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PDC Session 3: Personal & Economic Permaculture (December 7-8, 2024)

Learn and practice nonviolent communication Participate in a Work that Reconnects workshop and learn about the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects Discuss and reflect on Right Livelihood and your role in the Great Turning Explore strategies for mitigating disaster through community resilience, permaculture design, and creating disaster plans Gain an understanding of financial permaculture, challenges with our current economic system, and concepts like money and banking Learn about topics

PDC Session 1: Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness (April 5-6, 2025)

Explore the principles and ethics of permaculture Learn design processes and methods for articulating client goals and desired outcomes, and site analysis Study ecology and employ natural patterns as a design tool Participate in a World Cafe with fellow students to access the collective intelligence of the community Practice nature awareness and observation Learn to add value to current systems

Permaculture Skills (Spring-Summer 2025)

At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm Gain skills and learn best practices to be able to successfully and confidently implement sustainable living projects! Our 6-weekend permaculture skills course focuses on developing practical skills through hands-on learning. Topics covered include: Construction & Carpentry Energy: electrical, solar, biogas, bicycles Forestry & Wood heat: fire mimicry, rocket stoves, ovens, harvesting timber and non-timber

Permaculture Food Forests (August 2024-July 2025)

Do you want to gain hands-on skills and build community around growing food? Interested in learning best practices for orchard establishment and management, food forestry, designing year round productive vegetable farms and gardens, and preserving the harvest? We are pleased to offer this advanced practicum grounded in sound horticultural practices, and spiced with the delicious seasonal fruits and vegetables our

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Introduction to Permaculture – Online Session – February 5, 2025

Are you permaculture curious? Maybe you’ve heard the term, but don’t quite get what it’s all about? Organic gardening or something? Is there more to it? And what’s unique about the Santa Cruz Permaculture approach? Permaculture design is a method of landscape planning that can be applied to anything, from a home garden or farm to a city block or

Permaculture Design Course Summer Intensive 2025

Our 2-week intensive covers the same curriculum as our 6-month course and includes camping and all meals. The 2-week intensive is followed by our 8-day Advanced Permaculture Design Course. Please consider joining us for both courses.

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