The FreePDC | A Free Permaculture Design Course
Join us on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm MDT on Zoom:
About the FreePDC:
The ‘FreePDC’ (Permaculture Design Course), an ongoing, weekly
permaculture
discussion, and yes, it’s free!
Come join us as cover the entire permaculture design curriculum typically found in ‘PDC’ courses
around
the world. Those who attend all classes and complete the course work will receive a ‘Permaculture
Design
Certificate’, a prerequisite for advanced classes, internship and employment opportunities in the
permaculture community. See the schedule below for an overview of the discussion content!
This will be an ongoing course, meaning every three months, we start over. Join anytime and
participate
in all 12 discussions! (We encourage starting with the first discussion if possible.)
Join us through Zoom if you cannot come in person, or you are not local.
If you'd like to join in person (the classes are held in Mt. Pleasant, Utah), please email josh@utahpci.org.
When: Tuesday evenings July 11th – September 26th, from 6 to 9 PM for
this round.
See the schedule for details.
Where: The Crockett Residence (6890E 17250 N, Mt Pleasant UT 84647)
Show directions
At the intersection of 500 W and 1000 S turn down 1000 S. It is right by Terrell’s. You will pass the armory, then Contoy arena and the sewer ponds. There is a road on your left, Anderson Lane. Turn left onto that road. The road will turn a 90 degree right. From there keep going down that road going through a 4 way intersection. At the 4 way, drive down 3/4 of a mile, and the house is on the left. There is a white gate. The house sits back from the road. There is a pavilion and old cabin up front.
Schedule & Discussion Overview:
July 11 - Discussion 1 | Principles vs. Principalities- Civilization Paradigms and Cycle, Georgics
- Introduction to Permaculture / Defining Permaculture
- Permaculture Ethics and Principles
- Laws of Attitude
- Gardening Concepts
- Key Strategies
- Permaculture in landscapes
- Jacke’s Scale of Permanence (After Yeoman’s)
- Eco-Systems, Climate Types, Hardiness Zones
- Form is Function
- Natural Patterns
- Pattern Language
- The Zion / Babylon Dichotomy
- Patterns of Sustainable Community
- The Water Cycle
- Earth Works and Hydrology
- The Sponge (Water Storage, Regulation, Purification)
- Soil vs Dirt
- Web of life and Food Chain
- Microbial Communities
- Nutrient cycling
- Soil Succession
- Soil Building
- Perennial vs Annual
- Food Forests
- 7 Layers of the forest and The 7 Fs
- Pushing Diversity, Stacking Time and Function
- Guild Planting
- Element Lists
- Sector Analysis
- Permaculture Zones
- Element Layout
- Integration Process
- First Yields
- Fertility Cycles
- Making Compost
- Planting the Food Forest
- Digging Swales
- Common Medicinals and their values
- Wild-crafting
- Methods of application
- Medicinals in the diet
- Natural Diet Concepts
- From-Scratch Cooking
- Kitchen and Tools
- Storage & Preservation