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Re: permaculture trademark alert




>What are the policy changes you refer to? what do you think might be the
>implications for PC teachers/designers worldwide?

the Permaculture institute now only issues certificates to teachers who 
are registered with them. to register the teacher sends in a course 
outline which is checked against the full table of contents of the 
designers manual (you'll need to have Science and  Thousand Names of God 
and every other section, large or small, of the manual in your outline) 
then if you're accepted then you have to pay, was initially $45 but i've 
been told it's now over $100
Appently to be a registered teacher with the pc inst you need to parrot 
the entire content of the designers manual - no more - no less, Bill & 
Lisa state the book is the curriculum and the total definition of what 
permaculture is

Other changed policies: 
the Pc Inst used to issue diplomas gratis to third world PC practitioners 
but now they have to pay full fee which can mean the equivalent of 
several months wages

could say more but it gets too depressing - the implications are huge and 
undermine the core agreements and rights of PDC holders and teachers that 
have been restated and reaffirmed for the past 20 years

Robyn