Permaculture Design & Regenerative Agriculture Certification
followed by an Advance Permaculture Internship
Maui HI
April 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th & May 2nd, 3rd
What is a Permaculture Design Course?
It is a standard, internationally recognized course presented as a 72-hour curriculum laid out by Bill Mollison in his book “Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual” and taught around the world as a way of introducing people to creating sustainable human settlements and putting humanity on a course to a more sane future.
To whom is directed?
To students, teachers, sustainability projects and businesses, farmers, landowners, ranchers, gardeners, landscapers, architect, horticulturalist, psychologist, sociologist, economist, food shop owners, parents & pretty much anyone who is wanting to create change in their personal lives and the lives around them.
What does it mean to be " certified"?
This certification will open many doors for you around the world. The certification makes you into a Permaculture consultant & designer. Using that for your own land/project or to help others is your choice. You will be allowed to use the word Permaculture in your business and this certification will be recognized by organizations, institutes and other designers all over the world. It is a very good tool to have if you want to head towards a sustainable life or work future. We recommend gardeners, landscapers, farmers, ranchers, architects, land owners, teachers, sustainable business etc to bring at least one of their staff members to this course. You may want to have at least one other person in your team to hold this knowledge & skills.
Objectives of this certification & what students demonstrate at the end
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Objectives:
We focus on Permaculture as a framework for understanding and integrating the vast diversity of technologies and trends in the movement of sustainability. Using Permaculture ethics & skills as a new cultural paradigm. |
Students demonstrate:
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Content Layout
- MODULE 1: Origins, Ethics & Principles, Permaculture Design, Soil, Water, Trees, Climate, Zones & Sectors, Themes and methods of design, field trips, land assessments, group dynamics and presentations.
- MODULE 2: Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon Farming, Holistic Management in the subtropics, Keyline Design, Tropical Agroforestry & Food Forest, Aquaculture Systems, Patterns in Nature, Bee repopulation & Climate Change Solutions, Rotational Grazing & Bees, Medicinal plants at your feet, Field Trips and group dynamics..
- MODULE 3: The Social Aspect of Permaculture, Transition Towns, Ecovillage Design, Alternative Economies, Problem Solving, Community, Urban Permaculture, Bioregions and group dynamics..
- MODULE 4: Natural Building & Climate Design, Alternative Technologies, Moving Forward from here, Consultation & Design Work and Design Projects & Presentations, hands-on implementation on all of the locations we have our classes at.
Here is some of our favorite topics
Tropical
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Agroforestry in the tropics
Here we will deepen into agroforestry practices: alley cropping, how to restore riparian areas, inter cropping, food forest or edible gardens with perennial systems, working also with the wild & wild foods from forests, etc
A very incredible lecture that will help you look into perennial systems like very resilient food, fiber, energy & animal producing zones that can enhance the possibilities of your farm & also lots of economical enterprices. On day 13th we will be fisically setting up a FOOD FOREST WORKSHOP day where we will see hot to bring together ( canopy trees, fruit trees, shrubs, herbs, flowers, vegetables, bulbs, crolling plants & cover crops making them sustain and work with one another simulating a real forest that produces lots of food. |
Flowers, herbs & Medicinal plants
This would be a very inspirational session where one of our local teachers will take us for a beautiful walk in the land showing us herbs, medicinal plants & flowers that the Hawaiian culture has used over time in their medicines, tinctures, foods and all ways of leaving.
We recommend to bring your camera to this session so you can make pictures of all the different speaces of plants so you can document with images this incredible walking lesson. We can guide you to further learnings on medicinal plants after the training has finished so you have more opportunities to keep learning this incredible topics. |
Regenerative Agriculture & soil restoration
Richard King would delight us on Saturday October 6th with 6hrs of Holistic Management & Regenerative Agriculture.
How to manage the land, animals & the economics of a farm with a holistic approach that benefits the land & profits of the people that live on it. A trully exiting day with someone that has all his life experiencing these practices. If you would like to learn more about Richard King here is his Bio. |
Water design & aquaculture
Water catchments, filtration, ponds & other aquaculture systems to recicle, collect & have other crops & animals in your farm.
Here we will see how Ahimsa Farm has used swales, ponds, slopes and permaculture design to link it all up, making all the main crops ( papayas, bananas, maing garden areas, tree crops etc ) work together with the flow of water going down hill and also using the natural fertilization of the fish water ponds to enhance the fertility of all the tree crops under the ponds using natural gravity to irrigate. A great walkabout in the land that will be trully inspiring. |
Business models
This session is for those who are ready to make this training into a way of bringing money into their lifes.
Here we will approach all the possible businesses that you can create with this certification training. From being a consultant & designer for others, or creating your own farm business, bringing together a community business like a CSA, or setting up social programs in your community ( like community gardens, urban farms, solar companies, etc ) |
Locations
- Pono Grown Farm, Makawao
- Haiku View Farm, Haiku
- And other living examples of permaculture farms, projects and properties in Maui
- Haiku View Farm, Haiku
- And other living examples of permaculture farms, projects and properties in Maui
Course Description
These course has lectures, projections, videos, group dynamics, presentations, hands-on workshops, design work, mapping and so so much more.
72hrs cover the International Curriculum.
Classes are 8.30am to 4pm with 3-15 minute brakes and 1hr
lunch brake.
There will be hands-on activities implementing a real design at the farms we have class at
We will design & start building a Mandala Garden, small Food Forest, making compost piles, compost tea, a spiral of herbs for our zone one garden area, measuring the landscape for swales and water features, etc..
Click here to see download the schedule
72hrs cover the International Curriculum.
Classes are 8.30am to 4pm with 3-15 minute brakes and 1hr
lunch brake.
There will be hands-on activities implementing a real design at the farms we have class at
We will design & start building a Mandala Garden, small Food Forest, making compost piles, compost tea, a spiral of herbs for our zone one garden area, measuring the landscape for swales and water features, etc..
Click here to see download the schedule
Lunch will be a potluck where everyone gets to bring in their favorite dishes and share them with the rest of the group
Bring enough water and snacks for each day
What are you getting?
Permaculture class lessons
An internationally recognized certification upon completion of the course
All the contents of this course in your USB
Shared lunch
Use of the communal kitchen area
Internet access
Bring enough water and snacks for each day
What are you getting?
Permaculture class lessons
An internationally recognized certification upon completion of the course
All the contents of this course in your USB
Shared lunch
Use of the communal kitchen area
Internet access
Team
Rosa Maicas
Permaculture Consultant, Designer & Facilitator since 2009.
Creator & main manager of Permafunk Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture Institute that operates in Northern California, Maui & the Mediterranean of Spain with several local teams from the local farms, colleges & Universities of each area.
Main facilitator of Permaculture Design Courses at Chico State University & Butte College Ca since 2015..
Main facilitator & organizer of hands-on workshops & lecture series at Butte College, Chico CA since 2012.
Certified educator for Holistic Planning, Grazing Planning, Biological & Financial Planning for farms & ranches.
Evan Ryan
Owner and farmer at Pono Grown Farm Center in Makawao, Maui HI.
Facilitator & mentor at the Maui College Farm Program.
Jenny Pell
Jenny Pell started her permaculture journey 30 years ago in the Pacific NW, and most of her work (and life) has been dedicated to permaculture ever since. Jenny's experience spans education, consulting, and design both in the US and internationally.
A move to Maui four years ago shifted her career to local food solutions, using regenerative agriculture and specifically agroforestry to develop resilient communities and economies, and as a core strategy for climate change adaptation. She has many years experience living and working on organic farms, and is currently spearheading a worker-owned Food Hub Cooperative on Maui.
Permaculture Consultant, Designer & Facilitator since 2009.
Creator & main manager of Permafunk Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture Institute that operates in Northern California, Maui & the Mediterranean of Spain with several local teams from the local farms, colleges & Universities of each area.
Main facilitator of Permaculture Design Courses at Chico State University & Butte College Ca since 2015..
Main facilitator & organizer of hands-on workshops & lecture series at Butte College, Chico CA since 2012.
Certified educator for Holistic Planning, Grazing Planning, Biological & Financial Planning for farms & ranches.
Evan Ryan
Owner and farmer at Pono Grown Farm Center in Makawao, Maui HI.
Facilitator & mentor at the Maui College Farm Program.
Jenny Pell
Jenny Pell started her permaculture journey 30 years ago in the Pacific NW, and most of her work (and life) has been dedicated to permaculture ever since. Jenny's experience spans education, consulting, and design both in the US and internationally.
A move to Maui four years ago shifted her career to local food solutions, using regenerative agriculture and specifically agroforestry to develop resilient communities and economies, and as a core strategy for climate change adaptation. She has many years experience living and working on organic farms, and is currently spearheading a worker-owned Food Hub Cooperative on Maui.
Hannah Bernard
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, Hannah Bernard is an award-winning marine biologist with 33 years experience studying, teaching and directing efforts to support the conservation of Pacific Ocean marinelife. In addition to advisory councils, she currently serves on two federally appointed peer-review
panels to advise the NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service on conservation of marine mammal populations and fishery bycatch interactions. She has served on numerous Boards and committees, including the Sierra Club's National Marine Wildlife and Habitat Committee, the Hawai'i Ecotourism Association, the Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, Save Honolua Coalition, Maui Surfrider Foundation, Maui Coral Reef Network, Maui Reef Fund and the ‘Ohana Coalition Steering Committee. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund is a non-profit organization founded in 1996, and has orchestrated the removal of more than 280 tons of marine debris from some of Hawai’i’s most impacted coastal habitats, protected more than 9000 hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings and their mothers, and taught thousands of students and volunteers in the field and in the classroom through marine naturalist trainings and expeditions.
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, Hannah Bernard is an award-winning marine biologist with 33 years experience studying, teaching and directing efforts to support the conservation of Pacific Ocean marinelife. In addition to advisory councils, she currently serves on two federally appointed peer-review
panels to advise the NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service on conservation of marine mammal populations and fishery bycatch interactions. She has served on numerous Boards and committees, including the Sierra Club's National Marine Wildlife and Habitat Committee, the Hawai'i Ecotourism Association, the Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, Save Honolua Coalition, Maui Surfrider Foundation, Maui Coral Reef Network, Maui Reef Fund and the ‘Ohana Coalition Steering Committee. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund is a non-profit organization founded in 1996, and has orchestrated the removal of more than 280 tons of marine debris from some of Hawai’i’s most impacted coastal habitats, protected more than 9000 hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings and their mothers, and taught thousands of students and volunteers in the field and in the classroom through marine naturalist trainings and expeditions.
Price
- $1200 for the totally of the course. Normally this course is over $1500 everywhere in the world.
- $1150 if you pay for it before February 10th 2019
You can safe your spot with a $250 deposit and pay for the rest before the course starts.
- $1150 if you pay for it before February 10th 2019
You can safe your spot with a $250 deposit and pay for the rest before the course starts.
How to register
1 .- Send us an email with your full name, address, email & phone number & the reason of why you are taking this course & a deposit of $250 to safe your spot. The rest of the course needs to be paid in full before the course starts.
Deposits are non refundable unless there is proof of a medical reason.
2.- Payment gets done via paypal ( perma_fun_Kinfo@yahoo.com ) or Venmo ( Rosa Maicas ).
3.- You will receive an email confirmation from us with more details of what to bring.
Deposits are non refundable unless there is proof of a medical reason.
2.- Payment gets done via paypal ( perma_fun_Kinfo@yahoo.com ) or Venmo ( Rosa Maicas ).
3.- You will receive an email confirmation from us with more details of what to bring.
Discounts & payment plans
- $50 off the total if you pay for the course upfront or reserve your spot before Feb 10th
- $100 off the total if you bring a family member with you
- Payment plans available for students & low income people ( 8314615945 )
What to bring & Recommended readings
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- Notebook, colours pens & pencils
- Camera - USB - Compass & landscape ruller - The designers manual if you have it - Your own coffee, water, water bottles, snacks & potluck lunch |
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Further Education - Advanced Permaculture Internship
If you are ready to keep deeping into the wide world of Permaculture after your certification program here is a grand opportunity to bring into practice some of the skills that you just learned.
After this training you have a great opportunity to do an internship with us while staying in Maui. Contact us if your interested in learning more about it.
Practical skills where you will develop in the Advanced Internship:
- Permaculture design mapping skills with Google Earth & Adobe Illustrator, learning how to make digital maps.
- We will develop skills on food forest setting up
- We will construct main garden zones with cash crops : turmeric & ginger gardens, tea blend gardens, more fruit tree areas etc.
- We will learn how to use mesuring tools to build swales in the land.
- We will use machinery for the swale construction.
- We will do an advance design mapping work for the farm deepening into their business model & how to enhance the existing enterprices.
- We will do mushroom inoculations all around the land, building soil & creating life in the soil.
- We will learn deeper skills on water management ( catchments, swales, ponds, etc ) & develop a grey water system plan.
Our interns & permaculture design students will have priority in accessing this internship.
The cost is $600/month
Included in the price: lectures, hands on projects, design maping exercises, implementation on farms, consultation exercises & visiting other farms/permaculture design projects.
If you would like to register for this Advanced Internship please contact us: perma_fun_Kinfo@yahoo.com / 8314615945
Limited spaces!
After this training you have a great opportunity to do an internship with us while staying in Maui. Contact us if your interested in learning more about it.
Practical skills where you will develop in the Advanced Internship:
- Permaculture design mapping skills with Google Earth & Adobe Illustrator, learning how to make digital maps.
- We will develop skills on food forest setting up
- We will construct main garden zones with cash crops : turmeric & ginger gardens, tea blend gardens, more fruit tree areas etc.
- We will learn how to use mesuring tools to build swales in the land.
- We will use machinery for the swale construction.
- We will do an advance design mapping work for the farm deepening into their business model & how to enhance the existing enterprices.
- We will do mushroom inoculations all around the land, building soil & creating life in the soil.
- We will learn deeper skills on water management ( catchments, swales, ponds, etc ) & develop a grey water system plan.
Our interns & permaculture design students will have priority in accessing this internship.
The cost is $600/month
Included in the price: lectures, hands on projects, design maping exercises, implementation on farms, consultation exercises & visiting other farms/permaculture design projects.
If you would like to register for this Advanced Internship please contact us: perma_fun_Kinfo@yahoo.com / 8314615945
Limited spaces!
Sponsors
Permafunk Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture Institute, Redwood Seed Company, Fungi Perfecti, Hawaii Wild Life Fund, Holistic Management International, Ahimsa Sanctuary Farm.
