Who Should Take This Course?
What Kinds of People Benefit from taking a Permaculture Course? Prospective real estate buyers benefit greatly with Permaculture information to avoid the defects of problem parcels and spot hidden treasures and values. |
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Entrepreneurs can apply ecological models to the design, development, implementation, and management of sustainable business ventures. |
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Farmers can balance production systemically to create sustainable, low-input farms that are profitable, environmentally sound, and good for communities. |
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Students, Educators, and Professionals in the fields of ecology, agronomy, resource management, architecture, and planning can enliven their learning, courses, and work through the generalist, holistic, and interdisciplinary perceptions they gain from the course. |
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Community Development Workers, and Religious Leaders will discover cost-effective, practical, and creative applications that permit limited budgets to go further in providing services for community gardens, parish activities, housing, and more. |
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Real estate brokers, Developers, Local and Regional Planners, and Elected Officials will find Permaculture principles assist them in design and planning. By integrating sustainability into the total design process, entire communities benefit. |
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Gardeners, Homeowners, Renters, and Landlords benefit from the many ways they learn to improve the ecology of their homes and yards. Permaculture tactics save energy. These translate into savings of money, resources, and other assets. |
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Municipal, State, and Federal Staff and Managers can provide effective and efficient public works and service by using Permaculture principles. The community benefits because of their creative management techniques for land, air, and water resources. |
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Social Workers can acquire tools for empowerment and new place-based strategies for sharing knowledge about professional practices that facilitate micro- through macro-change processes. |
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Non-profits and Community Organizations can apply Permaculture ideas to their missions and programs. By integrating ecological design, professional networking, and social marketing approaches, objectives are advanced and goals reached. |
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Builders, Architects, and Construction Professionals save time, money, and materials by learning about the practicality of natural building systems as well as how to integrate land-use design into construction. |
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Landscape Architects and Garden Designers can maximize Permaculture principles by applying techniques of sustainable landscaping and emphasizing circular systemic functions such as rainwater harvesting. |
![]() Mandala gardens are minimum path gardens. This example is a thirty foot diameter layout. Things visited or harvested often are planted close to the path. Fruit trees and other seasonally harvested crops are planted furthest from the path. A nitrogen fixing farmer's tree is planted in the center which lightly shades the whole mandala. Six fruit trees are planted near the periphery. The paths are filled with organic matter which is turned into compost by worms. The crosshatched outer ring is a hedge producing fruits and nuts and acting as an animal barrier and wind break. This garden would feed at least four people. |
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