Online Course with Synchronous Sessions
Regenerative Landscapes & Permaculture Design
REGENERATIVE LANDSCAPES & 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.
Course Outline
Self-Paced Studies (Series of Pre-recorded lectures and supporting study materials will be available two months in advance / before the start of your synchronous sessions):
- Introduction & Ethics
- Current State of the World (Core World problems)
- Sustainability (principles of ecosystems)
- Definition of Permaculture
- Ethics
- Concepts & Themes in Design
- Functional Design and connections
- Diversity, Order vs Chaos, Yield
- Pattern Understanding
- Edge Effect
- Design Methodology
- Observation
- Analysis of elements, “how do these things connect?”
- Sector and zone planning, “where do we put things?”
- Slope and orientation
- Pattern Understanding
- Climatic Factors
- Trees and Their Energy Transactions
- Soils
- Types of soils
- What is in the soil
- SFW (microbiology)
- Plant nutrition and soil health
- Methods of soil regeneration: compost, compost tea, Biochar, mulch, holistic grazing
- Functional Forests:
- Sustainable Food Production: Forest Gardens
- Water
- Water cycle
- Duties of Water
- Principle of water design (slow, spread, sink + save)
- Greywater management, water catchment systems, keyline design
- Water recycle – reed beds
- Aquaculture
- Climate Design - Cold and Temperate
- Climate Design - Drylands
- Climate Design Tropics
- Strategies for an Alternative Nation
Synchronous Sessions (16,23,30 July 2023)
- W1: Introduction, Discussions, Building Teams
- W2: Interim Presentations & Feedback
- W3: Presentations & Feedback
Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach us at info@ecodemia.org.uk if you cannot find an answer to your question.
The course is an online course including self-paced studies and synchronous sessions.
- Self-paced studies include pre-recorded lectures and supporting study materials.
- Synchronous sessions include team collaborations and discussions.
Participants are required to complete the self-paced studies before the start of their synchronous sessions. However, they will also have life-term access to all self-paced study materials and pre-recorded sessions.
The synchronous sessions are held over 3 weekends. Please refer to the next available session at the bottom of this page.
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 other participants with similar motivations and interests from all around the world and develop your network. More importantly, you will have 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.
- Active participation and engagement in all synchronous online sessions.
- Full participation and engagement in collaborative teamwork and assignments
Ecodemia issues Certificates of Completion for all participants who complete the course successfully and meet 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.
This course is an international course and is open to everyone. All you need is a commitment to learning, knowledge of the English language, and access to an internet connection and computer.
We value discussions, sharing knowledge and experiences, and collaborative peer work and accordingly we limit the number of participants in each course to 20.
The tuition fee for our courses is reduced to £196. You can also apply for a wide range of scholarships and different payment options if your annual household salary is less than £24000, if you are a student, or activist, or live in an indigenous community, or if your fundamental rights are violated.
Instructors
Evren Yildirim
Evren Yildirim
Evren Yildirim
Evren Yildirim is a Permaculture designer, Permaculture instructor at Permaculture Research Institute of Turkey, founder of Orman6 Permaculture Design Consultancy.
Sheena Shah
Evren Yildirim
Evren Yildirim
Sheena SHAH is a Permaculture Designer, Permaculture Trainer, former Executive Director of the Permaculture Research Institute - Kenya, Founder and Lead consultant of Harvesting for Good East Africa.
REGISTRATION & SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Scholarship Application
Scholarship Application
Scholarship Application
Scholarships (40%) are available for those who have an Annual Household Income of less than £24000, and for Students, and Activists
Pay with Time / Pay What You Wish options are available for applicants who cannot afford:
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