Since learning about permaculture, I've suffered a lot less eco-anxiety. I've learned that it's all fixable, improvable. Like your friend said with the perma-goggles, you see extra details in the world, but those are opportunities. What a shame we only get about 4000 weeks to try our ideas out.
I think we need to really demystify permaculture! It is not some environmental panacea or gardening elitism, simply it is a gardening method that uses knowledge of basic principles of land management and water harvesting that is it. So basically, do not clear the land because you lose the biomass that you need to keep the water running off the land and it makes the ground soak the water in so you have water in the land! Next find ways to create swales and berms so you can retain the water and create ponds for irrigation. the rest is just knowing what plants to put next to each other, so they help each other with pest's repellant because with permaculture you do not use fertilizers or pesticides because all that comes from the plants you choose to have on your land. also you need to understand never throw away lawn clippings or sticks those are basically your soil; just put them in a corner and pile it up nature will decompose it or just put into a hole and keep piling it up with sticks and lawn clippings to create a mound like a hügelkultur that will be both your planting medium but will also provide the fertilizer throughout the plant's growing phase. it is really simple you do not need to do a course just read the books there are plenty of online pdfs to help. basically, you are going back to ancient methods of planting for self-sustainable ways to have food for your family but you do it by making sure never to have any single crop dominating spread those plants all over so you never get pests or diseases eating your produce. interplant other crops to maximise the space but also it keeps pests and diseases guessing where the food is! and if you need fertilizers just use this method in this video get a bucket and press down on the biomass, give it a sprinkle with water and collect the liquid fertilizer; you can do this with any plants. also you can get neem oil also as a spray there are heaps of natural insecticides and pesticides that is safe and friendly for the environment and the bees and wildlife. so honestly don't spend the money and don't change your life just start gardening and honestly it's not something to get worked up about or realize you need to fly to the moon to achieve some insight into life because permaculture simply means permanent growing and life is kind of like that you need to continue growing by learning to just be and then things will happen but in today's world learning to just be is not as easy as it seems when we are always told there has to be more and better!
I loved my PDC program! All of the information was online, so technically anyone can take the course, you just have to pay if you want an official certificate. Andrew Millison and Oregon State University have all of their course stuff for free on here. I haven’t been able to find any permaculture design jobs, but the information is still great for personal use!
I relate to all of those very well, especially number three when you head back into the world to be confronted with endless 'oh for heaven's sakes...' 😬🙄😕
Very interesting video, thankyou. Permaculture is a fascinating subject, and in practice it has positive impact on a wide range of elements. We could all learn more about permaculture but it doesn't have to be expensive. It should be instructive and more importantly: enjoyable and educational. Always tune in to your videos 👍
I relate just from self learning. Rather be aware and trying to help change, even in the smallest ways. Thank you, great wee video. Perhaps one day I will be in a position to afford to do a PDC, but in the meantime I have plenty books to be getting on with, not least your own 🙂
I started a cert 3 permaculture course of which encompassed the permaculture design course.Half way through the course I pulled out, disenchanted with the delivery of the content and how rigid the ideas and concepts were of my lecturers.I would be considered a mature age student and there were several of us with real world Knowledge beyond the scope and experience of the lectures, and fellow students yet this wisdom/knowledge was always overlooked and down played rather than appreciated and drawn upon as a precious resource in the way that we are encouraged to practice as a perma-culturalist. I noticed throughout the course that the "woke" culture was overshadowing the fundamentals and ethics of permaculture.Perhaps these feelings were my own.But to make a long story short, there seemed to be a good deal of hypocrisy playing out, whether it were being made to use plastic disposable cups, plates and cutlery or walking through citrus tree plots with rotting produce going to waste on the ground. I felt the students and the teacher's were overlooking the point of practicing permaculture and resourcefulness aspect as well as respecting mother nature's bounty.I personally believe that the courses principles and ethics have been hijacked by this "learning institution". Meanwhile in international news the super rich elites flying into Davos in the private jets to discuss the climate emergency 🤦
Because it's so wide-ranging, permaculture attracts people of all ages and from all walks of life. Course leaders should be aware of that and ensure they look after everyone's learning needs. I'm sorry to hear that the course leaders didn't do that or have the sense to tap into your own knowledge and experience. Much of what I teach I've learned from those who came to learn from me. A PDC should be a space for us to learn from each other, which in turn leads to mutual appreciation, building the kind of bonds that last long after the course has ended.
@@LearnPermaculture I took Geoff Lawton's online PDC from DVDs, and got certified by my relative who supplied the DVDs, having taken the course direct from Geoff.
Nothing wrong with CO2 & hydrocarbons are not finite fossil remains of forests . . an hoax early & intentional as in 2030 great reset to serfdom current of no carbon control aka prison planet ruled by inbred mafia non elites
I was a bit concerned about watching this after just having signed up to your course, but I'm actually even more excited by it now and can't wait!!!!! :)
As teachers go Aranya is one of the very best but those who host the establishments where the courses take place can make or ruin the experience of doing your PDC.
I did my PDC in person in 1996 with three other people - I'm eternally grateful to Stephen Nutt, my teacher, who taught us despite being such a small group. It was a life changing experience for me.
It is hell of a hard work especially if you live in the tropics. Whoever claims the opposite, has never attempted one. Many of those permaculture gurus talk a lot, but when you visit their sites, then you see hidden labor force working in the background. In many ways permaculture is the hobby of the rich.
Permaculture is hard work? Perhaps compared to fossil fuel driven agriculture, but the latter is a different kind of energy intensive not sustainable. Sadly we've got so used to cheap food in the oil age we don't know it's true cost. As a result, small scale growers find it difficult to make a living. For now at least. If we view permaculture through a different lens than the current economic paradigm it wins hands down. We get to be outside in the fresh air, move our bodies (gardening/farming work is not so hard when we're used to doing it rather than being sedentary all day) and learn a lot of life skills. And if it continues to be 'hard work' then it's not actually permaculture - the definition of which includes it creating an energy surplus (more out than we put in). There's a few projects that call themselves 'permaculture' that really aren't at all. Sadly.
