Permaculture Design Certification Course
72hr Internationally Recognized Course 2020 - CHICO CA
March 13th to 23th ( spring brake )
Real hands-on activities in an urban farm downtown practicing permaculture
This Certification Course is offered by perma-fun-K in collaboration with Butte College faculty, Chico State College of Agriculture faculty, Holistic Management International Educators, John Champaign a permaculture expert from Australia & other valuable members of our Chico community.
In order to get your certification you have to complete these 5 weekends one of them being a weekend hands-on workshop with all practical activities.
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You can safe your spot with a $250 deposit and pay for the rest of the course through out the training.
SEND A CHECK/MONEY ORDER addressed to Permafunk,
2604 W Sacramento Ave, 95973 Chico Ca with your full name, number, email and write down PDC sign up or you can also pay with Venmo its really easy.
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.
Why do we want to bring this to Chico?...
There is a strong need TO TRAIN LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY TO PRACTICE AND APPLY MORE SUSTAINABLE & HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO OUR EDUCATION SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, NATURAL RESOURCE USAGE, TO CREATING FOOD SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES & BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN GENERAL!
Course description
This certification course has lectures, presentations, group dynamics, hands-on workshops, field trips & design projects.
Due to the fires last November we are going to FOCUS in this COURSE on presenting SOLUTIONS, PREVENTION & REGENERATION ( for land, houses, water systems, energy systems, roads, etc ). Including the standart curriculum but focussing on FIRE & CLIMATE CHANGE prevention & restoration!
Objectives for this certification & what students need to demonstrate at the endObjectives:
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.
This course is life a life transforming experience!
Dont miss this opportunity to get certified in your area.
Students demonstrate:
Main facilitators:
Rosa Maicas. Founder and main facilitator of perma-fun-K.com. Permaculture designer & educator by Southern Cross Permaculture, Australia, EDE Foundation Indonesia, Institute of the Balearic Islands & Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.
Eco village designer by Gaia University in Europe. Phd in Education & 4th generation farmer.
Holistic Management Land Planning educator, Grazing Planning educator, Biological Monitoring & Financial Planning educator certified by HMI.
Keyline Design & Regenerative Agriculture facilitator.
Matthew Trumm
Owner/Practitioner: Treetop Permaculture - Cornerstone Foundation
Project Manager, The Camp Fire Restoration Project
John Champaign. In Australian and regional permaculture circles, John Champagne is one of the principle Permaculture teachers and has been lead teacher on permaculture courses for over 10 years. John’s teaching career has taken him all over Australia and in recent years to South East Asia where he has taught Permaculture Courses (PDC’s) and workshops in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia. John brings to any event the experience of over 22 years of active involvement in the permaculture movement. From private property design & establishment, consultancies, school gardens and eco-village designs, his activities are well documented.
Richard King.
Richard’s professional career with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service includes 36 years of experience as a rangeland specialist, ecologist, and biologist. His work included training co-workers and assisting landowners with restoration or enhancement of rangelands, wetlands, cropland, chaparral, forests, woodlands, and stream corridors in northern Arizona, northwestern Nevada, and throughout northern California before retiring in 2012. Specific areas of experience and expertise currently
include grazing planning, increasing soil organic matter, replacing invasive/pest species with diverse communities of life, land infrastructure planning, biological monitoring, financial planning, consensus building, and Holistic Management®.
Garret Liles.
Dr. Liles is a Chico, CA native who earned a bachelor’s degree at Chico State with an interdisciplinary special major in soil ecology.
PhD from UC Davis studying soil organic matter and the effects of disturbance and management on the terrestrial Carbon Cycle. Garrett has a diverse professional work history including mapping the soils of Lassen Park for NRCS, analysis and planning of regional biomass to energy projects, and quantifying the effects of riparian restoration at the Cosumnes River Preserve, along with years of running chainsaws, building trails, and managing natural resources operating a shovel. Dr. Liles joined the faculty of the CSU Chico College of Agriculture in 2015 as an assistant professor of soil and plant science and teaches across the spectrum of soils stressing systems and interconnectivity
Guest facilitators from Butte College, Chico State University & other local organizations:
Kelly Munson.
Butte College faculty.
Leadership & social change facilitator.
Associated Students Adviser.
Sustainability Resource Center Supervisor.
Lee Atelier. (PhD, Cornell University) has over 18 years teaching experience in the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico. He was a horticulture volunteer for the Peace Corps in Nepal for three years, worked for the USDA on agricultural water quality for three years in south Georgia, and has been teaching and doing research in Thailand since 2001. His research interests are in cropping systems and agricultural ecology, he directs the Organic Vegetable Project on the Chico State University Farm, and he is a certified educator in Holistic Management.
Kalan Redwood. Owner of Redwood Seed company: growing more than 200 seed varieties, 95% of that total is grown locally in their property. Mostly Heirloom and open pollinated varieties that will perform fantastically in our Mediterranean climate.
Discounts, Partner Prices, Teachers
Prices
1. Butte College& Chico State students & THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FIRES* $999
2. From Butte County $1150
3. From other counties $1250
* THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FIRES have PRIORITY FOR SIGNING UP & INDIVIDUAL PAYMENT PLANS
This certification course has lectures, presentations, group dynamics, hands-on workshops, field trips & design projects.
Due to the fires last November we are going to FOCUS in this COURSE on presenting SOLUTIONS, PREVENTION & REGENERATION ( for land, houses, water systems, energy systems, roads, etc ). Including the standart curriculum but focussing on FIRE & CLIMATE CHANGE prevention & restoration!
Objectives for this certification & what students need to demonstrate at the endObjectives:
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.
This course is life a life transforming experience!
Dont miss this opportunity to get certified in your area.
Students demonstrate:
- The ability to interpret a landscape and its ecological implications.
- Effective communication of these interpretations through maps, graphical analysis and assessment & group presentations.
- Their key ecological design strategies.
- Their discovery & development of the relationships between elements, goals & site realities.
- Proficiency with design methods & techniques, observation, pattern recognition & systems understanding.
- The application of Permaculture Ethics & Principles in their designs.
- The vision & ability to implement solutions on a personal level in their culture
- 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, Keyline Design, Agroforestry, Food Forest, Aquaculture, Patterns in Nature, 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.
- You would have to complete a weekend hands-on workshop before or after the course to complete your certification and get more experiential learning.
- AT THE END OF THE COURSE WE WILL HAVE A FUN ABILITY/SKILL CONTEST AND A BIG DINNER PARTY. Then we will give the CERTIFICATES TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.
Main facilitators:
Rosa Maicas. Founder and main facilitator of perma-fun-K.com. Permaculture designer & educator by Southern Cross Permaculture, Australia, EDE Foundation Indonesia, Institute of the Balearic Islands & Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.
Eco village designer by Gaia University in Europe. Phd in Education & 4th generation farmer.
Holistic Management Land Planning educator, Grazing Planning educator, Biological Monitoring & Financial Planning educator certified by HMI.
Keyline Design & Regenerative Agriculture facilitator.
Matthew Trumm
Owner/Practitioner: Treetop Permaculture - Cornerstone Foundation
Project Manager, The Camp Fire Restoration Project
John Champaign. In Australian and regional permaculture circles, John Champagne is one of the principle Permaculture teachers and has been lead teacher on permaculture courses for over 10 years. John’s teaching career has taken him all over Australia and in recent years to South East Asia where he has taught Permaculture Courses (PDC’s) and workshops in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia. John brings to any event the experience of over 22 years of active involvement in the permaculture movement. From private property design & establishment, consultancies, school gardens and eco-village designs, his activities are well documented.
Richard King.
Richard’s professional career with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service includes 36 years of experience as a rangeland specialist, ecologist, and biologist. His work included training co-workers and assisting landowners with restoration or enhancement of rangelands, wetlands, cropland, chaparral, forests, woodlands, and stream corridors in northern Arizona, northwestern Nevada, and throughout northern California before retiring in 2012. Specific areas of experience and expertise currently
include grazing planning, increasing soil organic matter, replacing invasive/pest species with diverse communities of life, land infrastructure planning, biological monitoring, financial planning, consensus building, and Holistic Management®.
Garret Liles.
Dr. Liles is a Chico, CA native who earned a bachelor’s degree at Chico State with an interdisciplinary special major in soil ecology.
PhD from UC Davis studying soil organic matter and the effects of disturbance and management on the terrestrial Carbon Cycle. Garrett has a diverse professional work history including mapping the soils of Lassen Park for NRCS, analysis and planning of regional biomass to energy projects, and quantifying the effects of riparian restoration at the Cosumnes River Preserve, along with years of running chainsaws, building trails, and managing natural resources operating a shovel. Dr. Liles joined the faculty of the CSU Chico College of Agriculture in 2015 as an assistant professor of soil and plant science and teaches across the spectrum of soils stressing systems and interconnectivity
Guest facilitators from Butte College, Chico State University & other local organizations:
Kelly Munson.
Butte College faculty.
Leadership & social change facilitator.
Associated Students Adviser.
Sustainability Resource Center Supervisor.
Lee Atelier. (PhD, Cornell University) has over 18 years teaching experience in the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico. He was a horticulture volunteer for the Peace Corps in Nepal for three years, worked for the USDA on agricultural water quality for three years in south Georgia, and has been teaching and doing research in Thailand since 2001. His research interests are in cropping systems and agricultural ecology, he directs the Organic Vegetable Project on the Chico State University Farm, and he is a certified educator in Holistic Management.
Kalan Redwood. Owner of Redwood Seed company: growing more than 200 seed varieties, 95% of that total is grown locally in their property. Mostly Heirloom and open pollinated varieties that will perform fantastically in our Mediterranean climate.
Discounts, Partner Prices, Teachers
- Get $50 discount if you make your deposit payment ( $250 ) during November 2019
- You can pay for the course in one go or do 4 payments if that option is best for you. All payments need to be made before the last weekend of the training.
- Get a $100 discount if you bring your spouse or any other family members with you.
- Geet a $50 discount if you pay for the whole course at once.
- If you have been affected by the fires we can arrange individual payment plans.
Prices
1. Butte College& Chico State students & THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FIRES* $999
2. From Butte County $1150
3. From other counties $1250
* THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FIRES have PRIORITY FOR SIGNING UP & INDIVIDUAL PAYMENT PLANS
You can safe your spot with a $250 deposit and pay for the rest of the course through out the training.
SEND A CHECK/MONEY ORDER addressed to Rosa Maicas,
2604 W Sacramento Ave, 95973 Chico Ca with your full name, number, email and write down PDC sign up or you can also pay with Venmo its really easy.
SEND A CHECK/MONEY ORDER addressed to Rosa Maicas,
2604 W Sacramento Ave, 95973 Chico Ca with your full name, number, email and write down PDC sign up or you can also pay with Venmo its really easy.
Sponsors
perma-fun-K, Butte College Sustainability Resource Center, CN&R, Fungi Perfecti, Grub Education, Redwood Seeds..
If you or your organization would like to fund us please contact us here. We appreciate your collaboration.
If you or your organization would like to fund us please contact us here. We appreciate your collaboration.
