Permaculture Club
Overview of the Club:
The Permaculture Club will be a place for students in Prescott College to practice and explore Permaculture techniques and principles through hands-on experience and design projects. We are mostly a community outreach program that will create a symbiotic relationship between students of Prescott College and our surrounding community. Our goal is to establish connections through design projects for community members (for example, a backyard rainwater harvesting system or school garden system) as well as provide the students involved with portfolios of the projects and volunteer/service hours. All projects will be student led, designed, and implemented. In this club we hope to utilize all of the Permaculture principles along with the core ethics of earth care, people care, and fair share.
The first major project of the Permaculture Club is Ben Downson's senior project of a Permaculture/Garden design for the Veteran's Homeless Shelter in Prescott, Arizona. The main area of need will be to provide the veterans with a highly productive food system, zen center, rainwater harvest system, composting system, and community areas that will benefit all those involved with the shelter. Rough Drafts of our initial designs will be posted, however, the final designs will be worked on throughout the month of February. In March, we hope to be breaking ground at the site.
The Permaculture Club will be a place for students in Prescott College to practice and explore Permaculture techniques and principles through hands-on experience and design projects. We are mostly a community outreach program that will create a symbiotic relationship between students of Prescott College and our surrounding community. Our goal is to establish connections through design projects for community members (for example, a backyard rainwater harvesting system or school garden system) as well as provide the students involved with portfolios of the projects and volunteer/service hours. All projects will be student led, designed, and implemented. In this club we hope to utilize all of the Permaculture principles along with the core ethics of earth care, people care, and fair share.
The first major project of the Permaculture Club is Ben Downson's senior project of a Permaculture/Garden design for the Veteran's Homeless Shelter in Prescott, Arizona. The main area of need will be to provide the veterans with a highly productive food system, zen center, rainwater harvest system, composting system, and community areas that will benefit all those involved with the shelter. Rough Drafts of our initial designs will be posted, however, the final designs will be worked on throughout the month of February. In March, we hope to be breaking ground at the site.
12 Actions we would like to implement through Permaculture Club
1.) Community Outreach
-Advertising to the Greater Community.
-Creating Projects that Fulfill the Need of the Greater Community.
-Bridging the Town of Prescott with Prescott College.
2.) Building Projects in Town
-Using Prescott College Students as Project Developers.
-Utilizing Club Budget to Finance Ideas within the Club.
3.) Portfolio Design
-Allowing Students to Incorporate Personal Studies with the Club.
-Creating Interdisciplinary Projects for Many Students
4.) Experience
-Students Can Receive &Contribute to Permaculture Discourse.
-The Club Builds Social Dynamic within the College.
5.) Tool(s) to Enact Permaculture
-Developing Personal Permaculture Designs.
-Gives Opportunity to Learn About Permaculture.
-Allows Students to Use Practical Instruments Outside of Campus.
6.) Workshops With Permaculturalists
-With School Funding Students Can Experience Permaculture Projects with
People who Practice Systematic & Practical Permaculture.
-Club Can Support Trips to Permaculture Systems.
7.) Students Run Projects
-Students Can Utilize the Services of the Club and it's Members to Produce Positive Permaculture Design Off Campus.
-Independent Studies, Senior Projects are Great Examples.
8.) Public Relation Influence
-Increases Public Awareness of the Prescott College Community as a Flourishing Institution.
9.) Local School Involvement
-Connecting Prescott College with the local Education System.
-Club Being a Free Educator of the Inner & Outer Community.
10.) Community Service Opportunity
-Club Members Will Be Able to Use the Club as a Reference for Community service Hours.
11.) Charity to Local Food Banks/Pantries with Food Production Projects
-A Suggestion to Garden Project Owners Would Be to Donate a Portion of Their Yield.
12.) Bartering/ Service Guild
-Members Will Be Able to Trade Services.
-Objects & Non-Currency Will Be Traded.
-Food Swaps.
1.) Community Outreach
-Advertising to the Greater Community.
-Creating Projects that Fulfill the Need of the Greater Community.
-Bridging the Town of Prescott with Prescott College.
2.) Building Projects in Town
-Using Prescott College Students as Project Developers.
-Utilizing Club Budget to Finance Ideas within the Club.
3.) Portfolio Design
-Allowing Students to Incorporate Personal Studies with the Club.
-Creating Interdisciplinary Projects for Many Students
4.) Experience
-Students Can Receive &Contribute to Permaculture Discourse.
-The Club Builds Social Dynamic within the College.
5.) Tool(s) to Enact Permaculture
-Developing Personal Permaculture Designs.
-Gives Opportunity to Learn About Permaculture.
-Allows Students to Use Practical Instruments Outside of Campus.
6.) Workshops With Permaculturalists
-With School Funding Students Can Experience Permaculture Projects with
People who Practice Systematic & Practical Permaculture.
-Club Can Support Trips to Permaculture Systems.
7.) Students Run Projects
-Students Can Utilize the Services of the Club and it's Members to Produce Positive Permaculture Design Off Campus.
-Independent Studies, Senior Projects are Great Examples.
8.) Public Relation Influence
-Increases Public Awareness of the Prescott College Community as a Flourishing Institution.
9.) Local School Involvement
-Connecting Prescott College with the local Education System.
-Club Being a Free Educator of the Inner & Outer Community.
10.) Community Service Opportunity
-Club Members Will Be Able to Use the Club as a Reference for Community service Hours.
11.) Charity to Local Food Banks/Pantries with Food Production Projects
-A Suggestion to Garden Project Owners Would Be to Donate a Portion of Their Yield.
12.) Bartering/ Service Guild
-Members Will Be Able to Trade Services.
-Objects & Non-Currency Will Be Traded.
-Food Swaps.
Designs for Ben Downson's Senior Project:
This first two photos show the main lot for the veteran's garden. We first wanted to stabalize the land with burns and plants designed to keep the soil there and clean the run-off water. We designed a food forest, resting area, greenhouse, tool shed, compost section, raised beds, and pathway.
The second part of the design is the buildings and inside grounds. The colored parts are what we would add (rainwater harvesting tanks, food forest/orchard trees, herb gardens, and raised beds. The buildings and pathways are pre-existing.