Central Texas Permaculture Teachers Guild

Members of the Central Texas Permaculture Community interested teaching and promoting permaculture

Notes from meeting 8-24-05:

What we think the PC community needs

• Intros
• Promotion
• Boothing
• Interns, volunteers, gruntwork
• Volunteer coordinator
• Grow teacher base
• Coordinator for design & implementation
• Attend City council meetings, Mueller - Advocacy
• Events coordinator
• Project leadership

Notes from Brainstorming Session

• Formal Structure - regular meetings/events
• Member of Austin Area Garden Council (meet at Zilker Bot. Gdns, $3 per member per year)note from Dick Pierce: this is the most important item, I think, Would someone be willing to work with me on this organizing a monthly meeting and venue?
• Business incubator (Andy)
• Promo material/web (Paula, Hermes)
• Business Opportunities (Brett)
• Permaculture Initiative nonprofit (Ingrid/Karen)
• Quality of life module/women's health (Jenny/Dick)
• Booths at farmers markets (Jenny)
• Identifying our audience(Brett)
• Strategies? (bottom-up/top-down)
• Winter talks, need helpers (Dick, Andy)
• Other events (5K green run)
• Succession plan
• Skills list for members
• Apprenticeship/internship

Apprentice Permaculture Teachers
Karen Johnston
Ingrid Yaple
Andy Erwin
Jenny Nazak
Hermes Costell
Maureen Costell
Brett Baer
Mohan Rao


Scheduled Teacher Training Sessions

• September 17 1-5pm at Selwyn's home (Please RSVP)
• Sunday October 2 1-5pm at Selwyn's home (Please RSVP) postponed