Permaculture Design Warwick
Working towards a sustainable future
Recent Activities
Intro to Permaculture - Warwick
An introduction to the Ethics and Principles of Permaculture will be held in Warwick shortly. This will be advertised in the local papers.
LASS Club
We have just become members of the LASS club, (more info here) and hope to be holding some information sessions for members (as well as other interested parties)
Off-site links
Course Information
Warwick PDC 2012
We will be running a Permaculture Design Certificate Course in the Warwick area in 2012.
The course will run every other weekend over a twelve week period.
FarmReady approved!
Approved Course Number FRTC0885
Course fees and booking information
Once the course dates are finalised, students must book with a AU$250.00 deposit . Full payment (or first installment using the payment plan) should be made 14 days prior to the start date
Due to the way we are running the course, and the fact that it is targeted at people from the local area, we have not arranged accommodation. This can be organised for you in local hotels, motels or caravan parks (at cost price) if required.
Major points as follows:
- Start date to be advised.
- Course cost AU$1250.00
- Deposit ($250) required to secure a place.
- A payment plan is available - $225 per weekend, 2 weeks in advance
- Cost includes text book (Permaculture: A Designers Manual), morning & afternoon teas
- Cost does not include accommodation, but this can be arranged for you at cost
- Venue is an ex dairy farm. Planning exercises will relate to this property, with real client limitations and expectations
The booking sheet is available here
It can be filled out on your computer, then emailed, or you can print it, fill it in by hand, and snail mail it. Addresses are on the form.
Permaculture - what is it?
Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of a stable social order.
Permaculture design is a system of assembling conceptual, material, and strategic components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms.
The philosophy behind permaculture is one of working with, rather than against, nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless action; of looking at systems in all their functions, rather than asking only one yield of them; and allowing systems to demonstrate their own evolutions.
From Permaculture Research Institute of Australia