Course Details
Permaculture Design Certification Course
11 Jan 2014
Personal Interest
Other
Victoria University Community Continuing Education
This course is only offered in Wellington
Part Time
14 x Saturdays and 1 x Sunday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
14 x Saturdays and 1 x Sunday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
$1,309.00
Including GST
Including GST
Overview:
Join us for a dynamic, internationally recognized certificate course on the principles and practice of Permaculture Design. We will guide you to finding practical applications of sustainable design in urban and rural contexts though presentations, interactive design activities, and applied hands-on sessions. Topics include: horticultural techniques including pruning, grafting, cultivation and planting; reading the landscape ; sustainable soil management; drafting and hand-sketching; edible landscaping; food forest design; the environmental economics; animal systems; planning for resilience; facilitation training and invisible community structures; designing ponds, swales and keyline systems, natural building; designing sacred space and biophilic design.
Target audience:
Prospective students should have at least a high-school qualification, be of good health, able to work outside in all weather and be inspired to learn. If you've specific questions about the rigour of the course, feel free to ask.
Certification:
Students are required to complete a group design project and actively participate in 90% (miss no more than two days) of the course to obtain an internationally recognised Permaculture Design Certification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Email James Richardson at consciousdesigncollective@gmail.com for detailed course information.
Join us for a dynamic, internationally recognized certificate course on the principles and practice of Permaculture Design. We will guide you to finding practical applications of sustainable design in urban and rural contexts though presentations, interactive design activities, and applied hands-on sessions. Topics include: horticultural techniques including pruning, grafting, cultivation and planting; reading the landscape ; sustainable soil management; drafting and hand-sketching; edible landscaping; food forest design; the environmental economics; animal systems; planning for resilience; facilitation training and invisible community structures; designing ponds, swales and keyline systems, natural building; designing sacred space and biophilic design.
Target audience:
Prospective students should have at least a high-school qualification, be of good health, able to work outside in all weather and be inspired to learn. If you've specific questions about the rigour of the course, feel free to ask.
Certification:
Students are required to complete a group design project and actively participate in 90% (miss no more than two days) of the course to obtain an internationally recognised Permaculture Design Certification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Email James Richardson at consciousdesigncollective@gmail.com for detailed course information.
* Tuition includes two nights camping and meals at Hanawera Permaculture Farm in Kapiti. Indoor dorm space or bed and breakfast accommodation is available at small extra cost.
** The timing of the schedule will remain the same; however locations and topics may evolve as opportunities sprout.
*** Note the breaks on 15 Feb and 19 April (Easter weekend)
Course format:
This course is held on 14 Saturdays and one Sunday.
We teach using Experiential Education, or learning by doing and active reflection. The course will also be supported by a series of presentations, online dialogue, and readings to dig deeper into the art, science and culture of sustainability and resilience.
The course is demanding and will be full on during the days we're in session. You can also expect ~ 1 hr of assignment work for every day of class, although the degree of challenge is really up to you. However, it is not advisable to take this course on while in the process of moving house or during some other life-changing event - we'll take care of that on-course!
Teacher:
James Richardson is a Teaching Fellow at the School of Architecture, Victoria University, following a teaching career in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, and training in Outdoor and Experiential Education. James has studied permaculture, natural building, biodynamic farming and brings to the course a deep understanding of the art and science of sustainability.
Course materials:
We provide a robust online library of material. In addition, we recommend one of Bill Mollison's Introduction to Permaculture, Toby Hemmenway's Gaia's Garden or David Holmgren's Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. However these texts are optional. We also ask students to purchase some writing materials (tracing paper, felt-tipped pens, etc). A list of these will be provided following registration.
** The timing of the schedule will remain the same; however locations and topics may evolve as opportunities sprout.
*** Note the breaks on 15 Feb and 19 April (Easter weekend)
Course format:
This course is held on 14 Saturdays and one Sunday.
We teach using Experiential Education, or learning by doing and active reflection. The course will also be supported by a series of presentations, online dialogue, and readings to dig deeper into the art, science and culture of sustainability and resilience.
The course is demanding and will be full on during the days we're in session. You can also expect ~ 1 hr of assignment work for every day of class, although the degree of challenge is really up to you. However, it is not advisable to take this course on while in the process of moving house or during some other life-changing event - we'll take care of that on-course!
Teacher:
James Richardson is a Teaching Fellow at the School of Architecture, Victoria University, following a teaching career in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, and training in Outdoor and Experiential Education. James has studied permaculture, natural building, biodynamic farming and brings to the course a deep understanding of the art and science of sustainability.
Course materials:
We provide a robust online library of material. In addition, we recommend one of Bill Mollison's Introduction to Permaculture, Toby Hemmenway's Gaia's Garden or David Holmgren's Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. However these texts are optional. We also ask students to purchase some writing materials (tracing paper, felt-tipped pens, etc). A list of these will be provided following registration.