Permaculture in New Zealand

This is the original two week design course - graduates will be awarded a certificate from Bill Mollison’s Permaculture Institute in Australia.

Tutors: Trish Allen, Lisa Talbot & friends

Trish Allen co-founded the world renowned Rainbow Valley Farm in Matakana with her late husband Joe Polaischer in 1988. Rainbow Valley Farm is an award winning organic farm and model of permaculture. She has been teaching Permaculture and inspiring hundreds of people around the world for over 20 years.

Lisa Talbot is the founder of Conscious – Sustainable Living by Design, an ethical business devoted to effecting positive change in society and the environment. She is a passionate and effective Permaculture teacher and has worked in New Zealand, Australia and Vietnam.

This course enables participants to gain a permaculture design certificate (PDC) while studying on a working permaculture farm. The course will:

· give you a good understanding of the ethics, principles and patterns of permaculture design

· convey a general understanding of a wide range of common strategies and techniques

· explore the implications of social change towards ecological sustainability

· visit and observe some of the strategies and techniques within our bioregion

· practice the design methodology amongst the group, supervised by the tutors

· assist each student to access resources required to actively integrate the course philosophy and methodology into their lives.

This is an intensive 14-day residential course, where you have the chance to be fully immersed in the permaculture way of thinking and acting.

Investment: $1,500 This includes all meals (local, organic vegetarian and meat options), accommodation at the recently renovated historic Sisters of Compassion Convent in Jerusalem. All materials and course notes are supplied.

10% discount offered to early bird bookings which are paid in full by 5pm on the 30th of November.