Permaculture Design Course (100 hours)

There will be around weekday evening sessions between 10th February and 5th June, each 6.30-9.30pm, plus some weekend days.

This is a classroom-based, theoretical course with site visits, not a hands-on, practical or gardening course. Topics to be covered will include:

• What is permaculture: ethics, principles & history.
• The ecological basis of permaculture: global climate, weather & ecology.
• Patterns in the landscape: major patterns of geology, flora, water & land use.
• Permaculture design methodology.
• Land use and nature stewardship: Soil, cropping, water use and animals in permaculture systems.
• Social applications: permaculture design in the broader contexts of communities.
• Finance & economics, land tenure & economic reform.
• Permaculture in built environments and technologies.
• Implementing permaculture: business strategies, personal strategies and practicing permaculture beyond the PDC.

Trainers: Beck Lowe, Ben Habib, Donna Livermore, Graeme George, Ian Lillington, Joel Meadows, Kat Lavers, Monique Miller and Peta Christensen.