PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
June 26 - July 8, 2010
Permaculture Design Course (two weeks)
The course will follow the internationally recognized curriculum for the Permaculture Design Course, which is the foundation for understanding and applying Permaculture. It is also the foundation for pursuing a Diploma in Permaculture, obtainable after presenting the documentation of a minimum of two years applied Permaculture work to a recognized forum.
While the course provides an intensive immersion in the theory necessary to understand such a complex integrated study, the information is presented in the context of daily practical applications, with both demonstrations, and hands-on experimentation by the participants.
The course curriculum covers:
June 26 - July 8, 2010
Permaculture Design Course (two weeks)
The course will follow the internationally recognized curriculum for the Permaculture Design Course, which is the foundation for understanding and applying Permaculture. It is also the foundation for pursuing a Diploma in Permaculture, obtainable after presenting the documentation of a minimum of two years applied Permaculture work to a recognized forum.
While the course provides an intensive immersion in the theory necessary to understand such a complex integrated study, the information is presented in the context of daily practical applications, with both demonstrations, and hands-on experimentation by the participants.
The course curriculum covers:
Facilitator
John Button, Co-ordinator, has worked with Permaculture for almost 30 years, in design, consultancy, teaching, project development and the implemention of many successful and diverse projects in Italy, Germany, Canary Islands, Russia, Australia, India, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.
- Introduction
- Ecology
- Principles of Permaculture
- Patterns in Nature
- Methods of Design
- Limiting Factors of Design
- Landform: size, shape, aspect, slope
- Climate
- Vegetation
- Water
- Soil
- Invisible: Financial Social & Political - Climate
- Vegetation
- Water
- Soil
- Classical Landscapes
- Zone 0 - House sites
- Zone 1 - Homesite
- Integrated Pest Management
- Zone 2 - Orchard
- Zone 3 - Cropping and Grazing
- Zone 4 - Structural Forests
- Zone 5 - Conservation Forests
- Wildlife Management
- Aquaculture
- Designing for Disaster
- Appropriate Technology
- Community
- Money and Wealth, Income
- Site Analysis
- Creative Problem Solving – practical design
