Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC)
Learn a powerful design system for energy descent and sustainable living to implement in your personal life, your work and in the community. People from any walk of life can be transformed by this course. Meet other creative, like-minded people and enjoy yourself!

The last one was booked out so if you're interested please contact Monica asap on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 0439 390 557 or 52417086.

TOPICS
Include: principles and ethics, organic gardening, seed saving, micro-climates, poultry systems, weed and pest management, aquaculture, rural and suburban design, bush foods, energy efficient housing, trees and woodlots, integrating animals into design, soil improvement strategies, appropriate technology, personal and community strategies, economic systems, integrated school systems, successful community gardens and more.....

DATES/TIMES
The course will run from 6pm on the evening of Sunday April 1st to just after lunch on Sunday April 15th with the middle weekend off (but resuming on sunday night of the 8th). There are a few evening sessions (more in the second week). Weekdays are generally 8.30 - 5/5.30pm.

COST
The cost of this course is still very reasonably compared with other PDC's and is $1,350,(or $1,300 if paid in full by the 15th Feb) and $1,250 concession. A deposit of $200 is due by the 15th Feb and the remainder to be paid by March 20th.
Registration Form attached.

TUTOR/S
If less than 15 we will have the wonderful Rick Coleman as the main tutor with some local guest tutors (see info about Rick below). If more than 15 we will have a co-tutor yet to be confirmed.

Rick Coleman is an active permaculturalist with 20 years experience teaching a range of permaculture courses and workshops in all climates. He works on sustainable aid projects for agencies including World Vision Australia and Community Aid Abroad (Oxfam) and with various organisations in Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, Palestine, India, Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Nepal, Mongolia and Australia. His own 10 acre property is also a teaching site.

Rick uses a range of techniques and teaching strategies for effective learning of permaculture concepts and has an excellent reputation locally and internationally. He caters for individual needs and provides practical sessions to develop skills needed to turn the theory into
practice.

SITE VISITS
There will be site visits to inspiring rural and urban properties

VENUE
The venue will be the beautiful passive solar Freshwater Creek Steiner School (www.fwcss.com.au) and you may camp on the grounds (provided you follow some basic practices to respect what has been created there) for the 2 weeks reducing travel and accommodation time and expenses and connecting more closely with other participants who will do the same.

FOOD
You will need to BYO breakfast food and for those that stay to cook for each other in teams either bringing or purchasing food. I will provide yummy vego lunches, morning and afternoon teas and some dinners (one on April 1st, 8th and a couple during the second week when people will be working on designs in teams in the evening).

COMMENTS FROM 2011 COURSE
"It was such a positive experience, and now I just want to go out and do permaculture designs for everything I see! Will probably start with my own back & front yard; but I have a vision to do a permaculture masterplan for the whole of Belmont.... that wouldn't be expecting too much of myself would it?" - Goshen Watts

"Thank you for making the PDC Happen. It was an amazing two weeks" - Marten Devries

"Thanks so much for the beautiful energy you put in to organizing our amazing workshop" - Sha Wright

"Yes, I miss everyone too. It was a great group, and a life-changing experience for me. I hope that we can stay in touch" - Quill Walker

"I just wanted to pass on my best regards for your involvement in organizing the recent PDC course.
It was such an awesome experience and there has been so many positives to come out of the course.
Sounds like there has been plenty of enthusiastic permies with plenty of positive energy flowing going by the emails getting about!" - Nathan Johnson

"Thank you again for organising of this course. I had a great time, everything was very positive" - Jean-Philippe Pector

DEPOSIT/PAYMENTS
Contact Monica email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it