TTT Pilot Berlin-planned agenda

Train-the-Trainer Pilot course: Urban Gardening in the Degrowth Context

Berlin, February 20 – 21, 2014

Note: this is the "public" part of the course. The following weekend days, dedicated to learning and exchange among GROWL partners, are posted on a separate page

Goal: GROWL is piloting a train-the-trainer course that will integrate core degrowth principles and approaches into the topic of urban horticulture and renewable practices. This course will use train-the-trainer techniques to form future trainers (multipliers) who will serve as multipliers, transmitting their new knowledge throughout the groups and activities they are involved in. It contains practical examples of various learning methodologies and guidance for participants to develop their own future courses.

Audience: The target audience are individuals already involved in a degrowth or urban horticulture project who are motivated to become future trainers by combine these two themes. They may have varying levels of experience with adult education and may wish to: 1) incorporate a degrowth focus into their current adult education projects and/or 2) acquire additional orientation as to how to undertake adult education in their projects.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Thursday, Feb. 20th:

10 AM – 1 PM: Sustainable Sites City Tour

• Plänterwald Allotment Gardens

• Rosa Rose Community Garden – Current Garden and Memorial Site

• Tempelhof Airport Garden Project

1 PM – 2:30 PM: Lunch at Regenbogenfabrik – Solidarity Economy Site

2:45 PM: Registration for Train-the-Trainer Course, Seminar Room 4, Alte Feuerwache Kreuzberg, Axel Springer Str. 40-41

3.00 – 3.15 PM: Introduction to the course and GROWL

3.15 PM - 6.45 PM : Degrowth Lite Module by Research and Degrowth – France team

[Half-hour break in the middle with tea, coffee and snacks]

6.45 – 7 PM: Explanation of Ecological Footprint “Homework”

Friday, Feb. 21st: Theater room, KuBiZ, Bernkasteler Str. 78

9:30 - 10:00 AM: Introductions (ice-breaker) and comments on homework [K. Dowling & A. Hackenburger]

10.00 – 10.30 AM: Orientation on adult education

• short summary on adult learning styles

• techniques to address the different types of learners

• open sharing of practical experiences [example of audience participation]

10.30 – 11.15 AM: Fairbindung exercise, “Memo-Spiel” [Methodology: thinking exercise using break-out groups]

BREAK

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Course administration

• targeting/inviting learners

• scheduling times and reserving a venue

• organising resources (written, audiovisual, experts)

• mixing teaching techniques to facilitate participatory learning

• tips for speaking to groups

12:00 – 12:30 PM: Landscape for Life materials on sustainability and urban gardening -- Responsible soil management [Methodology: traditional Powerpoint lecture; De-growth goal: utilise appropriate local resources for cultivation]

12:30 - 12:45 PM: Vermiculture video [Methodology: multimedia resource; De-growth goal: divert waste from waste-stream and capture valuable organic material]

12:45 – 1:15 PM: Frau Dr. Cornelia Oschmann, Humboldt University, on edible gardening in limited spaces [Methodology: invited local expert; De-growth goal: enhance low-scale gardening for food production]

1:15 – 2:15 PM: LUNCH by kochzeichen.de

2.15 – 2.45 PM: Fairbindung exercise on Consistency/Efficiency/Sufficiency [example of thinking exercise using break-out groups] Fairbindung exercise on Consistency/Efficiency/Sufficiency [example of thinking exercise using break-out groups]

2:45 – 3:30 PM: Landscape for Life materials on responsible water management, indigenous plants and habitat preservation [Methodology: traditional Powerpoint lecture; De-growth goal: utilise appropriate local resources for cultivation , emphasize selection of local species and encourage biodiversity]

3:45 – 4:15 PM: Soil characterisation [Methodology: hands-on exercise incorporating written instructions; De-growth goal: teach participants to select local soils appropriate for horticulture]

BREAK

4.30 – 5:15 PM: Frau Frauke Hehl, Wem gehört die Stadt? [Methodology: invited local expert; De-growth goal: assessment of the commons for food production]

5:15 – 5:45 PM: Closing exercise by Fairbindung – Exit Cards related to food autonomy and urban horticulture

5:45 – 6:00 PM: Conclusion

• explanation of tracking forms for future learners

• request for participants to commit to future teaching

Methodologies:

peer-to-peer sharing

break-out groups

hands-on learning

participatory exercises

invited experts

traditional lecture

multimedia

Evaluation strategy: written and on-line