Creative Sustainability - Developing Solutions Using Permaculture - Design & Technology - Years 7 to 10

In this lesson, students will explore permaculture design, discover ways that they can incorporate permaculture into their own designs, and develop a plan for a designed solution. Students work in groups to brainstorm ideas for a solution to a need they have identified in their school community. They then work in their groups to evaluate their idea and begin developing the details of their plan. Groups then present their ideas to the class for feedback. Although this lesson can be taught by itself, it also forms the fourth part in a unit of 6 lessons that can be delivered in sequence to take your students through a complete permaculture project design process.