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What is Permaculture?

In this article, we cover some leading definitions of permaculture, as well as the ethics, principles, and key topics of the permaculture flower.

Key Learnings from Permaculture Food Forests, Weekend One

During Santa Cruz Permaculture’s first Permaculture Food Forests class the weekend of August 10-11, twenty eager students had the opportunity to visit three different sites that share the same goal: growing food and medicine.

Rainwater Harvesting: Berms and Swales

In the fourth post in our Rainwater Harvesting series, learn how to design and build berms and swales to slow, spread, and sink water on sloped landscapes.

Alumni Spotlight: Julia Herring

In our alumni spotlight for this month, we interviewed Julia Herring, who received her Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) in 2018 through our course.

Rainwater Harvesting: Surveying

by Giovanni Castaldo, Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Course participant This series of blog posts about Rainwater Harvesting provides an overview of some of the key practices. It’s informed and guided by the book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, one of Brad Lancaster’s approachable and inspiring works. As discussed in the prior post in this series, the first principle of

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