Permaculture Design Certificate Course

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Bryan Innes and Joanna Pearsall are experienced teachers and practitioners of permaculture design. Below is an outline of the certificate course they run.

This is a full time residential certificate course, but we arrange alternatives for those who cannot take so much time or who do not need/want to be residential.

We are open and flexible- wanting to make it possible for as many people as possible to come.

If you have any questions after reading the details we have supplied please contact us.

Want to learn how to live a rich, abundant, healthy life by working with life systems contributing to earth regeneration?

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Searching for ways to build community,  economics, food growing, housing...ways to reduce interest payments, power and food bills from you life?

The course includes:

• Observing and understanding natural systems.

• Theory and principles of sustainable systems.

• Organic growing strategies, food forests

• Designing;

• For urban and rural land use

• For living in any community

• Appropriate strategies for the climate

• Energy efficient and healthy buildings

• Renewable energy systems

• Water harvest, storage, reticulation and purification

• Food gardens, orchards, forests and conservation areas and for animals

• Appropriate economic structures for families and communities

We aim to make it possible for all, who wish, to participate. Please enquire about payment options.

Course choices: The fees here are indicative, please request, when enquiring about a particular course.

Course	Days	Fee	Mini mum deposit	Code
Full permaculture design certificate course	15 days	$1500	$300	PDC
I day introduction	1 day	$85	$85	Intro1
2-day introduction	1 day	$125	$125	Intro2
6-day Intensive non res.	6 days	$800	$300	6-day
Build with Earth hands on	1 day	$85	$85	earth
Food Growing hands on	1 day	$85	$85	Food

Course fees
We like to include all costs in the fee, so there are no surprises.
Costs of accommodation and food can vary quite a bit from course to course and depends on the level of comfort individuals require.
The fees for the whole intensive includes lunch and snacks, notes, book, field trips and tutor fees.(Also includes 1 year membership of Permaculture in New Zealand)
One and two day courses are a bit different, but the fees quoted above include lunch and morning and afternoon snacks.
Maximum number of participants for full course depends on the size of the venue.
Please enquire about:
Payment options/subsidies and/or accompanying children and partners.

Permaculture design certificate.

This is an internationally recognised certificate course in Permaculture, after which any graduate can practice using the name “permaculture”. They can also continue with further study and practice towards a diploma in applied permaculture design.

One-day introduction

This one day course is designed to introduce the basic concepts of permaculture design. At the end of the day participants will know about the philosophy, the ethics and the principles of permaculture design and sustainability.

Two-day Introduction

The 2 -day course allow the student to go deeper and learn more of the language and meaning of permaculture design. At the end of 2 days the participant will be able to explain some of the principles of permaculture, have some understanding about reading the landscape, observing patterns and landforms and a start for implementing some ideas into their own lives.

Six-day intensive

The 6 -day intensive is designed to give participants a grounding in permaculture design. It is for those who cannot at this stage take the time to complete the whole certificate course. By the end of 6 days the participant will, in addition to the tools from the first 2 days, know more about topography, soils, climate, microclimate, siting plants and structures in the landscape, building biology, and about water- harvesting, storing and reticulating for use and reuse. They will have an introduction to invisible structures, such as organisations and money and their relevance to the natural world. (It may be possible, for intensive participants, to complete the design certificate course at a later stage with Jo and Bryan).

Practical Workshops.
Building with earth : exactly what this is varies from course to course and depends on course numbers and local needs.  Options are: Cob oven, Earthbag building, garden surrounds, wood fired barbeque etc.
Food growing- Hands-on. This covers preparation, compost, worm farming, seed raising, seed saving, planting and design.

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If you want to take the whole course, but cannot come up with all the $$ in one go, you can arrange to pay over time. Please contact us about this.

Picture of earth oven built at Giverny gardens may 2009

Our aims for the course:

• To develop the design skills for abundant, sustainable living

• To develop the skills required to underpin a post carbon, post consumer society

• To build a supportive network

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We encourage people of all age-groups, backgrounds and experience to participate. Diversity enriches the quality of the course. The sharing of our collective wisdom benefits us all.

Pathways to new possibilities
Just as the world is at a point of change, so too are most participants. This course can empower you with the tools, ideas and visions to make clear choices to support healthy, sustainable living for you and your family. We spend time each day, as part of the course, experiencing and learning about co-operative living in action and the critical skills of observing, listening, opening and receiving.

Permaculture is a very beneficial journey.

All participants who complete the course will receive a permaculture design certificate.

What the Certificate means
This internationally-recognised Permaculture Design Certificate Course fulfils the standard requirements of the international curriculum.

Graduates are entitled to use the word ‘Permaculture’ in the pursuit of their livelihood and for educational purposes.

Graduates from the Certificate Course may pursue a Diploma in Permaculture and participate in advance courses, such as eco-village design, teaching skills, and bioregional training.

What previous participants have said about our course:
"Phew, I cannot look at the world in the same way any more, and its all more exciting!"
"It was like a giant brainstorming session, the PDC, all beyond expectations...it confirmed the direction we were going, but made us more passionate about it"
" .....generating the energy to create things as well"
" It was so good to feel the sense of community- it helped my learning"

About Jo and Bryan

Bryan and Jo have taught many 2-week intensive residential permaculture design certificate courses, since 1996. They encourage students to work together and practice sustainable living. They are involved in the national organisation “Permaculture in New Zealand” including developing the NZ diploma in applied permaculture design helping students to keep up and deepen their practice of permaculture design.

They created and now manifest both the Ecoshow and the Genuine Wealth System.They are also involved in various eco developments, including papakaianga and food clubs. They are active members of Heart Politics, Transition initiatives and Living Economies Trust.

Bryan and Jo offer a variety of workshops and consultations. Please enquire for more details

• Permaculture Design Certificate

• Tools for Teachers

• Mentoring for Diploma in Applied Permaculture

• Earthbag Building (with Bomun Bock-Chung)

• The Art of Scything (with Christoff Schneider)

• Building Local and Family/Community Economy

• Low-cost/high quality Cooking (with Charlotte Pearsall)

• Building an Earth Oven