Day 1 Course Outline - Introduction to Permaculture

Introductions

History

• Permaculture One: Bill and Dave’s excellent adventure

Global Gardener: Bill develops the PDC

• welcome to a new global nation

Reintegrating people into Landscape

• course outline

The parable of the Chicken

Lessons from the chicken, what is a system?

• Inputs and outputs, work and pollution, cycling, polycultures

Design Cycle: Observe, Assess, Design, Implement

Importance of Observation

• walk
• de-brief - thematic and non-thematic observation

Ethics of Permaculture

• resource use and design
• prime directive of Permaculture

How the course will be organized

• participation, dates, work exchange
• books, guided home study, on-line library