Permaculture Design Course

In this program you will learn how to plan, create and nurture regenerative human settlements. You will gain new perspectives and understandings as well as a variety of tools for how we as human beings can become caretakers for the whole ecosystem; how we can create abundant and diverse community systems, gardens and landscapes by connecting to and understanding ourselves, our communities and our land in deeper ways. By learning to observe the patterns of life and its energy flows and cycles, by learning to work with them instead of against them, you will emerge with a complex skillset to bring about regenerative creative solutions in your life.

This unique course brings Permaculture Design together with the indigenous cultural wisdom gathered by the international Nature Connection and Regenerative Culture movement and its networks, creating a cultural container that supports you on a journey into yourself, your community and the world around you. You will be immersed in this culture throughout the program as well as learn how to facilitate it in your own personal and professional context at home. This course will be a powerful, transformative community experience, enabled by a deep immersion into nature, music, and the presence of cultural visionaries and elders, all hosted in an evolving ecovillage in the magnificent mountains of the Swiss Alps.

Topics:

– Introduction to permaculture (history, ethics and principles)
– Permaculture design methods and processes
– Planning and building of permaculture systems – gardens, communities, companies
– Self-sufficiency and sustainable living and building
– Permaculture in agriculture
– Practical know-how: Botany, composting, forest gardens and more
– Social permaculture and community building, regenerative organisations, roles and project management
– Nature connection tools and introduction to wilderness knowledge (Core Routines, 8 shields, bird language)
– This course covers the Permaculture Association (B