Certificate Course: Permaculture FEAST

Permaculture FEAST for ecological & social transformation – a certificate course in permaculture design with Lisa DePiano, Jonathan Bates, Javiera Benavente, and friends. Be a part of a global movement to regenerate our communities and create the world we want to live in.

Permaculture is a vision, design system, and global movement that draws on patterns and principles found in nature to meet human needs, while regenerating the natural world and creating abundance we can share.

This weekend permaculture design course moves from principles and patterns to details in a supportive, respectful and collaborative atmosphere to promote rapid learning of whole systems design. The course is centered on experiential learning and hands-on skill building, including local field trips and reskilling where we will put theory into action. It goes above and beyond the standard 72-hour design course offering attendees over 80 hours of content with an additional focus on social permaculture and urban techniques. The course concludes with a design practicum, where participants will work in small groups to develop a design for a real life design project.

This course is structured in twelve weekend day sessions, allowing full-time workers, students and people with families more flexibility to participate. Successful completion of this course will earn participants an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.

Graduates leave ready to apply what they’ve learned in their lives, backyards, businesses and communities!

Topics include:

• Permaculture principles & ethics

• Reading the Landscape & Understanding Natural Cycles

• Urban Homesteading

• Forest Gardening and Uncommon fruit and nut tasting

• Water Harvesting

• Creative Waste Cycling

• Micro-livestock

• Energy & Building Systems

• Social Permaculture

• Cooperative Economics

• Design for Climate Change

• Community Building & Organizing

• Aquaculture and Bioshelters

• Soil Regeneration & Land Restoration

• Design Process, Methods, & Tools

Check out Permaculture Goes Public, an article featuring Permaculture FEAST! To register, or to find more information about the course and specific dates, check out the Permaculture FEAST website.