This Course has ended. Please click here to see current Courses. or click here to browse our interactive map. Course website https://terraalta.wordpress.c… Dates and times 4 Aug 14 Cost 550 euros Course summary THE COURSE: Format and Content The course will be an 80-hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course spread out over 14 days. This ample time allows students to digest the material, get hands-on experience and work thoroughly on the final design project and presentation. The course will be certified through TreeYo Permaculture as we are guided by Bill Mollison’s curriculum that comprises the 14 chapters of his book “Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual”. Our schedule reflects this commitment and has a strong emphasis on how the design principles and process influence site develop and systems management while always acknowledging the people care side of it all. This course will help you gain confidence in setting up land based designs but also the inextricable link with creative integration of humans. We will cover the following topics throughout the course: Ethics, Principles, and Methods of Permaculture Design Pattern Understanding: Interpretation and Application Climatic Factors: Broad Climatic Zones and Microclimate – Effects on Landscape and Design Water: Harvesting, Conservation, Purification, and Revitalization Trees and their Energy Transactions: SoilWaterTrees Soils: Classification, Food Web, and Restoration Aquaculture: Food Web, Aquatic Plants, Chinampas, Tyre Ponds, Water Quality Parameters Animal Systems: Integrate worms, chickens, goats, and many other animals in your design Strategies for Tropical, Dry-land, and Temperate Climates: Influences on Vegetation, Housing, and Earthworks Introduction to Natural Building: Earth as a Building Material Fermentation and Nutrition: Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Sourdough Bread and Pickles Local Food Systems: CSA-Community Supported Agriculture, Cooperatives, Food-Coops Social and Economic Permaculture: Bio-Regional Organisation, Living in Communities, Transition Towns and Local Resiliency Doug Crouch and Pedro Valdjiu Course type Permaculture Design Course Engagement style Face to face Course contact email [email protected] Contact name pedro valdjiu Contact telephone number 00351937115275 Share this course Copied to clipboard