Spend your Saturday morning learning a new permaculture skill.

Our weekly Sustainable Living Workshops offer a huge variety of fun (and occasionally life-changing) ways to spend a Saturday.  From backyard gardening tips to bee keeping to bicycle building, each session introduces a new way to make your Brisbane lifestyle a little more sustainable and interesting.

Workshops in the coming months include:

• Bamboo construction
• Establishing a vegetable garden
• Organic Herbs
• Solar cooking

Saturday February 18,  9am – 12pm
(Repeated March 17 and April 21)

with Rachel Hannam

In our increasingly stressful and complex world, it is vital to continually deepen our understanding of violence and its antidote, compassion.

As the name implies, nonviolent communication (or NVC) emphasises compassion as the motivation for our words and actions rather than fear, guilt, shame, blame, coercion, threat or justification for punishment. In other words, it is about getting what you want for reasons you will not regret later. The techniques of NVC allow you to make conscious choices about how you will respond, whether you get what you want, or not. NVC guides us to reflect on our own daily reactions and behaviour, and to reframe how we express ourselves and how we receive others by focusing awareness on observations, feelings, need, and requests.

This half-day workshop will provide an overview of the NVC model, an introduction to the skills involved and include some personal practice. The workshop presenter is a qualified psychologist who uses NVC in her work with executives and employees, which includes training, coaching and dispute resolution.

Cost: $50 ($35 concession)

To book your place, simply call (07) 3857 8775 or email info@nscf.org.au

This year’s first Permaculture Design Course (PDC) starts on Thursday February 16th!  Don’t miss this life-changing opportunity to become a local permaculture expert!

This exciting program gives you knowledge and skills for designing productive gardens and properties, growing your own food, applying appropriate technologies, using resources wisely, designing animal and plant systems to minimise your workload, rebuilding community values, and generally reducing your impact on our precious environment.

The Permaculture Design Course gives a strong overview of permaculture principles and practice, with an emphasis on design. At Northey Street, we also include significant hands-on practical experience.

Learn more, download our 2012 Permaculture Courses Brochure or contact us on (07) 3857 8775 or via info@nscf.org.au

This year we are offering four Permaculture Design Courses.  The first PDC starts on February 16th.

Book before next Tuesday 17th January and get the $50 early bird discount (or $40 concession) off the course fee!

Learn more, or download our 2012 Permaculture Courses Brochure.

• Opening Tuesday 8th of December, 11am
• All welcome
• Morning tea provided

We are excited to announce the official opening of our School ‘SEED’ Garden.  This new area will provide visiting schools and children with invaluable hands-on gardening experience and a fun, vibrant education in sustainability for many years to come.

We look forward to seeing you there! Learn more.

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Nonviolent Communication Skills

Saturday 3 December, 9am – 12pm.

In our increasingly stressful and complex world, it is vital to continually deepen our understanding of violence and its antidote, compassion.

As the name implies, nonviolent communication (or NVC) emphasises compassion as the motivation for our words and actions rather than fear, guilt, shame, blame, coercion, threat or justification for punishment. In other words, it is about getting what you want for reasons you will not regret later.

The techniques of NVC allow you to make conscious choices about how you will respond, whether you get what you want, or not. NVC guides us to reflect on our own daily reactions and behavior, and to reframe how we express ourselves and how we receive others by focusing awareness on observations, feelings, need, and requests.

This half-day workshop will provide an overview of the NVC model, an introduction to the skills involved and include some personal practice. The workshop presenter is a qualified psychologist who uses NVC in her work with executives and employees, which includes training, coaching and dispute resolution.

Cost: $50 full fee / $35 concession.

To book your place, call (07) 3857 8775,
email info@nscf.org.au or download a booking form.

Saturday 29 October

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• Chooks in the City: Getting Started
  8 am to 12 pm  - This half-day workshop will help you understand your feathered friends’ needs, choose the right housing, look at council regulations, address trouble-shooting for health and happiness.

  Cost: $50 full-fee / $35 concession.
  Provided: Herb tea and course notes.
  Please Bring: Closed shoes, hat, gloves, water, snack.
  To book your place, call (07) 3857 8775,
  email info@nscf.org.au or download a booking form.
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• Establishing a Bee Hive
  This workshop has been postponed to Saturday, November 26.  To book your place early, please call (07) 3857 8775,
  email info@nscf.org.au or download a booking form.
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Sunday 30 October
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• How to Make Paper
  The final Wasted Workshop for 2011
  Design your own handmade paper with artist Lesa Hepburn.
  
  9am-12pm, Village Life Markets at Northey Street City Farm.
  Cost: $50 adults / $20 children under 15.  $20 booking fee.
  Contact info@redhotfibre.com.au or call 0407 756 462 to book your place!
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Coming Soon
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Keep your ear out for some engaging Sunday morning musical performances in November!