Quaker Centre

Sustainable Living in Winter 8-14 July 2012

A time for families and for building community for a sustainable future. How do we meet our needs without plastic and with less carbon?

Leader: tbc

Cost : $358 single room, $391 shared room. $55/day. Children < 16 free

Aim: To experiment and discover ways of living which will be sustainable in a world short of fossil fuels.

Synopsis: Full program to be announced later

Source Materials:

  • Cribb, Julian, 2010. The Coming Famine. The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It. CSIRO Publications 264pp.
  • Mollison, W., 1997. Permaculture – A Designers Manual. Ten Speed Press. 597pp.
  • Morrow, R., 2006. Earth Users Guide to Permaculture. Hyden House.
  • Morrow, R., 2011. A Demanding and Uncertain Adventure. The James Backhouse Lecture 2011. Australia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia Inc.
  • Permaculture Institute of Australia – see http://permaculture.org.au/what-is-permaculture/
  • Quaker Institute for the Future – see www.quakerinstitute.org/

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