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Permaculture Design Course 2021

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About the course

Skills you’ll gain

  • Agriculture & Food
  • Permaculture design

Course information

Course content

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Getting you started on the Online Learning Platform
Getting you started on Discord
Joining the live sessions
How to Design Permaculture Mandala Garden (recording)
Permaculture Principles Workshop with André Soares & Lucy Legan (recording)
Welcome to GEN, the Global Ecovillage Network
How GEN Works
Introduction to GEN's regional networks
Resources
GEN Projects
Ways to get more involved with GEN
Module One Overview
Permaculture in the Ecovillage Context (Live 13/11/21)
What is Permaculture?
Ethics
Permaculture in the Landscape and Society
What is an Ecovillage?
Communities on Edge
Introduction to Permaculture Live Review + Q&A (18/11/21 - 8 pm GMT)
Module two - Overview
How to live with Permaculture principles (Live 20/11/2021)
Twelve Permaculture Principles and more
Embrace Complexity
Four Renewable Ecosystem Processes
Permaculture Action Plan
Exercise: Ecovillage Case Studies
The Ecovillage Map of Regeneration
Bonus Lesson 2 - Resilience Thinking
Live Review and Q&A - How to Live With Permaculture Principles
Module three - Overview
Live Class - How to Start a Permaculture Design on 27/Nov/2021 10 AM GMT
Thinking about design
Define
Permaculture Action Plan
Resource: Ecovillage Design Cards
Live Review and Q&A - How to Start a Permaculture Design on 02/Dec/2021 at 8 PM GMT
Module 4 Overview
Live Session - Design With Climate and Patterns in Nature on 04/December/2021 10 AM GMT
Ideate
Patterns in Nature
Climate
Design Components
Making Connections
Week 4 PAP
Live Review and Q&A of Module 4 - 9/December/2021 8 PM GMT
Module 5 Overview
Live - Design for Human Comfort and Landscape Regeneration - Saturday 11/December/2021 10 AM GMT -
Prepare
Zoning
Design for Slopes
Week 5 PAP - Start Your Design Project
Drawing Your Design
Live Review and Q&A - Module 5 - 16/December/2021 - 8 PM GMT
Live - Design Value With Water - Saturday 18/December 2021 10 AM GMT
Water
Yeomans Keyline and the Scale of Permanence
Week 6 PAP and Resources
Design With Nature Recap
Live Q&A - Design Value With Water - 23 Dec 2021 8 PM GMT
Live - How to make soil and create Permaculture gardens - Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 10 AM GMT
Ethics of Soil
Soil Fertility
Understanding Soils
Make an Instant Garden
Planting Seeds
Composting
Building Soil with Worms
Microclimates
Planting with Perennials
Week 7 PAP: Secret Gardens
Q & A - How to make soil and create Permaculture gardens
Live - How to Build Permaculture Forests - 02 January 2022
Food Forests
Green Manures
Microforests
Weeds, the Guardians of the Soil
Biofertilizers
Seed Saving for the Future
Week 8 PAP: Regen Forests
Bonus: World of Organics
Live Q &. A - How to Build Permaculture Forests - 06 January 2022
LIVE - Permaculture Houses and Appropriate technology -Saturday 8 January 2022 - 10AM GMT
The Permaculture House
Appropriate Technology
Extra Resources
A Permaculture design project
Live Q&A - Permaculture Houses and Appropriate Technology - 13 January 2022 - 8PM GMT
Live - Cuba as a model for disaster preparedness - Saturday 15 Jan
Hazards are natural, disasters are manmade
Design for Floods
Design for Storms
Design for Wild Fire
Live Q & A - Permaculture and disasters - Thursday 8 PM GMT
Live - Bioregional self-reliance - Saturday Jan 22nd 10 AM GMT
Bioregionalism and Permaculture
Social Permaculture Resources
Final Q&A - Thursday 8 PM GMT
Final Design Presentations LIve - Saturday Jan 29th - 10 AM GMT
Examples from other PDCs Final Designs

Permaculture Design Course 2021

Course includes

100 classes
+ 17
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May 6 – June 3, 2025

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Frequently asked questions

I’ve just arrived here, where should I start?

If you are just getting to know GEN, we recommend you start with the GEN Intro course which will give you the frame of how the network and organisation flow.

A live course will be offered at set times and invites you to engage with a facilitator and other participants. A self-paced course means you can engage in the content as your schedule allows. We also offer courses where you engage in the content yourself and then join gently facilitated group discussions to connect with others.

Visit the Community Events page to see what is available or contact your region.

No! We strive to serve a range of audiences and believe that ecovillage tools can be applied in a range of contexts.

Sometimes. We operate on keeping course fees as low as possible while paying our collaborators fairly. When the essential costs are covered, we can sometimes offer scholarships. Contact Us. 

We would be happy to consider it. Please send a proposal via our contact form. Be sure to include your background on the topic (length of experience and in which contexts), where you have offered the course previously, and your suggested format (live, self paced, pricing etc.)

Upcoming live courses

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  • Economics & Law
Can we build economies and businesses built on trust, community, wellbeing and ethical practice? This package features talks and workshops on social and solidarity economy, community businesses, ecovillage pensions and more.
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  • Sustainability
A special opportunity to participate in the full live and online Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course running from 12 March to 24 July, 2022 with top facilitators and experts from around the world, certified by Gaia Education and GEN. Explore social, ecological, economic and cultural regeneration and project design through classes, practice groups, sharing and exercises in a 5 month transformative learning journey.
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  • Social Justice
November 13 2021 – January 29 2022 – Certified online permaculture design course. Live workshops, a vibrant online community, materials that are yours for life and support for your own permaculture project – giving you the tools to skillfully bring permaculture into your life. Facilitated by leading expert AndrĂ© Soares. Live guest classes with David Holmgren, co-founder of permaculture, and other guests.
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REGEN-Nations is a 6-month project-based learning journey created by GEN Oceania and Asia. This course provides a whole-systems education to create solutions for sociological, cultural, economic, and ecological resilience and regeneration. In collaboration with over 25 experts, we weave together the wisdom and rich cultural heritage of Oceania and Asia to explore ways that heal and restore ourselves, our communities, and our natural environments together.
Through 6 sessions, learn about why stories are so important in this time of transition and explore what makes a great story that can impact others and the world. Through guided facilitation, you will develop, revise, and share a meaningful personal story, and learn audio/video recording/editing using the online platform WeVideo. After adding narration, images/video, and music, you’ll have the opportunity to share your stories on GEN’s YouTube channel with each other and the world.

The Live Course Experience

Live Zoom Classes

Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an FIC course, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom for each class.Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an FIC course, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom for each class.

Recorded Classes

You’ll receive all class recordings in a follow-up email. They will also be uploaded to LearnDash found in your ic.org account dashboard. Watch or listen when it is convenient for you. Transcripts available upon request.

Access LearnDash through your Dashboard

Login to you ic.org account, visit your dashboard and go to “My Courses”. Here you have access to all course content and recordings through LearnDash. Access to courses expire 30 days after the last class.

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