Regenerative Landscapes & Permaculture Design

REGENERATIVE LANDSCAPES & PERMACULTURE DESIGN Permaculture design is the ethical design of human settlements and productive landscapes that have the diversity, resilience and flexibility of natural ecosystems and which can provide all tangible and intangible human needs in a regenerative and sustainable way and in harmony with nature. Based on observation of nature and holistic design, this course provides principles and methodologies of Permaculture design that can be applied in any climatic region of the world.

How the course works:

The course is a blended course including virtual synchronous sessions, team collaborations and discussions and life-term access to self-paced asynchronous study materials and sessions.

The total Duration of Course: 4 Weeks / 72 Hours

• 16 hours synchronous lessons, lectures, presentations, every Saturday 2:00-6:00 PM GMT
• 24 hours and above self-paced, asynchronous study sessions
• 32 hours collaborative teamwork with the community of participants

Course Outline

W1

1. Introduction & Ethics
   1. Current State of the World (Core World problems)
   2. Sustainability (principles of ecosystems)
   3. Definition of Permaculture
   4. Ethics
2. Concepts & Themes in Design
   1. Functional Design and connections
   2. Diversity, Order vs Chaos, Yield
   3. Pattern Understanding
   4. Edge Effect
3. Design Methodology
   1. Observation
   2. Analysis of elements, “how do these things connect?”
   3. Sector and zone planning, “where do we put things?”
   4. Slope and orientation
4. Pattern Understanding

W2 

1. Climatic Factors
2. Trees and Their Energy Transactions
3. Soils
   1. Types of soils
   2. What is in the soil
   3. SFW (microbiology)
   4. Plant nutrition and soil health
      1. Methods of soil regeneration: compost, compost tea, Biochar, mulch, holistic grazing
   5. Functional Forests:
      1. Sustainable Food Production: Forest Gardens
4. Water
   1. Water cycle
   2. Duties of Water
   3. Principle of water design (slow, spread, sink + save)
   4. Grey water management, water catchment systems, keyline design
   5. Water recycle – reed beds
   6. Aquaculture

W3 

1. Climate Design - Cold and Temperate
2. Climate Design - Drylands
3. Climate Design Tropics
4. Design Brief

W4 

1. Strategies for an Alternative Nation
2. Presentations, discussions and Feedback

What will you get out of it? In addition to a hugely valuable set of knowledge, skills and experiences which you will get from this course, you will also have the opportunity to closely collaborate with the other participants with similar motivations and interests from all around the world and develop your network. More importantly you will have a life-term access to the learning materials and self-paced sessions which are consistently updated. By successfully completing this course you will also receive a Certificate of Completion.  
What are the requirements to receive a Certificate of Completion?

• Active participation and engagement (over 75%) in the virtual synchronous sessions
• Full participation and engagement in  collaborative teamwork and assignments

What type of certificate does this course offer?

Ecodemia issues Certificates of Completion for all participants who complete the course successfully and met all the requirements for the completion of this course. Ecodemia's courses are non-formal and non-academic courses and Ecodemia does not issue any academic credits or degrees. Depending on the academic institution's policies on the acceptance of the non-formal education certificates as part of the formal degree studies, some institutions may accept these certificates. Applicants are advised to check this with their institution prior to their registration.

Who can take this course?

This course is open to everyone.  All you need is a commitment to learn,  and knowledge of English language, and access to internet connection and computer.

How many participants attend?

We value discussions, sharing knowledge and experiences,  and collaborative peer works and accordingly we limit the number of participants in each course to 25.