Vanessa Stewart - Certificate III Permaculture, Visual arts and more…

 My adolescent love for the earth, community, and regenerative design drew me towards the orbit of permaculture. With hand-on-heart, studying at Byron Community College has been one of the most steep albeit rewarding decisions I have ever made. And one that continues to give back in spades, thanks to the burgeoning relationships with the support staff, impassioned tutors and my fellow peers – all true ambassadors for change.  

 I feel a deep sense of privilege that my classes are a shared experience, flexible, intergenerational and relevant to the socio-environmental turbulence we front. Collaborating on a number of real life community projects through permaculture, woodwork and art has been the most beautiful and timely reminder that we all have the capacity to learn, do and give back in such tangible ways.  

 To be frank, the greatest challenge I faced was the misconception from family what a community college represents. I was often fronted with the impression that a community college certification cannot forge a path of security compared to the tertiary route, but this could not be any further from the truth!   

 My goal is to combine my passion for tactile building and the permaculture principles I’ve learned at BCC as the impetus to study sustainable industrial design.  

Vanessa has already studied Permablitz Community Project, Breathing the Land 1 and 2, Permaculture Design Course, Build Pallet Furniture , Bush Regeneration and about to enrol in Bamboo Building and Pallet Furniture Advanced!   

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