Permaculture is for Everyone

Grow Food, Make Friends, Save the World

Welcome! These resources are created and curated by Heather Jo Flores, author/founder of Food Not Lawns and director of Permaculture Women's Guild.

We are here to help you start making positive changes right now, in your own home, garden, and community, and also on the bigger, broader scale we need, in order to tackle the big challenges we face today as a species....even if you don't own property or have a lot of money.

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Permaculture Design Course

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5 Modules

Orientation

Please complete this orientation before starting the course.

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Foundations: The First Five Classes

Please do these before diving into your design project, and before meeting with your faculty mentor.

5 lessons

1 Introduction to Permaculture 2 Ethics and Principles 3 Patterns and Biomimicry 4 The Home System: Zones and Sectors 5 Invisible Structures and the Inner Landscape

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Your Design Project

Use a linear process to create a tangible project and presentation.

13 lessons

1 Alumni Design Samples 2 Design Template & Digital Tools 3 Introduction to Whole Systems Design 4 Goals 5 Observation 6 Boundaries 7 Resources 8 Analysis 9 Design 10 Implementation 11 Maintenance 12 Evaluation 13 Presentation & Graduation

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Core Classes: Topics to Inform Your Design

Finish these classes before you move past the observation step of your design project.

18 lessons

1 Big Land and the Economy of Scale 2 The Built Environment 3 Climate, Ecology, and Microclimates 4 Water 5 Earthworks 6 Soil 7 Forests, Gardens, and Forest Gardens 8 Aquaculture and Season Extension 9 Animals, Birds, and Bees 10 Holistic Seed Stewardship 11 The Waste Cycle 12 Appropriate Technology 13 Designing for Resilience: Chaos and Catastrophe 14 Urban Permaculture 15 Re-Imagining Economic Systems 16 Client and Community Relationships 17 Social Justice and Decolonization 18 Pedagogy and Teaching Permaculture

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Advanced Classes: Social Systems Design

Students pursuing the double certificate: study the classes in this section to inform the extension of your design project, so that it includes measurable benefits to families other than your own.

8 lessons