Permaculture Design Certificate Workshop

3 weekend July Intensive

Permaculture is Ecological Design: a system of ethics, principles, tools and skills that integrates the patterns and systems of nature as guides for creating resilient and holistic landscapes, homes, communities, and habitats.

The training covers the following and much more:

• History, Ethics, Principles of Permaculture
• Methods of Permaculture Design and Implementation
• Working as a team on a design project on site at Antioch Farm
• Pattern Understanding: Interpretation and Application
• Climate and Microclimate
• Water: Harvesting, Conservation, and Earthworks
• Trees and their Energy Transactions
• Soils: Classification, Food Web, Composting Techniques, and Restoration
• Plant selection, Integrated pest mgmt, annual/perennial food gardens
• Integrating animals
• Integrating bees
• Renewable Energy. Using Biological Resources. Natural Building. Appropriate Technology
• Food Preservation, Fermentation, Nutrition, Food as Medicine
• Invisible Structures: Personal, Social, Governance and Economic Permaculture. Intentional communities, Local Resiliency

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Antioch College

Permaculture Design Certificate Workshop is taking place at Antioch College, which is located at One Morgan Place in Yellow Springs. Antioch College - Antioch College is a four-year, private liberal arts college preparing students to live lives of intention through transformative, experiential education and our signature Co-operative Education.