Permaculture in New Zealand

This is an intensive 14-day course where students have the chance to get fully immersed in the permaculture way of thinking and acting while studying on a working permaculture farm.
The course will:
• Cover sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates.
• 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

Permaculture helps us deal with today’s issues:

Maintaining food security - healthy food for each meal
Strengthening our communities – co-operating in many ways, with diverse groups and individuals
Including other species in our definition of community
Developing strong local economies
Creating and maintaining clean air, soil, and water- for ourselves and future generations
Promoting diversity and beneficial relationships.

PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

2 - 22 February, 2012
3-week hands-on residential course

Thurs 2 – Wed 22 FEB 2012
With a Deep Ecology & Community Development emphasis
(extended 3 week hands-on course)

The course covers the standard two week international Permaculture Design Certificate curriculum, taught over a 3-week period in an integrated hands-on way, culminating in several land-use design projects. Upon completion, a Permaculture Design Certificate will be issued by The Institute of Earthcare Education Aotearoa.

Cost:
NZ$ 1980-1580
Includes: tuition, accommodation, field trips, manual, food. Sliding scale. More details on registration.

Registration:

This is the 2nd half of a full PDC. It will include community design, land ethics and access, aquaculture, design for disaster, suburban and urban permaculture, bioregional examples as well as practical design work. If you have already completed a PDC and would like to join this week, please get in touch for more details.
Cost: $301-$490 depending on accommodation option.
Runs from 6pm Friday 4th Nov to after breakfast Friday 11th November.

Mon day14th- Sunday 27th November 2011

The course will be held at Turanga Farm, a forming community and eco-hamlet situated on 145-acres of rolling land in Whitford, South East Auckland. This is the first of a planned series of courses to be based at Turanga Farm (see www.turangafarm.org).

The course covers the standard two week international Permaculture Design Certificate curriculum, taught over a 2-week period in an integrated hands-on way, culminating in several land-use design projects. Upon completion, a Permaculture Design Certificate will be

Course Outline:

The PDC held at The Living Peace Project/Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in August will be slightly different to most other PDC’s. The full theoretical curriculum will be presented, but we will also be expanding the classroom out into the surrounding environment and conducting practical workshops so that students will go home with all the theoretical information, but also with confidence, ability and skills to put their course material into practice.

Practical aspects of the course will include:

Course Outline:

The PDC held at The Living Peace Project/Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in August (Aug 7 to 20, 2011) will be slightly different to most other PDC’s. The full theoretical curriculum will be presented, but we will also be expanding the classroom out into the surrounding environment and conducting practical workshops so that students will go home with all the theoretical information, but also with confidence, ability and skills to put their course material into practice.

Practical aspects of the course will include:

Come and experience a unique 3 weeks residential course, tailored specifically to the needs of families.

In a creative hands-on program that will inspire both children and adults, participants will share moment of joy, revelation, connectedness and success. Through music, theatre and play, the permaculture bug will be spread to the young and the young at heart.

Turangi, in Central North Island is the home of AWHI FARM, perhaps the newest sustainability centre in Aotearoa.
This will be the venue for the first permacultre design certificate course in Turangi and where practical experience in gardening building and design will take place.
Just as the world is in a process of radical change, so too are most of us. This course can empower you with the tools, ideas and visions to make clear choices to support healthy, sustainable living for you and your family, whanau and friends. It provides a rudder to help guide your course into the future.