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Matt Powers: Permaculture Youth Education (A5)

Published: June 12, 2015, 1 p.m.

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Did you ever imagine what it would be like if you\\u2019d started your PDC in middle school?

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How would you have lived your life differently?

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What if everyone had that same experience?

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What would the world look like?

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That\\u2019s exactly the question Matt Powers wants to answer. He is an English and soon-to-be Permaculture teacher at a school with laptops for each student in Central Valley California. He is developing a permaculture curriculum for middle school \\u2013 high school to connect students to the fledgling collegiate permaculture programs and the online permaculture community.

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Matt shares excerpts from his books, experiences in teaching permaculture to children and teens, & insights into the growing permaculture youth movement.

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Join Matt for a look at the future of Permaculture in public and home school settings.

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This talk was presented at PV2 in March 2015 by Matt Powers of thepermaculturestudent.com

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Listen to more at permaculturevoices.com/podcast

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