PDC — online from Oregon

• Event date:
  31/03/2025 at 9:00 am
• Event end:
  15/06/2025 at 5:00 pm
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What is permaculture?

Permaculture design is a whole-systems design approach to developing sustainable human settlements.

Rooted in horticulture and agriculture, Permaculture design also touches on regional planning, land stewardship, ecology, food production, animal husbandry, technology, and water management.

About Our Permaculture Courses

Our online, instructor-led Permaculture Design Courses (PDCs) teach the design process and lay the foundation for a lifelong study and path in Permaculture.

The collaborative, academically rigorous curriculum guides you to complete a design for a regenerative landscape design with intensive instructor feedback and one-on-one interaction to help with every step along the way.

The courses include:

• A custom report template for you to work with during the course and in the future.
• Examples of diverse Permaculture systems in urban and rural settings around the world.
• Multimedia tools to demonstrate dynamics of landform and hydrology.
• Interaction with your primary instructor and students in a similar bioregion in our online forum
• All online asynchronous curriculum delivery.

Two Tracks to Choose

We offer two different Permaculture Design Courses. The 10 week PDC follows the internationally recognized PDC curriculum and results in a high-quality Site Design Portfolio.

You will get personalized written or video feedback on your design progress from a professional Permaculture designer each week.

We also offer an expanded version of the traditional Permaculture Design course: the 20-week PDC-PRO.

This program offers an expanded design portfolio, more detailed assignments, and live meetings with individualized mentorship and consultation on class design projects.

We typically offer both courses four times a year, starting in June, September, January and April.

PDC: This course is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about sustainability through the lens of Permaculture Design. This course includes all the curriculum required for the internationally recognized Permaculture Design certificate.

• Cost: $900
• Duration: 10 weeks
• Time Commitment: 10-15 hours/week
• Comprehensive PDC Report Template with 18 assignments, resulting in a high quality Site Design Portfolio by the end of class.
• Personalized written or video feedback from a professional designer each week on your design progress.

PDC PRO: For the person wanting to gain the skills of a professional designer. This course includes all the curriculum required for the internationally recognized certificate.

• Cost: $1,350
• Duration: 20 weeks
• Time Commitment: 15+ hours/week
• Comprehensive PDC PRO Report Template with 21 expanded assignments, resulting in a high quality professional Site Design Portfolio by the end of class.
• Personalized written or video feedback from a professional designer each week on your design progress.
• One live small group consultation over Zoom every other week with a design professional providing mentorship about your specific design project.

Certified by Permaculture Institute of North America

Our Permaculture courses were developed by OSU instructors Andrew Millison and Marisha Auerbach.

Today the teaching team (see bio’s below) includes instructors from around the world who have benefited thousands of students by sharing deep insight and 20+ years of experiences  in Permaculture design in diverse regions and climate zones.

Successful completion of either the PDC or PDC-PRO course results in a Permaculture Design Certificate issued by the Permaculture Institute of North America.

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