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Permaculture Design Certificate  at Riverway
Course #: 1012 Cost: $1,200.00 Add course to cart View courses in your shopping cart
Gather with likeminded people to learn about how nature designs itself and how we can become sustainable designers ourselves. Learn how to map and design land and life, plan for emergencies, grow organic food in all four seasons and work to build a more regenerative future. The course empowers participants as permaculture designers, consultants and teachers. Graduates will be able to use the word ‘permaculture’ legally in their practice, business or project. This eco-training certificate is a practical path for greening your life, resume and portfolio. Working toward certification is not a requirement. It’s a fun and practical way to journey together in an experiential, outdoor adventure in education. Taught by a dynamic female-male team, this class caters to anyone wanting to learn regenerative design in a creative way while engaging with working systems. It is a flexible course with an ideal weekend class schedule. Catering to the busyness of modern life, if you miss a class, you can jump in on the same module in a future class at no extra cost (through the instructors) and there is no time limit to complete the certification. One on one make up classes are also available at a nominal fee.
Course Topics include design methods, patterns in nature, soils and composting, water, trees, animals, design for cool/tropical/arid climates, social permaculture, native food and medicine plants of the Coastal First Peoples, and much more. There are information sheets, interactive tools, as well as exciting living sites as our classroom. Optional hands-on activities throughout the course include: design charrettes, earthworks demonstration, integrative games, compost building, soil testing, plant & tree identification, medicine making and homesteading. This course is the only of its kind with an exciting teaching tool kit that transforms lectures into games and travels to many different permaculture farms, gardens and forest locations. Apply your learnings to the focus project for the program which is to start a map and design for where you live or an area of your choice.
  • Saturdays & Sundays April 20 & 21, May 4 & 5, May 25 & 26, June 1 & 2, June 15 & 16 , 9:00am - 5:00pm
Number of sessions: 10Days: Sat Sun
Start date: Apr 20.24 to Jun 16.24Site: Riverway
Time: 9:00a - 5:00p Instructor: GRAHAM
 
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