Personal & Economic Permaculture PDC Homefun

Before each weekend of our Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course, we share recommended readings, videos, podcasts, resources, and activities for our permaculture students to explore. It’s more fun than “homework”–and it’s optional–so we refer to it as “homefun.”

This series of blog posts compiles the homefun that we assign throughout our six month PDC course. Each weekend’s homefun corresponds to the topics of that weekend. Learn more about our PDC course and consider joining us here!

Personal & Economic Permaculture

Websites/Readings

• Building Community Wealth in Santa Cruz (Part 1)
• Interview with Della Duncan on Cultivating Right Livelihood
• Foundations of The Work That Reconnects
• Don’t Be Scared About The End Of Capitalism—Be Excited To Build What Comes Next
• What is Nonviolent Communication (NVC)?
• Reimagining the Commons in Santa Cruz with Mark Lakeman

Videos/Podcasts

• Della Duncan on Right Livelihood
• Upstream Podcast
• Next Economy Now Podcast
• Mark Lakeman & the City Repair Project in Portland, OR
• Badass democracy – reclaiming the public commons: Mark Lakeman at TEDxSantaCruz

Activities

• Practices for Hope & Connection (inspired by The Work That Reconnects)
• Personal Niche Analysis (we recommend doing at least the first activity in this packet and sharing it with your design team members to get to know each other’s skills & interests as you begin working on your design together)

Homefun by Weekend

• Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness
• Regenerating Watersheds & Soils
• Personal & Economic Permaculture
• Home-Scale Permaculture: Creating Natural Homes & Edible Landscapes
• Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management
• Social Permaculture, Community Development & Design Presentations