Schools and Youth in Permaculture – “plant it forward”

Institute of Permaculture Education for Children – EMPOWERING GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE OF THAILAND & THAILAND RESILIENCE CENTER

We equip teachers and mobilize farmers by creating resources, providing expert advice and connecting schools and agriculture to create learning experiences.

Equipping teachers – We provide schools with sustainable curriculum, integration lesson plans into curriculum, tools and sustainable education. We direct and consult with schools and educators to provide the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) of the UN global classroom pedagogy across all keystages of student development. We guide and coach teachers in delivering high-quality learning experiences about sustainability, sustainable living, urban healthy food, farming ,countryside and urban city sustainable environmental education.

We also provide access to training thru our Permaculture, BioDynamic, sustainable and eco-agriculture education on how to incorporate these topics into current curriculum — both in and out of the classroom — and we work with you to build custom education programs for your institution. Read More

Evaluation for Education – Our vision is a greener future for all citizens, it begins in the classroom and with belief in the powerful impact schools have on sustainable futures, both in the garden programs but also on the mental, physical, and psychological health of children and youth. Forest School Gardens engage students by providing a dynamic environment to observe, discover, experiment, nurture and learn. School Gardens are living laboratories where interdisciplinary lessons are drawn from real life experiences, encouraging students to become active participants in the learning process they impact all ares of children’s lives –

Environmental Quality

INSTITUTE of PERMACULTURE EDUCATION for CHILDREN (IPEC)

A model for “Farm – to – table” for edible school gardens in Asia

March 11-13, 2025 – Sustainable School Gardens- Intensive PD for teachers and Urban professionals.

Sustainable forest school gardens and Professional Development – Outcomes

Can list all stages of a (SSG) Sustainable School Garden implementation.

Can identify areas of support – school mgmt., parents, staff and how to engage and bring them onside to reduce your work and stress.

Know outside free sources of community support- companies, online support – free supplies, online resources, lesson plans, other schools, videos

Confidence in getting great results with minimum effort and time.

Course certificate upon completion contact us for dates permiesthai@gmail.com

DATE-LOCATION: . Taught by Howard Story (PRI Asia – Permaculture Institute Asia Instructor) 0863043898. Pay with Bangkok Bank confirm payment and seat with email to permiesthai@gmail.co

Edible School Gardens Asia and Forest School Gardens

Forest Schools

Forest School is a child-centred inspirational learning process, that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions. It is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting.

Forest School has a developmental ethos shared by thousands of trained practitioners around the world, who are constantly developing their learning styles and skills to support new and imaginative learners. Its roots reach back to the open-air culture, or free air life, seen as a way of life in Scandinavia where Forest School began. It arrived in the UK in 1993 and has grown from strength to strength since then.

GAIA SCHOOL ASIA

Permaculture Children’s House

Tokyo International School Report Download PDF

Mother Earth School

http://edibleschoolgardens.com.au/

NATIONAL FARM to SCHOOL NETWORK

GREEN SPACE Linked to Improved Cognitive Development in Children

PERMIES KID’s Edge Alliance

Alice WATERS – Edible school Yard

EDIBLE SCHOOL YARD Projects

FLOWERS and GARDENING

An Environmental Literacy Plan (ELP) provides an education plan to teach about how ecosystems and human systems are interdependent, particularly, how the consumption choices human beings make alter their ability to live sustainability. ELP’s serve as a central component of the students access to the most challenging, contemporary curricular, and extra-curricular programes that fully prepare them for a globally connected and fast-changing world environment. Programes should be based on best international practices and should promote a strong sense of intercultural understanding and global engagement especially ecosystems, eco-agriculture, sustainability and engagement.

FARM-to-Forest SCHOOL – For more click here

Thousands of schools and education organizations across Asia and the world, are embracing “food education” through – 1. school gardens, 2. educational farms, and 3. school meals. These meals are filled with nutritious, local, and seasonal ingredients and attach a educational element that enhances students awareness of nature, citizenship and where food comes from. They bring locally sourced and nutritious food to school cafeterias, improve child nutrition, provide agriculture, health, and nutrition education opportunities to young people, and support local farmers. It has been estimated every dollar spent in farm-to-school programs generates more than two dollars in local economic activity. This includes engaged parents in learning healthier eating at home, reduce food waste at the school, even and improve student test scores and an increase in children’s fruit and vegetable consumption by more than 40 percent. Farm-to-school programs can help inspire healthier eating habits in children and these habits can lead to higher educational outcomes. When children learn about the connection between their food and the environment, they often become better stewards of the land. Across the globe, farm-to-school programs are helping foster connections between students, teachers, parents, farmers, and policymakers through activities that support health, nutrition, agriculture, and local economies.

2. Purchase from Africans for Africa Program – farmers with local schools in five countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, and Senegal. Its pilot phase resulted in more than 1,000 metric tons of locally procured food serving 128,456 pupils in 420 schools

3. Food for Life –schools, nurseries, hospitals

Food for Life more

4. Farming and Countryside Education

5. Model Vihti, Finland

6. Agri Aware, Ireland

7. School Meals Program, Italy

8. Farm to Cafeteria Canada, Canada

9. Fresh Roots, Canada

10. Ecotrust, United States

11. National Farm to School Network, United States

12. Seven Generations Ahead, United States

13. The Kitchen Community, United States

14. Vermont Feed, United States

15. National School Feeding Programme, Brazil

16. Sustainable Schools Program, multiple countries

17. Australian Organic Schools, Australia

18. Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, Australia

19. Pleasurable food

20. Garden to Table, New Zealand

MORE SCHOOL WEBSITES and PROGRAMS

Primary School Permaculture

Sustainable Schools Program

Nature Explore Resources

Transforming Education

Farm to SCHOOL

Permaculture School Garden

The Permaculture Student – Book and Website

Welcome to The Outdoor Classroom Project

Outdoor Classroom – Book and Website

SHORT VIDEOS

Edible School Garden Edible Schoolyard

Edible Schoolyard Alice Waters

Edible School Garden and Healthy Food

Edible School Gardens with Leonee Shanahan

Edible School Gardens George Wythe

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Collective School Garden Network

Video THE GIRL EFFECT please share

PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE of THAILAND – contact us for a free consultation – We are educators in the field of Sustainable education, school gardens, schools and youth. Contact us at Permiesthai@gmail.com

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Howard Story – Founder CEO Permaculture Institute Thailand – howard.story@gmail.com

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Founding Director CEO at Permaculture Institute of Thailand and Asia, www.PermacultureInstituteAsia.com, Wilfrid Laurier University, Buri Ram, Thailand