Ideas for workshops in permaculture

Posted on ma 19 april 2021 in designs

I have grouped this information by theme. The subsections detail possible subjects within this theme.

Depending on the subject, these can be taught in workshops and courses ranging from 2 hours to 2x 8 hours.

An appropriate selection of all these workshops can make up a full Permaculture Design Course with the required minimum of 72 hours of teacher-student interaction.

intro to permaculture
- ethics of permaculture
- principles
- some practical applications
social permaculture
- sociocracy
- nonviolent communication / compassionate communication
- dragon dreaming project management
- spirituality / grief work
- life design
soil and plants
- building soil
- pruning / grafting
- identifying mayor plant families
- composting
forest gardening
- nutrient calculations
- design process
water management
- water harvesting
- key line design
- swales / leaky weirs / ponds
housing / urban permaculture
- zones
- natural building design
- food preservation
- appropriate technology
- greenhouses
- rocket stoves
- permaculture in your veg plot / front yard / backyard
design tools
- ways of observating
- design frameworks
- thinking in systems
- making maps / measuring with A-frame, bunyip, theodolite
- analysis tools
permaculture in practice (hands-on)
- observation
  - mapping
  - finding out about the history of a place
  - nature walk: using the ways of observing
    - wonder: childlike appreciation
    - energy: sunny/shaded, high/low traffic, storage/use
    - flow: water, wind, sunshine, people, animals
    - communities: plant families, animals
    - patterns: whatever recurs in time and/or space
    - edge: forest/meadow, water/land, path/plant bed
    - limits: nutrients, time, energy, vision
    - stillness: meditation, connect with what's alive in you
    - past/future: previous uses, proposed uses
- water
  - nature walk: observing water flows
  - water harvesting
  - swales
  - wadi
  - check dam
  - leaky weir
  - using a key line plow
- plants and soil
  - nature walk: identifying (mayor) plant families
  - pruning
  - making biochar / a biochar cooker
  - compost tea
  - comfrey press
- appropriate technology
  - raised bed
  - wicking bed
  - weeping bed
  - compost toilet
  - hugelkultur
  - hay box
  - cold box
  - hedge laying
  - snake wall
  - walipini: in ground greenhouse
  - biochar cooker and biochar
  - rocket stove
  - herb spiral
  - drying rack
- housing
  - nature walk: observe housing of humans and animals
  - urban environment
  - ecological building
  - wofati
  - movable and mobile houses: yurt / tiny house / tent / caravan / van / camper
- preservation / resilience
  - yeast ferment - bread / beer / wine
  - lactic acid ferment - kimchi / sourkraut
  - making jam / chutney
  - seed saving
  - seed stratification
  - urban farming - square meter garden / front yard & backyard / community gardens
connecting / designing
- Permablitz: creating and implementing a design in a weekend
- study circle of permies
- mentor group of permies