More thoughts as we work to ‘reconnect’, build ‘imagination infrastructure’, and celebrate the possible…
A reflection on weekend two of the Permaculture Design Course by Gail McNulty
June 7, 2022
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Our Permaculture Community Comes TogetherÂ
Our 6-month Permaculture Design Courses run twice a year. This spring/summer, we are joined by Gail McNulty, a student in one of our courses. Gail is new to permaculture and after each of the 6 course weekends, she’ll be sharing a blog post about the weekend – what she learned, what inspired her, what connections she made and reflections from
May 7, 2022
Dirt Time
After six months of creating bonds with new people, transforming the way they think about ecosystems, communities, gardens, and relationships, and gathering hands-on experiences that broaden their skills and deepen their knowledge, our permaculture design students are eager to evaluate their new strengths and chart their next course. During our last weekend together we have a session on “where to
September 29, 2021
Podcast: Decolonization & Sudden Oak Life
Current PDC student Danielle created two podcast episodes from audio recordings at our Broadscale Permaculture weekend in February 2021. The podcasts feature talks by Kanyon Sayers-Roods on Decolonization, and Dr. Lee Klinger on Sudden Oak Life.
February 15, 2021
Rainwater Harvesting: Brush Check Dams and Gabions
In these articles, we’ve covered various ways to slow, sink, spread, and store rainwater. Gabions are another way to do this on landscapes that have eroded gullies or existing seasonal drainages. Creating brush gabions also puts to good use onsite fuel load you’ve reduced from your forest–all the branches, bushes, and small trees that are cleared to create defensible space and reduce fire fuel load in forested areas.
January 28, 2021
Social Permaculture & Community Development PDC Homefun
Homefun resources related to Social Permaculture & Community Development from our Permaculture Design Certificate course.
March 7, 2020
Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management PDC Homefun
Homefun resources related to Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management from our Permaculture Design Certificate course.
February 8, 2020
Personal & Economic Permaculture PDC Homefun
Homefun resources related to Personal & Economic Permaculture from our Permaculture Design Certificate course.
December 7, 2019
Alumni Spotlight: Jeff Barton
In our alumni spotlight for this month, we interviewed Jeff Barton, who received his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) in 2018 through our course.
November 19, 2019
Regenerating Watersheds & Soils PDC Homefun
Homefun resources related to Regenerating Watersheds & Soils from our Permaculture Design Certificate course.
November 2, 2019
Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness PDC Homefun
Homefun resources related to Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness from our Permaculture Design Certificate course.
October 5, 2019
Interview with John Valenzuela, New Lead Instructor for PDC
We’re excited to announce that John Valenzuela is the new lead instructor for our PDC course starting this October! Read this interview to learn more.
September 24, 2019