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Community Supported Educator(CSE) Program
Many people are now familiar with the concept of CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture. On a CSA farm, buyers invest up front in a full season of vegetables. The commitment of the subscribers to the farmer stabilizes the farmer’s income, assures subscribers of fresh, healthy, local produce, and distributes agricultural rewards and risks fairly within the community. This popular economic model establishes a practical and mutually beneficial relationship between farmers and subscribers, building a strong community as a result.
Let us now take the CSA model further, applying it to other business ventures that need its substantive benefits for all involved parties. It’s time to bring the CSA model to permaculture education.
The world urgently needs permaculture, an integrated, efficient, ecologically based and harmonious design system for the regeneration of Earth and human cultures. Millions of people need ecological design information, ideas, skills, and perhaps most important of all, empowering and paradigm-shifting experiences. The demand for permaculture has rapidly increased during the last few years, yet we have far too few qualified teachers spreading these ideas.
Become one of the first subscribers to the services of a Community Supported Educator! In a CSE, subscribers invest up front in a permaculture workshop promised by their Community Supported Educator. This relationship supports the professional development of the educator by providing funding for her or his participation in a professional permaculture teacher-training course. The subscriber gets a discount on a workshop and supports the development of new skills in their community that will aid the transition to a greener post-oil world.
Subscribers will provide to Community Supported Educator:
•Advanced payment for future education services.
•Community support to build skills and develop their permaculture teaching practice.
The Community Supported Educator will provide to subscribers:
•A quality introductory permaculture event at a discount.
•The seeds of permaculture knowledge & practice in their community.
Add Workshop Details Here:
• Educator’s name, contact info
• Date, time and location of event (approximate if not 100% clear yet)
• Length & format (i.e., evening talk, half-day workshop, full day workshop)
• Payment amount and timing
• Make a flyer advertising the event itself for the back of this page!!!