Food Forests
Community Seed Banks
Wild Seed Collection Seed
Production
Selection, Storage
Who is this PDC for?
This transformative learning and society coexistence course determined on Permaculture
Queensland.It is expected at people who are inquisitive to bring in themselves or get deeper in the
growth and design of more logical and sustainable life models. It is a course that prepares you to
experience a first immersion in very broad and diverse topics that propose new ways of living, so the
course is aimed at all those people who do not feel comfortable with how society, the economy
works, education, health, food, relationships, and in general the dynamics of a world that does not
revolve in harmony with the natural flows of our nature.
You feel the call to do something different. You want to do something that must necessarily
question the patterns and conditions that we have imposed as humanity and that direct us today
towards separation and destruction. Then this Permaculture Course Australia can give new light to
that transformation that we can carry out together.
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
DESIGN: Practice techniques for observation and surveying; learn to read and make maps,
select and use tools for site analysis and assessment. Integrate ethics, principles, and
climate-specific strategies to create innovative design solutions, and experience several
iterations of group design processes.
CLIMATE AND LANDFORM: Adapt design strategies to climate patterns; observe, enhance,
and create microclimates; adapt design to slope, elevation, orientation, and local weather
patterns.
WATER: Understand the natural water cycle and effects of human interventions. Use
earthworks to harvest the rain, recharge depleted groundwater, and prevent erosion. Learn
to use & reuse water responsibly, including gray water solutions, constructed wetlands, and
acquaculture.
SOIL: Understand the living and non-living aspects of soil, and how appropriate human
management can maximize productivity and health of soils. Know strategies and practice
techniques that build fertility and resilience of soil in different climates and at different
scales of use.
LIVING LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT: Understand basics of ecology at Permaculture Australia
succession, nutrient cycling and energy flows, behaviour of complex systems. Select
appropriate solutions for intensive and extensive landscapes; Understand benefits of multi-