What do you do after the permaculture course? How do you dig deeper and take your designs to a professional and ultra-practical level? How can become more skillful in design implementation? Permaculture Design Courses are popular worldwide for the transformative experiences they provide and the introduction to a whole way of viewing landscapes and communities that is often new and
One of the design methods used in permaculture that takes place early on in a site design is Zone and Sector Analysis. Through observation and gathering information about the site, its nearby surroundings, and the people who utilize or will utilize the site, we identify zones of use and sectors of energy that influence or affect the site. In this article we explore these two analyses.
We share permaculture articles on our Facebook page every day of the year. Read 25 of the most popular articles from 2020!
Co-Written by David Shaw and Melissa Ott Fant “Long-range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present decisions.” – Peter Drucker This is part two of a series on permaculture approaches to fire ecology, preparedness, recovery, and regeneration. Read part one of the series here. After exploring fire ecology and resources for communicating during active
In our alumni spotlight for this month, we interviewed Anna and Kyle King, who received their Permaculture Design Certificates (PDC) in winter 2019 through our course.
In our alumni spotlight for this month, we interviewed Jeff Barton, who received his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) in 2018 through our course.
Homefun resources related to Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness from our Permaculture Design Certificate course.
Beginning with a permaculture approach to economics, we explore strategies for building community wealth, including numerous examples from California.
In this article, we cover some leading definitions of permaculture, as well as the ethics, principles, and key topics of the permaculture flower.
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.
In our alumni spotlight for this month, we interviewed Julia Herring, who received her Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) in 2018 through our course.
An interview with Santa Cruz Permaculture PDC alum TJ Silva and his fiance Carli Cullens, of All Good Things Farm in the Salinas Valley, CA.
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