Imagine being able to look at any given piece of land and being able to design a healthy, functioning eco system as well as productive edible landscape capable of feeding a community.
This course will immerse students in the complete running of an established permaculture farm through theoretical and hands-on learning. We will cover irrigation systems, greenhouse management pruning grafting, propagation and tree nursery management, alternative energy options, and sustainable building techniques.
Natural forest designs are studied and mimicked to reintroduce more vigorous planted forests. Forests are essential in recreating healthy ecosystems around the planet and offer a multitude of economic opportunities.
The skill set learnt in this course will be extremely sought after as we are globally becoming aware of the need to repair the damaged ecosystems that we are living in and need to have teachers that are able to teach this anywhere. Eco system restoration is the way of the future.
240 hours of instruction on:
- Permaculture Design & Mapping
- Green House Management
- Water Harvesting Techniques
- Tree Nursery Management & Economics
- Tree Planting & Pruning
- Medicinal Trees & Plants
- Garden Planning & Layout
- Planting & Rotation Systems
- Market Crop Planning & Economics
- Developing World Project Planning
- Green Building
- Hands-on Tiny House Design & Building
- Forest Management & Economics
- Forest Medicinal & Botanicals
- Espaliared Orchards
- Forest Products Value Adding
- Mushroom Cultivation
- Seed Crop Planting & Economics
- Furniture Production & Sales
- Fruit & Nut Tree Grafting
- Composting Toilet Construction
- Composting & Soil Revitalization
- Micro Hydro & other Alternative Energy
- Tree Falling & Harvesting Techniques
- Permaculture Certificate
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This course will be geared to those students that will want to go into the field in the developing world right away. The course will be split up between a month at Seven Ravens where we will have a crash course on all the major aspects of permaculture and then one month in the field in Kenya where we will conduct a complete permaculture installation at a primary school.
We will be working with the teachers and students of the school to convert their school property from what it is, to one that will produce an abundance of fruits and vegetables that will feed the students.
We will create economic opportunities for the school to grow higher valued crops that can be sold for cash so that they can buy a greater amount of basic foods such as maize meal, which is their food staple.
We will plant a forest around and within the school complex except for the sports pitch. This forest will produce fruit, medicine, building materials, firewood and fibre all within a couple of years.
Water harvesting will substantially boost the agricultural capacity of the land as well as providing the opportunity for fish farming. Livestock can help keep the grounds trimmed as well as supplying valuable manure.
Get inspired to see how much can happen in such a short period of time whilst always adhering to organic principals. Complexity provides greater opportunities and our imaginations are the limiting factors, so we are always challenged to come up with better ways of doing things.
240+ hours of instruction on:
- Permaculture Design & Mapping
- Water Harvesting Techniques
- Nursery Management
- Furniture Production & Sales
- Harvesting Seeds
- Preserving & Dehydrating
- Wildcrafting Medicinals
- Forest & Nursery Economics
- Tree Planting & Transplanting Techniques
- Planting & Rotation Systems
- Composting & Soil Revitalization
- Seed Harvesting & Sales
- Alternative Energy
- Hands-on Tiny House Building
- Developing World Project Planning & Implementation
- Permaculture Certificate
In addition to our first 4 weeks on Salt Spring Island, we’ll spend 4 weeks in Kenya designing & implementing a permaculture project at our 4th and 5th primary schools
- Airfare to Kenya
- Room & Board
- Wildlife Safari in Nakuru National Park
- 2-Day Stay at Redshank, a Seven Ravens Permaculture Project near Nakuru
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Looking for shorter courses on permaculture? Our friends at Permaculture BC offer 3 hour to 3 week courses that aim to fit a working person’s schedule. Be it food forestry, urban farming, or propagation Permaculture BC brings the very best in experienced instructors to meet the needs of students to know and apply these new skills for happier, healthier and wealthier lives.
