Sustainable living made simple

Sustainable living made simple: Basics of permaculture design provides a general outline to living off the land. This course presents dozens of strategies of projects around the world demonstrating how we can be responsible custodians of earth.

Participants may gain a comprehensive understanding of some of the principles and practices of sustainable living. This course follows a book, The Permaville Handbook: Strategies of Permaculture Design and is based on the certified Permaculture Design Course (PDC).

In this course, you may learn how to:

• Build with natural materials

• Filter water

• Make compost

• Grow plants

• Raise fish, insects and animals

• Quick steps to start a farm

Learn how to live off the land with strategies of permaculture design.

Who is the target audience for this course?

• This course is for people interested in learning the basics of sustainable living. No experience required.

Does the Permaville Course count as a Permaculture Design Course certificate?

• This course meets requirements for a certified Permaculture Design Course (PDC) and may help prepare for an in-person workshop.

What people are saying about this course

I have Permaculture One, this is a better discussion point stimulator. -Joseph Van Wyck

I appreciate his overview of the history of humanity, his recap on what permaculture is and his own definition. I'm encouraged to see how he has presented his handwritten presentations…Very simple and non-threatening. I appreciate that the videos are only a few minutes long as well. The content is superb, relevant, usable and jam-packed…The history of humanity is in here?! Wow, Brian knows his stuff! -Clarence Garay

Many thanks to the author of this series, for sharing this valuable information and experience with us! Those videos cover multiple important topics any sustainable farmer should consider. The information is mostly general and thus suitable for a starting point and becoming a good overview of the multiple facets one have to address in order to establish a good natural and sustainable farm. I recommend it! -Svetoslav Vasilev

Einfach gut geklärt (Simply well clarified) -Petra Panglisch-Breuer

I really enjoy your outlook - I don't find it as utopian as I was expecting (sorry about that) Rather I feel it to actually be a realistic outlook. I am reading the book 'Sapiens' which your first few videos reminded me of quite bit. -Peter Stuart Turner

Brian is great in explaining information that is simple and directly to the point and awesome simple drawings! -Rita Falsetto

As a beginner to Permaculture, I now feel that I have a good understanding to creating a more sustainable existence… Over all I feel that the course is well worth the time and money investment and that he does a good job of explaining many different types of sustainable systems that we can implement. -Michael Taylor

Really nice course explaining the basics of permaculture with the added bonus of real life applications. Lovely chap and very inspiring. -Carrie Marshall

Good explanation about the reason/purpose for creating this course. Lots of good information about living using different ideas about how to interact with our environment. Nice job Brian…Hope you create a sequel... I'll sign up. -Bill Lathrop

This course is a simple and easy to understand overview of what permaculture is and how we can apply the principles. Although it was quick in it's summary, it's point was simple and logical in relation to nature and how we can interact within it's laws. Thanks for breaking down the Permaculture Principles in an easy to understand and applicable way. Happy gardening all :) -Jodie Paul

Everything I've seen I liked a lot. -Carlos Navarro

I love what you are teaching me and I love the nature.  -Amce du Plessis

Syllabus

Overview

• What is permaculture

• Story of permaculture

• Story of humans

• The cloud 

• General goals

• Principles and Ethics     

Strategies

• Site analysis

• Site maps

• Zones and sectors

• Climates and microclimates

• Patterns in nature

• Urban design

Earth and structures

• Earthworks

• Paths and access

Water and soil

• Water 

• Soil

• Compost

• Microorganisms fungi and worms

Plants and creatures

• Nursery

• Garden

• Trees

• Fish

• Insects and animals

Home 

• Natural building

• Kitchen

• Sanitation

• Appropriate technology

• Economics

Field

• Greenhouse

• Compost tea

• Hydroponics

• Field prep

• Field map and field log

Crops

• Spring and summer crops

• Fall and winter crops

• Seed log

Farm

• Post-harvest

• Sales and harvest log