Requirements
- If from another country must have a Visa valid for at least 30 days with 5 days remaining at the start of class
- You should wear a good pair of work shoes or boots. It is muddy during the rain season.
- Illegal drugs, alcohol, flouride toothpaste, nicotine products and anti-bacterial soaps are prohibited
Features
- You will have access to the online course for lifetime, along with any updates, plus access to the student FB group and forum
- Please arrive no later than 9pm on Thursday night. Class will begin promptly at 8AM Friday morning and end on Monday afternoon at 4PM
This is a full 72-hour certified, Permaculture Design Certificate course.
It consists of approximately 36 hours of lecture, presented in a weekly online class and a weekly live Q & A, and 36 hours of onsite practical exercises and reading.
To be eligible for certification you must finish all online lectures plus exercises and attend the 4 day in-person classes. You must also submit a final design project.
The following is the index for the course. Most subjects will take one lesson, or 3 hours to complete. However, some may be more, some less.
The following topics will be covered during the 4-day in-person class
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Water
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Food forest & Gardens
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Soil
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Fruit tree and tree crop maintenance
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How to Create a healthy house
The following will be taught through a series of online videos and live Q&A.
- Introduction- What is Permaculture?
- Principles & Responsibilities – Principle of Observation, Rule of Necessitous Use, Rules of Conservative Use, Principle of Cooperation, Permaculture Ethics in Landscape and Society, Life Intervention Principle, Principle of Return, Syntropy not Entropy, Work with Nature, The Problem is the Solution, The Least Changes for the Longest Term Effects, Yields are Limitless, Everything Gardens, The Principle of Empowerment, Principle of Purity and Preservation, Principle of Choice, Principle of Stability, Principle of Self Regulation, Definition of System Yield, The Role of Life in Yields, Global Threats to Life Systems.
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Our Regenerative World
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Trees
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Tropical Climates
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Regenerative Agriculture
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Permaculture in Action
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Patterns of Nature
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Fungi
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Earthworks & Earth Resources
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Permaculture Processes & Frameworks
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Temperate Climates
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Arid Climates
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Aquaculture
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Alternative Energy
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Urban Permaculture
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Permatecture
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Social Permaculture
- Third Online PDC - September 28, 2022
- 5 Most Epic Earth Healing Projects! - August 31, 2022
- Integrate rather than Segregate – Permaculture Principle #8 - April 11, 2022