Watkins, who served 2000-2002 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa, will show examples of permaculture in Lesotho and Midcoast, Maine. He will discuss how permaculture principles apply to agriculture, building, water management and energy. Since moving to Maine, Watkins has volunteered at the Newforest Institute and, in 2008, he received his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) through the Institute. Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human habitat based on patterns in nature. Many of the design principles mimic the way a forest ecosystem functions.
RPCV Andrew Watkins will present a talk and slide presentation titled, “Permaculture in South Africa and Maine”
Permaculture sustainable in South Africa and Maine
Caption: Speaker Andrew Watkins in South Africa.
BELFAST (May 6): Andrew Watkins will present a talk and slide presentation titled, “Permaculture in South Africa and Maine” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library.
The program, co-sponsored by the Newforest Institute from Brooks, also will include a presentation by the Newforest founder Andrea Read.
Watkins, who served 2000-2002 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa, will show examples of permaculture in Lesotho and Midcoast, Maine. He will discuss how permaculture principles apply to agriculture, building, water management and energy.
Since moving to Maine, Watkins has volunteered at the Newforest Institute and, in 2008, he received his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) through the Institute.
Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human habitat based on patterns in nature. Many of the design principles mimic the way a forest ecosystem functions.
Coined in 1978 by Bill Mollison, permaculture stands for “permanent agriculture,” which focuses on the production of food and other necessities, and “permanent culture,” where food production is integrated with sustainable energy, intermediate technology and appropriate transportation and building infrastructures.
The Newforest Institute is an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to the restoration of mutually sustaining relationships between people and the land.
A permaculture garden at Newforest
Located on 300 acres of forest, fields, edible forest gardens and permaculture gardens, Newforest employs education, land restoration and economic development projects, to nurture the creative capacity needed to build a future grounded in ecological integrity, economic viability and cultural vitality.
This program is free and open to the public. For more information call the library at 338-3884, ext. 10. For information about the Newforest Institute visit newforestinstitute.org.
