-Origin story

-Philosophy

-Examples of Permaculture in Action

-Reliable resources for further information

-Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share

-Holmgren’s 12 Principles

-Mollison’s Principles

-Closed-loop manufacturing strategies

-Introduction to zones

-Visible patterns in nature [form follows function]

-Tools & methods for interpreting & applying zones & patterns

-Characteristics of regional climates

-The global climate system

-Biomes & biodiversity

-Designing for microclimates

-Reading the landscape

-Understanding our specific ecology and natural history

-Plant communities

-4 seasonal in-person walks

-Why community matters

-Applying design methods and permaculture principles to social permaculture

-Types of and importance of invisible structures

-What are intentional communities

-What are Ecovillages

-Common challenges, effective communication and power dynamics

-Design elements: invisible structures, third places, inclusive design

-Local, regional & global networks & organizations

-Permablitz, gorilla permaculture

-Localvores and the decentralization our food systems

-Common mistakes

-Permaculture professions

-Types of capital

-Household & community economies

-Degenerative, generative, & regenerative assets

-Alternative currencies, bartering, & community lending

-Right livelihood

-Types of land access

-Strategies in community organizing and development

-Use of commons, landless movements & strategies

-Ethics of land care

-Issues of land use

-Whole systems thinking

-Data gathering & assessment

-Client interview; goal statements

-Analytical methods: site analysis, elevations, slope & orientation; needs-&-yields, limiting factors

-Mapping concepts, conceptual design, bubble diagram & flow charts

-Scale Of Permanence

-Graphical representation, presentation skills, documentation

-Considerations & techniques for urban, suburban & rural projects

-Be able to identify & prevent potential site problems through good design

-Increase resilience by knowing how to prepare for emergencies & disasters

-Tree placement & role of forests

-Guilds & polyculture

-Agroforestry, tree crops, multifunctional hedgerows

-Plant selection & identification

-Plant physiology & propagation

-Seed saving & exchange

-Designing vegetable gardens & edible landscapes

-Integrated Pest Management

-Season extension: cloches, hoop houses, greenhouses, & other techniques

-Keyline design, construction of swales & important tools

-Design & construction of earthen dams & rain gardens

-Appropriate planning parameters & seasonality

-Designs that integrate plants & animals (alley cropping, rotational grazing, etc.)

-Roles & habitats of livestock

-General husbandry, breeds, social constructs

-Aquatic ecology: trophic food web, limiting factors, & design criteria

-Chinampas & other cultivated aquatic ecosystems

-Aquaponics; species choices

-Soil biology

-Soil food web

-The rock cycle

-Soil texture, structure, classification, & testing

-Fertility management & soil repair

-The hydrologic cycle

-Conservation

-Water’s functions

-Water harvesting & storage in built containers, in ponds & ground

-Conservation & recycling of materials in households & society

-Reclamation & re-use of grey water & blackwater

-Hygienic capture, treatment, & cycling of human waste

-Passive solar heating, rocket stoves, solar mass systems

-Natural building techniques

-Energy uses, efficiency, & retrofits

-Holmgren’s Future Scenarios: relation of energy & technology to social structure

-Examples, sources, & importance of appropriate tools

-Energy sources & energy-conserving technologies

-Renewable energy generation: solar, wind, hydro