Sustainability Centre Permaculture Design Course October 2011
Date 09:00 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30
Morning
Session SESSION 1 BREAK SESSION 2 LUNCH SESSION 3 BREAK SESSION 4 DINNER SESSION 5
Circle
Welcome, Opening Circle, VIDEOS: Global Gardener
Sat 1/10 ARRIVALS / Settling in etc Domestics, Course Intro & Greening the desert
Culture, Outcomes Locating Ourselves
Morning Introduction to Systems Pattern Understanding
Sun 2/10 Tour of site & woodlands Observation skills / Natural Systems SLIDES: Patterns in nature
Circle Problems & Spirals of Erosion Phenological & biotime diaries
Morning Intro to Permaculture, Ethics, Intro to Microclimates Attitudinal principles SLIDES: Permaculture
Mon 3/10 Ecological principles walk Web of Life
Circle Permaculture Chicken & observation exercise Accelerated learning principles in action
Morning Limiting Factors & Resources, Elevation planning
Tues 4/10 FREE TIME
Circle Exclusion method Zones & Sectors
Site Surveying: Transect
Morning Soil Intro: Fertility Factors, Soil: Fertility cycles, Food web, Soil Conversation & Improvement, SLIDES: Soil conservation
Wed 5/10 Soil Profiles, Texture / Jar Tests,
Circle Types & Textures Tilling pros & cons, Biological & mechanical interventions & improvement
Indicator Plants
Travel to SITE VISIT: Tim & Maddy Harland's Travel
Morning Trees & their microclimates, Tree guilds (co-action analysis) Site Surveying Tools: SLIDES: Agroforestry
Thur 6/10 Tim & Home, Forest garden, Sedum roof back to
Circle Agroforestry, Forest Gardening Fruit trees & Coppice A-Frame, Bunyip, Pacing & forest gardening
Maddy's & eco-renovation Centre
Morning Water Introduction, Water: find it, measure it, move Water in Action at the Humanure & Swales, Keyline,
Fri 7/10 Skill sharing
Circle Characteristics & issues it, store it, clean it, use it Sustainability Centre composting toilets Aquaculture
Sat 8/10 FREE TIME
Group process
Morning Midway Review, Design Work: Site Zone 00
Sun 9/10 Design process intro Maps & map making Design Work: Site Survey (continued)
Circle Evaluation Survey (PASTE) Action Learning Guilds
& design areas walk
Design Work: SLIDES: Natural building /
Morning Urban strategies / Transition
Mon 10/10 Buildings & Structures Design Work: Create base map, zones & sectors overlays Prepare client eco architecture
Circle Energy Descent Action Planning
interview Urban permaculture
Design Work:
Morning Design Work: Travel to Prickly
Tues 11/10 Analysis & Identifying Early Lunch SITE VISIT: Ben Law's woodland / Lodsworth larder Travel back to Centre My Dream Home
Circle Client Interview Nut Wood
Functions
Design Work:
Morning Design Work: Choosing
Wed 12/10 Placements & FREE TIME
Circle Systems & Elements
Integration
Morning Kitchen Gardening Design Work: Placements & Integration Design Work:
Thur 13/10 Food Choices Gardening practical
Circle IPM, Cultivated Ecology Client feedback / SLIDES: Example designs Design maps & overlays
Morning Design Work: Implementation & Design Work:
Fri 14/10 Real wealth & wiser money Seed saving, Design Work: Finalising Designs
Circle Maintenance Planning Preparing Plans & Notes
Feedback on Learning Guilds, Certs,
Sat 15/10 Group Presentation Group Presentation Group Presentation Group Presentation process Appreciations, Evaluation, PARTY!
Next Steps: PAB, Re-entry, Closing
Sun 16/10 CLEARING UP & GOING HOME
All outdoor session
Site Visit
Free Time
Taught sessions
Design work