PDC Module 1 Permaculture Foundations

The foundation for applying excellent permaculture is a design process based on three ethics, 12 principles and  “the scale of permanence.”

This Saturday module provides the critical concepts, language and framework for understanding and designing with permaculture. This is the start of a yearlong, 12 module course, however it can be done as a stand alone day. After some group introductions, we’ll flush out permacultures’ definitions, principles, ethics, and get familiar with its origins.  We’ll be inside and outside as weather allows, alternating lecture, short videos, paired exercises and individual work with fun exercises to give you that “gut” understanding of what permaculture is all about.  We’ll also look at how others are applying permaculture design solutions throughout the world to give you a sense of what’s possible. For those attending the yearlong course, we’ll finish by discussing the scope of  individual design project to be presented in April 2020.  Today lays out the pathway to module #2: The Permaculture Design Process.  

Download the program overview here.

Tutors

Catherine and Neville Dunton-McLeod

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