About
Our mission is to teach, consult, demonstrate, and support the discipline of Permaculture Design worldwide. The Permaculture Education Center is a not-for-profit, international venture, created by some of the leading Permaculture teachers in North America and Europe.
We offer the official 72-hour online Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course and the Introduction to Permaculture Course, complete with tutoring and support from professional Permaculture designers and teachers.
What is Permaculture?
The word ‘Permaculture’ was coined in the 1970s by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, two Australian academics. Their original intention was to create a ‘permanent agriculture’, but later they discovered that their design ideas were also creating the foundations for a more ‘permanent culture’.
Permaculture is primarily a system of ethical land use and design for sustainable human settlements. The study of Permaculture Design encompasses traditional knowledge, ecology, sustainability, organic food production, efficient energy use, natural home design, recycling, appropriate technology, ecological economics, and much more.
Permaculture Designers realize that the present systems of big agriculture and agribusiness, their use of harmful chemicals, GMOs and pesticides, the unnatural treatment of animals, and monoculture farming (corn, soybeans, corn, soybeans, corn, soybeans….) are all seriously flawed. Scientists speculate that these practices are responsible for the disappearance of many species, and are a main cause of disease in countries that still farm using these outdated methods. When humans fail to work with nature and instead impose their own will, economy and destructive methods on it, all humans and the rest of nature inevitably suffer.
The Permaculture approach is to work with nature through careful planning and design, and creating systems that nourish the earth and ourselves – with less work and more favorable yields.
We offer the official 72-hour online Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course and the Introduction to Permaculture Course, complete with tutoring and support from professional Permaculture designers and teachers.
Our courses are eligible for university course credits and continuing education credits in related disciplines (architecture, landscape architecture, sustainable agriculture, etc.). Our courses are also approved for vocational training funds (UK and EU), and are approved for Veterans VA and active military educational reimbursement benefits.
To learn more about Permaculture Design, and to enroll in our Permaculture Design Certificate Course, please visit us here
