Permaculture Design Certificate
Permaculture is a design system for sustainable living and land use; it is the harmonious integration of landscape, people & appropriate technologies to provide food, shelter, energy & for other needs in a sustainable way. Permaculture is built upon an ethic of caring for the earth & working with nature.
Te Moata is proud to host this 14-day residential course for the 4th time in 2015. Students have the chance to get fully immersed in the permaculture way of thinking and acting. Students are invited to bring details of their own or potential sites.
The course will:
Cover sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates
Give students an understanding of the ethics, principles and patterns of permaculture design
Convey an understanding of a wide range of common strategies and techniques
Include the application of permaculture principles to food production, home design, construction, energy efficiency, waste recycling & alternative economic structures
Explore the implications of social change towards ecological sustainability
Assist each student to access the resources required to actively take the course philosophy and methodology into their future life
Trish Allen: Trish and her late husband Joe Polasicher founded the iconic, award-winning Rainbow Valley Farm in 1988 on permaculture principles and ethics. The farm has inspired thousands of people over 25 years in sustainable living and demonstrated the principles of permaculture in action. Trish has now moved on and established a village-scale model of permaculture and shares her knowledge by teaching permaculture-related courses and workshops.
Daniel Tohill: Daniel has worked for over 20 years as a landscape designer and environmental consultant with a propensity toward ecological designs that have won him awards for his innovative and artful work. His work has taken him all over the country and occasionally abroad in the last 20 years doing over 1000 small and large landscape designs in rural and urban areas plus a diverse range of specialist projects.
Earlybird discount of $100 for full payment by March 1st 2015. Numbers limited and day attendees by arrangement.
If you would like to secure your place before you can pay the entire fee, deposit $500 to register. You will receive an email with a booking ID to use as a reference when you purchase the tickets below.
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