Re-design your life, re-envision your future
Are you looking for an empowering and sustainable way to create change in yourself, the land you live on, and your community? Permaculture can be defined as an interdisciplinary design approach, based in and derived from the observation of indigenous practices of nature stewardship and natural ecological systems of relationships that strives to repair and create regenerative and reciprocal systems for meeting human needs while also enhancing the quality of life for all beings, including plants, insects, non-human animals, and fungi. Permaculture always keeps in sight three ethics: Earth care, people care, and resource share. The principles of permaculture teach us how to design ways of living that have the diversity, stability, and resiliency of natural ecosystems. They lead us to consciously create positive solutions for managing our food, medicine, and shelter needs while we create regenerative systems to manage our relationships with ourselves, our communities, our natural environment, and all life forms. We have solutions that are available on any scale, and we can make changes that will reach out to future generations. Successful completion of these course will earn participants an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.
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Course Details:
2 Week Permaculture Design Certification 72+ hour course
What: 72+ hour Internationally Recognized Permaculture Design Certification Program
When: TBD Class days will start at 8:30 am and end at 6 pm with an optional evening program ending at 8:30 pm, except for last day of class.
Where: Rochester Permaculture Center and community field trips
Fee: Tiered Pricing (see image below) $950/$1200/$1350 includes all course materials
Payments:
- a $300 deposit is required to hold your spot. Mail check payable to: Our limited class spaces will be filled in the order of deposit checks received.
- your final payment due on or before
Cancellation and COVID-19 Policies:
ALL participants will be required to wear a mask at ALL times except during physically distanced meals. If you are unable to wear a mask due to a medical condition, we’ll be happy to have you attend at a future date. We will be holding classes and activities outdoors as much as possible. Our commitment to offering the safest experience possible means that any PDC student violating campus policies will be required to leave immediately and no refund will be offered.
If you’re ready to register, you can go to the registration form here or keep reading for more information.
Learning outcomes: In our permaculture design certification courses, you will learn how to observe and use the same principles that make ecological systems self-sustaining and apply them to integrated homes and gardens. In addition, you will learn how to apply these principles to energy systems and water supplies, healthy communities, meaningful and fulfilling work, ecological economies, and global political movements for change. Throughout it all, you’ll be engaged in learning and experiencing an empowering way of living in the world, surrounded and supported by like-minded people. Our goal is to provide a robust educational experience with multiple hands-on experience, incorporating seasonal activities into your PDC experience as time and weather permits. Activities may include pruning, seed planting, plant propagation, bed preparation, compost pile making, mushroom cultivation, water harvesting techniques, natural building, and other activities. Each of our permaculture design certification courses includes at least the following internationally recognized curriculum:
- Introduction to Permaculture
- Ethics and Principles
- The Local Ecosystem
- Patterns and Pattern Application
- Climates, Biogeography and Microclimates
- Design Methods and Process
- The Home System
- Water
- Earthworks
- Soils
- Trees, Forests, Plants, and Cultivated Ecologies
- Animals
- Aquaculture
- The Built Environment
- Waste and Bioremediation
- Appropriate Technology
- Design for Catastrophe
- Urban Permaculture
- Broad-scale Landscape Design
- Design for Invisible Structures
- Economic Systems
- Access to Land
- Ecovillage and Neighborhood Design
- Permaculture Scene
- Design Projects and Presentations
- Passion / Talent Show
| Within the above, we’ll also discuss these subtopics: Water harvesting Swale building Zone and sector analysis Climate and micro climate Mapping Waste composting and treatment Land access Community building Plant guilds Forest gardening | Small animal and livestock keeping The design process, principles, strategies and techniques Soil building and sheet mulching Pond management and ecology Earthworks, green roofs, and natural building Grey water systems Renewable energy systems Forest management Watershed management |
THIS CLASS IS PRESENTLY FULL! After you complete the form, you will receive a confirmation message with payment instructions, or see top of this page. We will send information to confirm your seat no later than March 22nd. If you have questions, please contact teacher, Patty Love, at patty (at) barefootpermaculture (dot) com.