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Upcoming Training Schedule
...and the differences between each...
Online - Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course Limit 24 Students per Class
This is the internationally recognized, 72-hour certificate trainingMore
developed by permaculture's founder, Bill Mollison, and delivered by us, to you, via the internet. This is the foundational training in permaculture that gives everyone a clear understanding of permaculture thinking and design as well as hundreds of creative ideas and applications.
Includes our Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series plus 19 Online Sessions delivered over 31 Days
Onsite - Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course Limit 18 Students per Class
The same, full 72-hour, world recognized PDC Course we deliver online but these courses are delivered in-personMore
at a site where we can show and demonstrate actual permaculture applications and techniques. About 50% of the training is in classroom instruction with the remainder of our time either working on design exercises, exploring the site or putting our hands on, or into, something tangible.
Includes our Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series plus 8 Days at this Amazing Permaculture Farm
Upcoming Dates: (Limit 18 Students Each) Both Courses to be Held at Bending Oak Permaculture Farm, Youngstown, OH June 4-11, 2022 -Register Here-Last Call. Reg. Closes 5/25 Sept. 10-17, 2022 -Register Here-Early Reg. Ends 7/10 2023 - Dates and Locations to be announced
Online - Property Design Mini Course (PDMC)
Limit 24 Students
"Just the facts, Ma'am." Design Your Own Property with Our Guidance More
This is a 12-18 hour instructional training we created for people who just want enough information to design a particular residence, homestead or farm. It is a crash-course in permaculture thinking and design.
One Session per Week for 4-6 Weeks Monday Evenings, 6-9:00pm, Central Time
Course Dates: (Limit 24 Students Each) Summer: Aug. 1 - Sept. 6, 2022 -Register Here- Winter '23: Feb. 20 - March 27, 2023 - Scheduled
New - Available Anytime BEGIN NOW! Recorded Property Design Mini Course The Complete Training - Self Guided - Contains all Support Resources 20 Hours of Recordings + 20 Hours of Self Study = Your Own Permaculture Design
Beyond the PDC Training toward Professional Work (You must already have earned your PDC Certificate to take this Training) More
We will be sharing the more advanced skills and techniques that we have learned and used over our years of permaculture experience. We drill down deeper into earthworks, water harvesting techniques, planting systems, soil building, farm scale challenges and more. And then we get into how you can create professional looking designs and approach permaculture design as a possible business for yourself. Permaculture design and implementation are greatly needed in the world and we will share out best to help make this happen.
Part One: the PDMC (Full Training of Recorded Sessions Available May 1) Part Two: 12 Advanced Sessions - Live with Bill (June 28 - July 21, 2022) Full Details Here
Why Take a Permaculture Course? Floods, Droughts, Storms and Pandemics Are Likely on the Rise. Permaculture courses lay out tools, paths and skills we as humans can use to work with each other, and nature, to minimize global disruptions while also improving the health of all life on this planet. This training is all about being the change that brings us toward real and lasting solutions.
We Can All Be Part of the Solution.
“Bill, this PDC course was the best training I have ever had! It was in-depth, practical, hopeful, and applicable everywhere.” Lorenza A. – 60 – School Administrator
One Month Following Her PDC Course... "I'm so glad I took the course when I did because it has changed everything in my thinking especially about how to purchase property. I was deeply moved, inspired, and challenged by the material. I can't stop thinking about it. The course was just a feast of new possibilities!" Shaylyn Romney Garrett (36): Social Entrepreneur, Author, Mother, & PDC Course Graduate
