Well! I've finally *started* my two year course in Permaculture. Hoorah!
Today was very laid back, great meeting people and chatting. Of course, we didn't do any real work - we started with talking to a partner for a few minutes, then introducing them rather than yourself, followed by some admin stuff, a tea-less teabreak (they are putting the kitchen into the straw bale house at the moment, as the old kitchen room is now being used to teach cooking), then a short news film about the course.
After a quick trip home for lunch (mm, leftover pasta with some home made cheese.. er, curd - actually really tasty!), we went back and into groups of 4, to discuss the word "responsibility" - how it applies to us as members of the class, and to the wider world.
Nothing major or new came up for me in the discussion, but it was nice chatting to different people in the class. One thing very readily apparent is how different the people on this course are compared to Kara's masters degree. But they seem great - all looking forward to working outside, and it seems like this course will have very strong emphasis on that, on practival outdoor work.
Fantastic!
We wrapped up the afternoon with an "opinion spectrum" mini game out on the lawn, arranging ourselves in a circle based on where we each place ourselves in the spectrum. Not many full vegetarians on the course, but most seem to limit the amount of meat they eat, which is nice.
All in all I'm happy. For dinner we had apple crumble (no main course.. just a couple of slices of toast as an entree), made with gathered apples. I baked bread for tomorrow. My housemates are really nice. So I'm feeling very positive and looking forward to all the field trips we'll be doing!!
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