Are you ready to share your passion for permaculture but feel unsure how to teach it effectively?
If you hold a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) and are passionate about sharing permaculture knowledge, this course is your gateway to becoming a confident, skilled, and inspiring teacher. This international online training, delivered in English, was designed by internationally renowned permaculture teacher Rosemary Morrow and is facilitated by Alfred Decker and a fantastic teaching team. It’s brought to you in collaboration with the Permaculture Association of Britain.
Whether you’re already teaching or dreaming of becoming a teacher, the online Permaculture Teacher Training Online (PTTO) equips you with the skills, confidence, and tools to inspire others with permaculture—both online and in person.
Why This Course?
The online PTT is an international training program in English, designed by Rosemary Morrow, the globally renowned permaculture teacher. This course empowers you to:
- Build teaching confidence and overcome fears of public speaking or facilitation
- Transform classrooms into dynamic, participatory learning spaces
- Gain hands-on experience for teaching online and in person
- Design and deliver impactful courses that create real change in your students’ lives
- Join a global community of supportive, like-minded teachers
Whether you want to run full PDCs or smaller courses and workshops, this training will help you connect with your audience and teach with confidence and passion.
What You’ll Learn
This intensive training will:
- Help you master participatory teaching methods for both virtual and in-person environments.
- Provide tools for engaging facilitation, presentation design, and student connection.
- Teach you how to manage the business side of teaching: budgeting, marketing, and course organization.
- Help you develop a resilient teaching mindset to inspire confidence in yourself and your students.
- Give you experience in collaborative teaching and group facilitation.
With Rosemary Morrow’s four decades of teaching expertise, this course offers timeless wisdom and practical tools for teaching in today’s world.
What Makes This Course Unique?
Global: Learn alongside participants from around the world, building international connections. Our previous students have found future teaching collaborators on this training.
Practical and Hands-On: Get real teaching practice in a supportive environment.
Hybrid Skills: Master teaching in both virtual and in-person settings.
Supportive Community: Join a network of experienced trainers and fellow learners to exchange ideas and support.
Course Details
- Format: Online, live sessions combined with group work and self-study
- Duration: 6 weeks, approximately 10 hours per week
- Certification: Earn your certificate by attending 75% of live sessions (9 out of 12) and completing the program
- Live Session Times: every Tuesday and Wednesday at:
16:30–19:30 GMT (UK) / 17:30–20:30 Central European Time (CET)
North America (Eastern Time): 11:30 –14:30 until October 27
Please note: Daylight Saving Time ends in Europe on Sunday, October 27.
From October 29, the times for North America will be: 12:30–15:30 ET
If you're in other time zones, please adjust accordingly to join us!
Schedule
23 + 24 September
30 September + 1 October
7 + 8 October
14 + 15 October
21 + 22 October
28 + 29 October
Pricing
We offer a sliding scale for this course, and ask participants to offer what they can pay for this professional, certified training. Those who can afford to pay more on the higher end of the scale will help those who can only pay less. The sliding scale recognises the differences in economic reality depending on what country a participant comes from, as well as their individual circumstances, so this is a practical way that people with more resources can act in solidarity.
This course includes a discounted one year membership in the Permaculture Association Britain.
If you are already a PAB member, you will be discounted the membership fee ( £27 ).
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Choose the option that best fits your circumstances:
£527 Standard Price (£500 PAB members)
This price reflects the real cost of running the course. Choose this price if you cannot pay the Abundance price.
£727 Abundance Price (£700 PAB members)
Please choose this price if you are able to afford it. By doing so you are supporting opportunities for low income students and refugees to participate in the course. Thank you!
£327 Resilient Price (£300 PAB members)
You are welcome to choose this price if you have a low income or are unemployed, receive public assistance, do not have access to funds, etc.
Payment plan: You can choose to pay in two installments by paying £200 now and receive a link to pay the rest before the course starts.
Bursary/Scholarship: If you are not able to cover the "resilient" price or are a refugee, please click HERE to fill in a scholarship application form.
Please click the booking link at the top of the page to sign up.
Refund Policy
-Full payment of the course fee is required before the course begins.
-No refunds will be issued if a participant does not complete the course.
-Participants may request a full refund, minus payment processing fees, within the first 7 days from the course start date. No refunds will be issued after 7 days from the course start.
-In the unlikely event that we need to cancel the course, participants will be offered:
a full refund of all course fees paid, minus payment processing fees, or the option to transfer to a future course.
What is included in the course?
- 12 x live 3 hour interactive online classes
- A teacher training certificate issued by the Permaculture Association of Britain
- A pack of digital teaching resources
- Course platform for self study including live class recordings, videos, text, and images
- Course community forum
- Weekly facilitation practice in class time
- A live call with Rosemary Morrow
- Access to the course materials after the end of the training
- Membership in the Permaculture Association of Britain
- A new generation of permaculture teachers and doers for you to join
What “tech” is required to participate?
This training is online and you will need stable internet and a computer, tablet, or mobile phone with a functioning microphone and camera to be able to participate. The classes will be held on Zoom so you will need to make sure this is working for you before we start.
Participants will receive a list of other free tech we may use during the program before the course starts.
We keep the tech as simple and inclusive as possible!
Teacher Training Facilitator Team
Alfred Decker (lead facilitator)
Alfred Decker is an award-winning permaculture designer; Education Coordinator of Permaculture For Refugees; certified educator with Permaculture Association of Britain; founder of the 12P Permaculture Design consultancy, a leading voice in Social Permaculture and one of Europe’s innovative permaculture educators. After taking a PTT course with Rosemary Morrow in 2011, he undertook a two year mentorship and co-facilitated six courses as her assistant, earning a Diploma in Permaculture Education & Community Development in 2013. Committed to furthering the PTT course that Rosemary developed in over four decades of teaching experience around the world, Alfred facilitated over 20 Teacher Training courses as lead facilitator and organises the PTT trainings in Europe.
Jen McConachie (teaching assistant)
Jen is a permaculture teacher and coach based in Norway. She is a certified educator with the Permaculture Association of Britain, holds certificates as a Work That Reconnects facilitator, Permaculture Diploma and took the PTT with Alfred in 2022. She runs Earth Mentor Me for programs including PDC, teacher training, forest garden design and somatic life coaching.
Guest facilitators
Habiba Youssef Abdel Aal
Habiba holds a degree in Economics and Sustainable Development and has worked in international development, focusing on regenerative natural resource use to support income-generating activities in rural areas. She co-founded La Bolina, an Andalusia-based association promoting land regeneration, community education, and the socio-economic integration of migrants and refugees. Habiba is also an expert in agroecological market gardening.
Yau Fan
Yau is a permaculture designer and facilitator who began his journey with a PDC in 2017. He has since trained with renowned teachers including Lesley Martin, Hugo Oliveira, Patricia Pereira, Geoff Lawton, and Elaine Ingham. After completing a teacher training with Alfred Decker, Yau has taught two PDCs and other permaculture courses for refugees in Brussels.
Sonita Mbah
Sonita Mbah is a passionate food grower, facilitator, and certified Applied Permaculture Designer (German Permakultur Akademie). She has led permaculture courses in Cameroon, Germany, and Kenya, and spent over a decade as Administrator of Better World Cameroon and co-initiator of the off-grid Bafut Ecovillage. As Executive Secretary of GEN Africa, she supports regenerative communities and social enterprises across the continent. Sonita is a recipient of the Gender Just Climate Solutions Award and the One World Award for her impactful work with women and ecovillages.
Rosemary Morrow
Rosemary is a globally respected permaculture teacher, practitioner, and activist with over four decades of experience in communities affected by war and disaster. Believing access to knowledge is a basic human right, she now focuses on training new teachers to expand permaculture’s reach. Her approach, grounded in working with and being led by local communities has supported projects from Ethiopia to Vietnam. Rosemary is the author of The Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture, The Earth User’s Guide to Teaching Permaculture, and other influential books.
Starhawk
Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture teacher, and leading voice in earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She has written thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Founder of Earth Activist Training, she teaches permaculture with a focus on spirituality and activism, and travels internationally offering workshops on ritual, group dynamics, and social change.
You're part of something bigger
By joining the PTTO, you will also become a member of the PAB’s Permaculture Community Hub, our overarching community. You’ll be able to keep up with the PTTO activities as well as with what’s happening in permaculture education in the main Permaculture Community Hub Activity Feed (think of it as our own permaculture social media newsfeed with PTTO and other activities all in one place). If you are not already a member of the PAB, your course fee will include a discounted 1 year membership. The Permaculture Association of Britain is working to radically and positively change the way we live in the UK and actively supports a worldwide movement. Our aim is to help educate, network, support and redesign all aspects of our daily lives to transform ourselves, our communities and our landscapes according to the ethics of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share.
Testimonials
“6 weeks ago being a permaculture teacher or even taking part in a teacher training was a distant goal. I would have to travel long distances, spend thousands of dollars and take a couple of weeks off from my life to make it happen. It feels like a huge accomplishment and has been a dream of mine! I have much more confidence now and feel that I could co-teach a PDC. I have amazing new connections to share ideas and maybe even teaching experiences with! Thank you so much! “ – Lori Heath, Canada
“Before the training I was really lost on teaching, but with new skills and micro-teaching practice, I now feel confident to teach any audience! I am the first Lesotho national to get a PDC and had no permaculture network or opportunities in my country. Through this course I made amazing friends and connections for life! Thanks to this new international network, I am now able to apply for international opportunities and feel hopeful to gain funding for my permaculture projects. Thank you for this wonderful program.” – Montoeli Moletsane, Lesotho
Frequently Asked Questions
When are the live sessions?
We meet every Tuesday and Wednesday live on Zoom.
What if I miss a class?
All of the classes are recorded, so if you are not able to be present, you can catch up in your own time. To receive your certification, you need to participate in at least 75% of the classes (9 out of 12).
Is this course suitable if I’m not a native English speaker?
Yes! Previous participants have been very international. You only need to be prepared to hold your facilitation practice in English.
What if I have never taught before?
So long as you have a PDC, beginners are welcome! You just need passion to facilitate!
How much time should I set aside for this training?
We recommend setting aside a minimum of 10 hours per week.
Is it possible to apply for a scholarship?
Yes! We want our courses to be as inclusive as possible and it may be possible to offer a scholarship place.
Please investigate all other sources of funding for your course participation before applying, as the funding is very limited.
To apply please fill out the application form by clicking here.
Join Us!
The Permaculture Teacher Training (PTT) is your next step to confidently share permaculture, build your teaching skills, and inspire change in your students and communities. We hope to welcome you for the third edition of this online Permaculture Teacher Training!
Contact
For more information / questions contact [email protected]