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Permaculture Design Certification Syllabus
Week 1
* Formation of Universe
* Earth Geology
* Gaia Theory
* Anthropology
* Pollution Issues and
World Patterns
* What Is Permaculture?
Week 2
* Industry & Environment
* Economics
* Climate Ecology
* Soil
* Map
Week 3
* Water
* Reading the Landscape
* Afternoon walk to apply ideas in
the field
* Patterns
* Microclimates
* Riparian Buffers
* Streambank Restoration
Week 4
* Design Principles
* Zones & Sectors +++Afternoon session begins+++
* Zone 0 Natural Local Ecological Buildings
* Zone I Biodynamic & Organic Gardens
* Zone II Fruit Tree Forest
Week 5
* Earthworks
* Domestic Animals
* Rotational grazing
* Wetlands
* Aquaculture
* Humanure
Week 6
* Designer/Client Relationship
* Design Elements
* Designing for Human Nature
* Income Site Analysis
* Weed Ecology &
Restoration Ecology
* Villages & Communities
Week 7
* Suburban & Urban Permaculture
* Biodynamic Systems +++Morning session
ends+++
* Zone 3 Crops & Animals
* Design
Work
* Field Trip
Week 8
* Aquaculture
* Zone 4 Agroforestry
* Zone 5 Wilderness & Wildlife Corridors
* Design Work
* Field Trip
Week 9
* Bioregions
* Local Wealth & Energy +++Morning session ends+++
* Pioneer Design & Land Use Ethics
* Consultation
Week 10
* Earthworks
* Economics & Budgeting
* Mapping & Presentation
Week 11
* Design Work
* Design Presentations
* Evaluations
Readings
- Mollison, Bill. Introduction to Permaculture
- Holmgren, David, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability
- Pfeiffer, Ehrenfried. The Biodynamic Treatment of Fruit Trees, Berries and Shrubs.
- Hawken, Paul, Amory Lovins and L.Hunter Lovins. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next
Industrial Revolution.
- Lowdermilk, W. C. Conquest of the Land
through Seven Thousand Years.
- Bolgiano, Chris. Living in
the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of Sustainable Forestry.
- Nearing, Helen and Scott. The Good Life: Helen and Scott
Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living.
- Huggett, Frank E. The Land Question and European Society since 1650.
- Ward, Diane Raines. Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly
and the Politics of Thirst.
- McDonough, William. Keynote Address for the Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture's 1999 Farming for the Future Conference: Designing Sustainable Food Systems.
- Magazine articles
from:
The Permaculture Activist, New Internationalist, The Last
Straw: The International Journal of Straw Bale and Natural
Building, The Whole Earth Review, and Third World Resurgence
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