees (P4R)...

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