Looking for a Permaculture Teacher who can teach in Cantonese

Hi all,

This is a long shot, but I am looking for Permaculture Teacher who can teach in Cantonese.  

Is there anyone out there?

Would like to connect.

Thank you,
Crystal

Ah, I'm sorry,  I can do Mandarin but not Cantonese. I'll ask around though. Can you give more context please?

Hi James, thanks for the reply. Sure! I am keen on developing a PDC program in Hong Kong. I am working on a proposal for a good opportunity for funding currently. Early days. but I would love to know if there is a Permaculture Educator out there wanting to do the same thing. Thanks for potentially asking around.

hey Crystal,

have you tried connecting with local HK groups? Maybe you can find someone through contacting https://gogreenhongkong.com/about/ or some of the other local social hubs.

There are definitely people who've done PDCs in HK. Several years ago I visited a few organic farms in the new territories following some 'permacultural' practices, not sure if they still around though.  ie 有心機 zen Organic farm

gl, I'd be interested to know what you find. I've had friends ask me about a Cantonese/Chinese friendly PDC also but I've never seen anything.

JC

Thanks JC. Yes there have been in the past, in English. I have reached out to Kadoorie Farms and a few but not 有心機 zen Organic farm, will definitely write them. Another contact has a friend of a friend they think may be teachers but it seems a bit mythical at the moment

Out of curiosity, have you taught a PDC in Mandarin? Wondering how that went.

Thank you.

Crystal

Thats not me.... was the other commentor i think. my mandarin is garbage, I could probably assist someone who wanted to teach it in cantonese, i can speak decent enuf but I never actually attended a real pdc so i dont have the 'credentials'.

Personally i think reading and following the works of the masters online and via print ie Fukuoka, Mollisson, Lawton, Wheaton, etc is more than sufficient to start doing practical applications of permaculture.

Right! I guess I presumed the forum wouldn't have gotten much traction since the last post.

Yes. I don't have them either, I do have my PDC and have have co-hosted a few PDCs in Portugal, volunteered at a Permaculture project in Hong Kong, but am more on the behind the scenes, organisational side of running an educational project. Planning to do a teacher's training this year. My Cantonese isn't near good enough to teach with.  

Are you located in Hong Kong by chance?

No I'm in Canada, on 10 acres living in a yurt in the forest, digging a walpini right now.

I've thought about the topic a lot though, as several years ago I was casually looking at a plot of land on Lamma Island but decided the challenges in HK to make a homestead was too difficult. But of course I still keep in touch with family and friends there.

Are you constrained to a traditional teaching approach? Have you considered an online course or just staring a youtube channel for instance?

Sounds great!

The grant I'm looking into is specifically for tactile projects. I personally also would like something with a physical component in Hong Kong. With the project I work with in Portugal we're thinking about online courses for the near future though.