Permaculture Design Course Handbook
Permaculture Design Course Handbook
Chapter 1
: Introduction
Why Permaculture?
TreeYo Permaculture Definition
Permaculture Ethics
Permaculture as Design
State of the World
Chapter 2:
Permaculture Design Principles
Relative Location
Multiple Functions for Every Element
Each Important Function Supported by Many Different Elements
Energy Efficient Planning
Chapter 3:
Design Process
Broad Site Design: Vision and Assessment
Design Phase
Tools for Cataloguing Analysis and Assessment: Consulting and Design Process guidance
Maps: how to procure them, read them, and use them
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
Chapter 7:
Water
hydrological cycle
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
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
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
13 Permaculture Health Tips for Better Immunity
Gringo Kimchi- An Asian/European Fusion of Sauerkraut
Animal Systems
Cut and Carry
Meeting the basic needs of Animals on a Pattern Level
Rotational Grazing
Appropriate Technology
Renewable Electricity Production, Conversion, and Storage
Cooking with Appropriate Technology
Transportation/Animal Power
Water Heating
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PDC Index MP
Chapter 1: Introduction to Permaculture: MP
PDC 2: Principles
PDC 3: Design Process
PDC: 4 Patterns
PDC: 5 Climate
PDC 6: Trees
PDC 7/9: Water/Earthworks
PDC 8: Soils
PDC 10: Tropics
PDC 11: Drylands
PDC 12: Temperate
PDC 13: Aquaculture
PDC 14: SOAGN
PDC 15: Natural Building
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