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Sustainable living made simple

Basics of permaculture design
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (426 ratings)
4,742 students
Created by Brian Newhouse
Last updated 2/2021
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Overview of sustainable land design
  • By the end of the course, participants will learn strategies to create a sustainable farm
  • This course includes information in a Permaculture Design Course (PDC), a practice of sustainable living
Curated for the Udemy for Business collection

Requirements

  • It's helpful if you have a piece of land, mainly a desire to learn

Description

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.


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


Who this course is for:

  • Folks interested in starting an organic farm
  • Beginner farmers interested in living off the land

Course content

8 sections • 45 lectures • 2h 59m total length

  • Preview01:50

  • Overview in brief
    05:08
  • Preview03:09
  • Story of permaculture
    02:22
  • Story of humans
    02:39
  • The cloud
    03:30
  • General goals
    01:20
  • Principles and ethics
    03:27

  • Site analysis
    02:17
  • Site map
    05:57

  • Zones and sectors
    02:05
  • Climates and microclimates
    04:27
  • Patterns in nature
    03:44
  • Urban design
    04:20

  • Earth, water and soil in brief
    02:18
  • Preview05:22
  • Paths and access
    03:33
  • Water
    07:43
  • Soil
    03:24
  • Compost
    02:48
  • Compost tea
    01:49
  • Microbes, fungi and worms
    04:17

  • Farm: plants and creatures in brief
    05:00
  • Nursery
    04:43
  • Garden
    04:15
  • Trees and forests
    06:26
  • Field preparation
    02:40
  • Hydroponics
    02:34
  • Fish
    04:25
  • Insects and animals
    05:51

  • Home in brief
    03:10
  • Natural building
    06:39
  • Sanitation
    05:46
  • Preview04:45
  • The point
    01:48
  • Appropriate technology
    05:29
  • Economics
    04:08

  • Plan in brief
    08:11
  • Greenhouse
    04:16
  • Seed log
    01:38
  • Spring and summer crops
    03:05
  • Fall and winter crops
    03:54
  • Field map and field log
    02:59
  • Post-harvest
    06:18
  • Sales and harvest log
    04:22

Instructor

Brian Newhouse
Farmer, Walker, Woodturner
Brian Newhouse
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 441 Reviews
  • 6,282 Students
  • 4 Courses

Originally from Georgia in the US, Brian Newhouse traveled the world for about 15 years. In this time, he worked as a Peace Corps in the Cape Verde Islands, built wind turbines around the US and volunteered with non-profit organizations in Haiti and Dominican Republic.

In 2013, he honed skills in self-reliant living in Thailand and India and went on to lead workshops at sites throughout Asia. He wrote the Permaville Handbook and created the Permaville Farm Course in 2016. Newhouse later walked from Atlanta, Georgia to Oaxaca, Mexico. He is currently making wood turned crafts in North Carolina.

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