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**New Live Session dates!**

Wednesday, October 22, 2025; Wednesday, November 19, 2025; Wednesday, December 10, 2025; Intermezzo Session - Sunday, January 18, 2026; Wednesday, January 21, 2026; Wednesday, February 11, 2026; Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

The live sessions take place:
16:30–19:30 UK Time (GMT) / 17:30–20:30 Central European Time (CET) 
North America (Eastern Standard Time): 11:30 –14:30  
If you’re in other time zones, please adjust accordingly to join us!
Cost
We offer a sliding scale for this course, and ask participants to offer what they can pay for this engaging, professional, and 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 (PAB). 

If you are already a PAB member, you will be discounted the membership fee of £24.

£205 Standard Price

This price reflects the real cost of running the course. Choose this price if you cannot pay the Abundance price.

£235 Abundance Price

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!

£175 Resilient Price 

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.

Scholarships

We also have some pay-what-you-can scholarships for members of marginalised communities and people of color working in environmental and social justice movements. That is part of our way of supporting reparations and of bringing in more diversity to our permaculture movement. If you are a member of a marginalised community, BIPOC or a refugee/migrant and interested in one of these scholarships, please apply here: https://forms.gle/d4NmwEP2RU2LpuE19
**PAB Membership is included for the fees for this course!**
Course summary

Are you ready to transform the way you see the world and your role within it? Join Social Permaculture Online (SPO), an innovative certified training organised by Alfred Decker, hosted by the Permaculture Association of Britain, and facilitated by 13 inspiring change-makers from across the globe. This course is your gateway to understanding permaculture as a tool for designing thriving communities, organisations, and your own life.

What is Social Permaculture?
Permaculture is more than just a design system for sustainable landscapes—it’s a way of thinking that helps us reimagine our relationships with each other, our economies, and the ecosystems that sustain us. Social Permaculture takes these principles and applies them to human systems, helping us create regenerative, resilient, and flourishing societies, organisations, and relationships.

What Will You Learn?
Through a dynamic blend of online meetings, group work & interaction, presentations, and self-study, you’ll gain ecologically-informed tools to:

  • Facilitate meetings and processes with clarity and purpose
  • Work effectively in groups and build strong, collaborative teams
  • Design organisational structures that are both functional and enduring
  • Make decisions efficiently and inclusively
  • Communicate in ways that inspire confidence and connection
  • Apply Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects & Active Hope to your life and work
  • Transform conflict into opportunities for growth
  • Plan impactful change-making campaigns
  • Design regenerative economic models that benefit people and the planet

Why This Course?
In a world facing systemic crises—economic, social, and environmental—Social Permaculture offers a way forward. You’ll explore how to:

  • Understand the interconnectedness of people, economies, and governing structures
  • Create conditions for humans and ecosystems to thrive together
  • Develop resilience on both a personal and community level
  • Rethink and redesign social and economic systems to be more equitable and regenerative

Who Is This For?
Whether you’re a community organiser, activist, entrepreneur, educator, or simply someone looking to make a positive impact, this course will equip you with the tools to create meaningful change. No prior permaculture experience is required—just a willingness to learn and grow.

What You’ll Gain:

  • A deep understanding of permaculture ethics and principles
  • Practical skills to apply in your personal and professional life
  • A network of like-minded changemakers
  • A certificate that can count as a module in a future Permaculture Design Course

Join Us and Be Part of the Regenerative Revolution!


Enrol now in Social Permaculture Online and take the first step toward designing a more connected, resilient, just and flourishing world. 

 

🌱 Learn. Connect. Transform. 🌍

Certified teachers
Rosemary Morrow, Adam Brock, Sarah Queblatin, Sonita Mbah, Starhawk, Andreas Jonsson, Patty Love, Habiba Youssef, Yau Fan, Paulinho Muzaliwa, and Jas Tribe
Apprentice teachers
No apprentice teacher places available on this course
Social Permaculture Online 2025
Course type
People / Social Permaculture
Engagement style
Online

Course contact email
Contact name
Alfred Decker

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