Permaculture Design Certification

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is the design of human habitats that have the stability, diversity, and resilience of natural ecosystems. Permaculture is about integrating housing with energy production, food production, rainwater harvesting, and more. Permaculture is about design, and it is a multidisciplinary design discipline. Permaculture includes renewable energy systems, energy efficiency, agriculture and food systems, natural building, rainwater harvesting, urban planning, and the economic, political, and social policy that make sustainable design possible and practical.

Our Permaculture Design Certification course is taught using an internationally recognized curriculum developed by Bill Mollison, the chief architect of Permaculture Design. Our course is a two week in residence intensive. On successful completion of the course, you will get an internationally recognized certificate.

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Course Location: Surya Nagar Farm, Fairfield Iowa

• May 31-June 14, 2008
• Doug Bullock, Lonnie Gamble, Grover Stock, and dozens of other great faculty, field trips, 72 hours of classroom instruction, hands-on work with solar and wind energy systems, natural building, water systems, perennial and annual cropping systems, and much more!

We've been off-grid for 15 years

• College credit often available
• We strongly encourage you to live on-site to get the most from the course. Our facility is a lab for what you are learning
• Details are on the Schedule page.

Registration is closed at this time.