SOCIAL PERMACULTURE FOR FOOD JUSTICE
Perfect for
PDC graduates & food justice advocates!
A Continuing & Professional Education online course at UMASS-Amherst taught by Abrah Dresdale
Class runs January 22 - May 1, 2018
Course information can be found at
https://sustfoodfarm.org/online-classes/social-permaculture/
[This class is part of the
Sustainable Food and Farming Online Certificate and also counts toward the new Associate of Science program]
Contact UMASS for questions about Registration at
regoff@cpe.umass.edu or 413-545-3653; If you have questions in advance about the program, you may contact the A.S. Online Program Coordinator, Renee Ciulla
rciulla@psis.umass.edu
Contact Instructor with questions specific to the course at
feedinglandscapes@gmail.com
Social
Permaculture for Food Justice prepares students with methodologies from the fields of
permaculture design and social justice to enact change in the food system...
COURSE OUTLINE
SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS
Week 1: Current Context for ‘A Call to Action’
Week 2: Introduction to Social
Permaculture
Week 3: Mapping Our Individual Power and Collaborative PotentialSECTION II: PRIVILEGE, OPPRESSION, AND FOOD JUSTICE
Week 4: United to End Structural Racism in the Food System
Week 5: Food Worker Justice & Challenging a Corporate Controlled Food System
Week 6: Food Sovereignty Struggles—Facing our Grief and Celebrating our Victories
SECTION III: DESIGNING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Week 7: Social Permaculture Design Process
Week 8: Social Permaculture Analysis Tools for Leveraging Systems Change
Week 9: Working Effectively in Groups: Communication Tools & Policy Advocacy
SECTION IV: WORLD-CHANGERS’ TOOLBOX
Week 10: Personal Sustainability and the Importance of Self-Care
Week 11: Regenerative Leadership Development in the Food System
Week 12: Reframing Our Work in a Wider Context of People and Time
Week 13: Skills for Catching and Committing to a Vision
Week 14: Becoming a Conduit for Implementing and Sustaining Social Change
