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Basics of Permaculture Design: Sustainable Living Made Simple provides a general outline to live off the land. This course presents many sustainable solutions based on real projects from around the world demonstrating how we can be responsible custodians of the earth. This is a crash course on nature. After watching this course, you will have a general idea of how to live off the land.This course follows a book, The Permaville Handbook: Strategies of Permaculture Design and is based on a Permaculture Design Course (PDC).In this course, you may learn how to: Build with natural materialsFilter waterMake compostGrow plantsRaise fish, insects, and animals Quick steps to start a farmLearn 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 is required. Does the Permaville Course count as a Permaculture Design Course certificate?This course meets the requirements for a certified Permaculture Design Course (PDC) and may help prepare for an in-person workshop.Timeline of course updates: 2016 uploaded original course2018 added videos about hydroponics, compost tea, greenhouses, and seasonal planting2019 added BONUS section, a summary of the courseThis course has been viewed by people from 136 countries and translated into 35 languages. What people are saying about this course"Very simple and non-threatening.The content is superb, relevant, usable and jam-packed!" -Clarence Garay"I have Permaculture One, this is a better discussion point stimulator." -Joseph Van Wyck"The information is mostly general and thus suitable for a starting point." -Svetoslav Vasilev"Einfach gut geklärt" (Simply well clarified) -Petra Panglisch-Breuer"I really enjoy your outlook - I don't find it as utopian as I was expecting (sorry about that) Rather I feel it to actually be a realistic outlook." -Peter Stuart Turner"Brian is great in explaining information that is simple and directly to the point and awesome simple drawings!" -Rita Falsetto"Overall I feel that the course is well worth the time and money investment and that he does a good job of explaining many different types of sustainable systems that we can implement." -Michael Taylor"Really nice course explaining the basics of permaculture with the added bonus of real-life applications. Lovely chap and very inspiring." -Carrie MarshallSyllabusOverview What is permaculture Story of permacultureStory of humans The cloud General goalsPrinciples and Ethics Strategies Site analysis Site mapsZones and sectorsClimates and microclimatesPatterns in natureUrban designEarth and structuresEarthworks Paths and accessWater and soil Water SoilCompostMicroorganisms fungi and wormsPlants and creatures NurseryGardenTreesFishInsects and animalsHome Natural buildingKitchenSanitationAppropriate technologyEconomicsField GreenhouseCompost teaHydroponics Field prepField map and field logCrops Spring and summer cropsFall and winter cropsSeed logFarm Post-harvestSales and harvest log

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