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Permaculture Design Course Handbook

An Online Reader for the Permaculture Community

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Permaculture Design Principles
Chapter 3: Design Process
Chapter 4: Pattern Understanding
Chapter 5: Climatic Factors
Chapter 6: Trees and their Energy Transactions
Chapter 7: Water
Chapter 8: Soils
Chapter 9: Earth Working and Earth Resources
Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics
Chapter 11: Dryland Strategies
- Drylands Corridor Planting
- Tree Crop Selection
Chapter 12: Humid Cool to Cold Climates
- Season Extension: A Key to Temperate Living and Food Security
Chapter 13: Aquaculture
Chapter 14: The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation
- Conscious Consumption with Eco-Entrepreneurship
- Fair Share Economics
Natural Building
- Thermal Mass vs Insulation: Materials Choice
Fermentation
- Gringo Kimchi- An Asian/European Fusion of Sauerkraut
- 13 Permaculture Health Tips for Better Immunity
Animal Systems
Appropriate Technology
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Chapter 1: Introduction
- Why Permaculture?
- TreeYo Permaculture Definition
- Permaculture Ethics
- History and Mollison’s Inspirations
- Permaculture As Design
- State Of The World
- How Permaculture Is Manifested In The World- An Artistic Glimpse
Chapter 2: Permaculture Design Principles
- Relative Location
- Multiple Functions for Every Element
- Each Important Function Supported By Many Different Elements
- Energy Efficient Planning
- Use of Biological Resources
- Energy Cycling
- Accelerating Succession and Evolution
- Diversity (Guilds)
- Small-Scale Intensive
- Edge Effect
- Attitudinal Principles
Chapter 3: Design Process
- Final Design Project Guidelines for TreeYo PDC
- Tools for Cataloging Analysis And Assessment: Consulting And Design Process Guidance
- Vision Phase
- Assessment Phase
- Conceptual Planning Phase
- Master Planning Phase
- Design Phase
- Maps: How To Procure, Read, and Use Them
- Broad Site Design: Vision and Assessment
- Conceptual and Master Planning: Idea Generation and Refinement
Chapter 4: Pattern Understanding
- Patterns and Indigenous Culture
- Creation and Evolution Through Patterns: Classification
- The Egg Pattern
- Spoke and Wheel, Webs
- Core Model
- Honeycomb
- Sinuous
- Dendritic
- Spirals
- Overbeck Jet, Eckman, and Von Karman
- Vortex
- Cymatics, Lobe, and Wave
- Pattern Summary
Chapter 5: Climatic Factors
- Factors In Formation of Global Climate
- Climate Classification
- Climate and Design
- Climate Analog and Map Resources
- Microclimate
- Savory’s Brittle and Non Brittle Climate Classification
Chapter 6: Trees and their Energy Transactions
- Trees and Their Uses
- Food Forests or Forest Gardens
- A How-To on Tree Planting: Before, During, and After
- Windbreaks
- Non-Timber Forest Products Part 1- Intro and Herbs and Spices
- Non Timber Forest Products 2- Medicinal Plants and Fish and Wildlife Management
- Non Timber Forest Products 3- Mushroom Cultivation and fibers and crafts
- Non Timber Forest Products 4: Honey Production and Roundwood Construction and Fuels
- Non Timber Forest Products 5: Fruits and Nuts and Saps and Resins
- Alley Cropping and Silvopasture
- Timber and Forestry
Chapter 7: Water
- Hydrological Cycle: Half and Full
- The Numbers Behind the Half Hydrological Cycle
- Catchment Calculations
- A Permaculture Development Model: A Holistic Plan for Climate Change
- Infiltration Earthworks
- Greywater
- Curb Cuts
- Contour Brush Piles
- Restoring Natural Stream Hydrology
- Roof Water Catchment and Tanks
Chapter 8: Soils
- Soil Food Web Intro
- Compost Teas and Extracts
- Thermophilic Composting (Hot)
- Cover Cropping
- Animal Rotation and Tractoring
- Chop and Drop of Trees and Biomass Plants
- Vermi-Composting
Chapter 9: Earth Working and Earth Resources
- Earthworks Best Practices/ Design/ Context Building
- Permaculture Swales
- Swale Design Process Case Study 1
- Rain Gardens
- Silt Trap
- Terraces
- Raised Beds
- Sunken Beds
Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics
- Banana Circle
- Tropical Social and Environmental Context
- Soil Building Techniques Part 1
- Soil Building Techniques Part 2
- Soil Building Techniques Part 3
- Soil Building Techniques Part 4
- Cottage Industries Part 1
- Cottage Industries Part 2
- Cottage Industries Part 3
- Tropical Housing
Chapter 11: Dryland Strategies
- Drylands Corridor Planting
- Tree Crop Selection
Chapter 12: Humid Cool to Cold Climates
- Season Extension: A Key to Temperate Living and Food Security
Chapter 13: Aquaculture
- Aquaculture Food Web
- Aquatic Plant Ecology
- Water Quality Parameters and Augmentation
- Chinampas
- Tyre Pond
- Alternative Feeds and Systems
- Supplemental Aquaculture Info
Chapter 14: The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation
- Conscious Consumption with Eco-Entrepreneurship
- Fair Share Economics
Natural Building
- Thermal Mass vs Insulation: Materials Choice
Fermentation
- Gringo Kimchi- An Asian/European Fusion of Sauerkraut
- 13 Permaculture Health Tips for Better Immunity
Animal Systems
- Meeting the basic needs of Animals on a Pattern Level
- Cut and Carry
- Fodder Crops for Animals
- Rotational Grazing
Appropriate Technology
- Renewable Electricity Production, Conversion, and Storage
- Cooking with Appropriate Technology
- Transportation/Animal Power
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