By Rosemary (Rowe) Morrow Refugees arrive in our classes with enormous educational and cultural differences. Whereas formal classes tend to have all students at the same standard and entry for study, refugees come in at all levels, and with diverse life experience. In 2025, I taught with a P4R-PTT team in Lesvos to Palestinian refugees … Read more
Ecohub has been a centre for permaculture education and ecotherapy for refugees on Lesvos since 2017. Originally based in a community centre just across from the refugee camp, it has provided education and green shelter to tens of thousands of refugees over the years. Launched by Better Days NGO in 2017, Ecohub was created to … Read more
In a world where we can sometimes feel powerless, there are things you can do to really make a difference. In the words of Paulinho, a permaculturalist and founder of UNIDOS: “at least there are still people who believe in co-creating a new civilization, decentralized where people value humanity and again build relationships with nature.” … Read more
for translation into Refugee Languages Our experience in Permaculture for Refugees (P4R) of teaching permaculture with refugees has shown that suitable good learning materials in their languages are missing. Materials need to be appropriate to regions and circumstances, as well as culture, literacy and prior education. This issue of equity and access taps into the … Read more
New P4R Booklet by Rosemary Morrow with Ruth Harvey “Teaching Permaculture to Refugees in 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 based on our first-hand experience of trialing permaculture courses in camps and settlements in 2019/20. … Read more
Facing the challenges of COVID-19 Materials workshop, 23-29 October 2020 In March 2020 the face-to-face teaching which P4R had been doing with refugees in camps came to an abrupt stop and has not been able to be resumed. Members of the P4R team in the Asia-West Pacific region decided to investigate the needs of host … Read more