Permaculture I 100 Hours Certificate Course

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Permaculture I course online. Learn the basic concepts of Permaculture. This course will help you develop a basis for permaculture design by explaining the patterns which occur in nature, such as weather systems, water cycles, topography, soil-plant interactions and forest ecology, and how a knowledge of these patterns can be used to reproduce balanced and productive garden growing systems.

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About this course

Discuss the nature and scope of Permaculture.
Apply an understanding of environmental systems to considerations given to how a Permaculture system is designed.
Describe soils and the impact their characteristics have upon natural and man made environments.
Explain the application of this knowledge to Permaculture.
Describe characteristics of climate and water, and the impact their characteristics have upon natural and man made environments.
Explain the application of this knowledge to Permaculture.
Describe forest systems and their relevance to Permaculture design.

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Subjects

  • Systems

Course programme

There are 5 lessons:

  1. Concepts
    • The basic theory and ethics of Permaculture
  2. The Environment
    • Ecosystems, the web of life and interactions between living organisms
  3. Soils
    • Soil management, fertilisers, nitrogen, cultivation, gas and nutrient cycles
  4. Climate and Water
    • The hydrological cycle, infiltration, microclimates, the Greenhouse
    • Effect, water and plants
  5. Forest Systems
    • Biomass, how natural systems relate to agricultural systems

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