Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management 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!

Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management

Websites/Readings

• Articles about food forests and fruit trees on the SCP blog
• Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture by J. Russel Smith (book)
• The Carbon Farming Solution by Eric Toensmeier (book)
• Restoration Agricultural: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers by Mark Shepherd (book) 
• The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono (book)
• Agroforestry resources, National Agricultural Library, USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (website)
• Sudden Oak Life website
• Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson (book)
• “On the Farm: Revolutionary Rancher” about Sallie Calhoun of Paicines Ranch

Videos/Podcasts

• “How to fight desertification and reverse climate change,” Allan Savory’s TED Talk on Holistic Management
• “Sudden Oak Life- Holistic Tree Care” podcast interview with Dr. Lee Klinger
• “Sudden Oak Death — Sudden Oak Life” video of Dr. Lee Klinger presenting research

Activities

• Forest health assessment
• Apply Sudden Oak Life 
• Assessment of and planning for regional fire preparedness

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