Permaculture is a process for designing sustainable communities and is derived from permanent agriculture and permanent culture. Permaculture is a combination of traditional wisdom, modern science and technology and a detailed understanding of natural processes. Permaculture provides practical solutions to current unsustainable living standards, generating life styles which minimise our impact on the environment.

Permaculture is a design system based on ethics and principles which can be used to establish, design, manage and improve all efforts made by individuals, households and communities towards a sustainable future.

We run our course annually. The CERES PDC covers the whole design course curriculum with extra time for urban issues and reading the landscapes of cool temperate south-eastern Australia.

The course is a mix of classroom presentations, workshops, design exercises, practical exercises and visits to properties to see Permaculture in action. The course will be led by Earthcare Permaculture’s Graeme George and includes sessions with a range of professional, practicing permaculturists such as Adam Grubb, Justin Calverley, Ian Lillington, Amadis Lacheta and others.

Participants who complete the course will earn a Permaculture Design Certificate and credits towards Certificates III & IV in Accredited Permaculture Training™.

Our next PDC course will commence in February 2013.  If you are interested in undertaking this course please contact us to be placed on a waiting list to receive enrolment information.

Phone or email our visitors centre on:

Ph: (03) 93890100

Email: ceres@ceres.org.au

Session times:

Tuesday evenings from 6pm to 9.30pm (16 sessions in total), plus 7 Sundays and 2 Saturdays from 9:30am to 5pm

Cost: Full fee $1600 | CERES member $1400

Payment in full is required upon enrolment to secure a place on the course.

We are limiting spaces to 18-20 participants only.