ARCHIVE: Permaculture Design Course Jul-Nov 2021

This design course is contextualised within socio-political and environmental systems and intends to produce graduate Permaculture designers, ready to apply their Permaculture knowledge in their own lives.

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Course curriculum overview

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1. Announcements
2. Introduction
3. Course Information
4. Schedule
5. Online Zoom Lessons
6. Online Learning and Thinkific
7. Introductory Questions - 1st Session (21 July 2021)
8. Course Notes and Reading Guide 2021
1. Design Project Overview
2. Base Map & Vision Statement Activity
1. Submit your Final Design Project here
1. Introduction
2. Definition and History
3. Ethics of Permaculture
4. Permaculture Design Principles
1. Introduction
2. Energy Flows in Systems
3. Eco-footprint Activity
4. Gaia Concepts and Terminology
5. Nutrient Flows in Ecosystems
6. Nutrient Flow Activity
7. Trees and Forest Ecology
1. Introduction
2. Recognising Patterns and Learning to Read the Landscape
3. Activities from Beck's session on 11 August 2021
4. Climate and Weather Patterns
5. Vegetation and Land-use Patterns
6. Water and Landform Patterns
7. Design Features of Major Landscapes
1. Introduction
2. Diversity in Food Crops
3. Geology and Soil Patterns, Soil Ecology and Management
4. Food Production Systems, Annual Cropping Systems
5. Spatial Patterns for Perennial Crops
6. Urban Agriculture
7. Harvesting and Storing Water, Water Conservation and Recycling
8. Animals in Permaculture, Aquaculture
1. Introduction
2. Observation - People and Land
3. Analytical Tools
1. Introduction
2. Patterns in Community - the Social Landscape, Strategies for Building Social Capacity
1. Introduction
2. Economic Systems Analysis, Strategies for Economic Reform
3. Business Strategies
1. Introduction
2. Patterns in Housing Design, Building Materials, Design of Functional Buildings
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Settlement patterns, strategies, ceres 31
1. Introduction
2. Catching and Storing Energy, Appropriate Domestic Technology, Power Generation and Transport
1. Introduction
2. Strategies for Behavioural Change
3. Beyond the Design Course
1. Farewell... till next time

About this course

Free
56 lessons
0 hours of video content

ARCHIVE: Permaculture Design Course Jul-Nov 2021

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Course curriculum overview

Welcome

Assessment

Final Design Projects

What is Permaculture?

The Ecological Basis of Permaculture

Patterns in the Landscape

Land-use and Nature Stewardship

Design Methodology

Social Applications (Culture and Education)

Finance and Economics

The Built Environment

Land-use and Nature Stewardship

Land Tenure and Community Governance

Tools and Technology

Implementing Permaculture

Fare well...till next time!

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