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Permaculture Design Course Outline
Classes are held everyday from 9 – 5:30pm (12 day), or 9am -7:00pm (10 day) Every Class day consist of 4-5 sessions: 9am – 10:30am , 11am – 12:30pm, 2pm – 3:30 and 4 – 5:30pm, and 6-7pm for the 10 day course. There are 1/2 hour breaks between each Session for group and individual activities and an hour 1/2 lunch break. Each day there will be some sort of hands-on activity in applied permaculture. There will be one or two field trips. There will be scheduled time for group and individual design preparation and sessions for preparing the final design presentation. A journal for notes is advised. Please review the curriculum below. Day 1 Introduction (What is Permaculture Design) Session I (9am – 10:30am) History Of Permaculture, Current state of society. Session II (11am – 12:30pm) What is Permaculture? Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Ethics: Care for Earth, Care for People, Fair Share or Return of Surplus Day 2 Land & Nature Stewardship Session I (9am – 10:30am) Zone and Sector Analysis 101 Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Patterns in Nature Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Day 3 Building (The Built Environment) Session I (9am – 10:30am) Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Day 4 Tools & Technology Session I (9am – 10:30am) Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Practical Application: Map Reading, Google Earth, Contours, Online Sources Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Day 5 Education & Culture Session I (9am – 10:30am) Developing your design methods Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Practical Application: Guilding Exercise Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Day 6 Health and Spiritual Well-being Session I (9am – 10:30am) Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Day 7 Finance and Economics Session I (9am – 10:30am) Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Day 8 Land Tenure & Community Governance Session I (9am – 10:30am) Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Session IV (4pm – 5:30pm) Day 9 Session I (9am – 10:30am) Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Practical Work on final Design Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Practical Work on final Design Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Day 10 Session I (9am – 10:30am) Hands On Activity Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Practical Work on final Design Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Practical Work on final Design Day 11 Session I (9am – 10:30am) Designing an Eco-village (Intentional Community) Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Suburban Permaculture Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) Urban Permaculture Session IV ( 4pm – 5:30pm) Practical Work on final Design Day 12 Permaculture Design Graduation Ceremony Session I (9am – 10:30am) Practical Work on final Design Session II (11am – 12:30pm) Design Presentations Session III (2pm – 3:30pm) What’s Next Session IV ( 4pm – 6:30pm) Evaluation, Talent Show and Graduation (potluck) Timetable and topics are subject to change. Students must attend 70% of the 72 hour course to receive their Certificate. Students will design as an individual and in groups. Books to purchase for the course will be available: Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow (available for purchase at the course for $25 NEW) Permaculture Designer’s Manual by Bill Mollison (optional) Payment Options: Cost is $1200 for Full design course |
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Pura Vida Permaculture
At Pura Vida Permaculture, we pride ourselves on our professionalism, our specialized knowledge and our ability to deliver a very personal, unique outcome to each of our clients. Design really does matter, particularly when our clients have individual needs.
We work from conception to completion with a strong team of professionals, delivering full documentation of a Full System design, planning and concept development.
Our dedicated creative team designs and executes select features, materials, and completes each project with distinctive finishing touches including Plants, animals, art and appropriate technology.
It is important that an integrated approach to design is incorporated at the early stages of a project. We work closely with architects, landscape designers, engineers and other specialized consultants to achieve a successful outcome.
We have a reputation for collaboration and accurate interpretation of our clients requirements. This is the hallmark of a Pura Vida Permaculture project and we are very proud that our clients appreciate our service and return to us for their future projects.
Nancy and her team are passionate about creating beautiful environments using the principles of Permaculture Design, enabling a broad spectrum of clients to benefit from our expertise. Our range of projects include:
We work from conception to completion with a strong team of professionals, delivering full documentation of a Full System design, planning and concept development.
Our dedicated creative team designs and executes select features, materials, and completes each project with distinctive finishing touches including Plants, animals, art and appropriate technology.
It is important that an integrated approach to design is incorporated at the early stages of a project. We work closely with architects, landscape designers, engineers and other specialized consultants to achieve a successful outcome.
We have a reputation for collaboration and accurate interpretation of our clients requirements. This is the hallmark of a Pura Vida Permaculture project and we are very proud that our clients appreciate our service and return to us for their future projects.
Nancy and her team are passionate about creating beautiful environments using the principles of Permaculture Design, enabling a broad spectrum of clients to benefit from our expertise. Our range of projects include:
