Umass 6- Week Summer Permaculture Course

A great opportunity to build your portfolio and gain skills in permaculture design by touring existing projects and then working as a team to design a permaculture homestead.  This course is open to the public through continuing education and runs Tuesday and Thursday nights 6:30-8:30 July 9th -August 15th with field trips on Saturday July 13th, 17th and August 10th.

For more information and to sign up for the course go to: http://www.umassulearn.net/component/cpeclasses/?view=class&clid=11195&pid=158

This three-credit course includes in-class lectures, field trips, design studio and a hands-on field component, to offer students a deepened practice in permaculture design process and techniques. The course culminates with students completing their own permaculture design for a site in the pioneer valley.  The framework behind the theory and practice of permaculture is rooted in the observation of natural systems. By observing key ecological relationships, we can mimic and apply these beneficial relationships in the design of systems that serve humans while helping to regenerate the natural world. This course trains students as critical thinkers, observers, and analysts of the world(s) around them, and provides tools needed to design for positive change.

Successful completion of this course and PLSOILIN 197G in the fall semester will enable students to be eligible for the internationally recognized permaculture design certificate.

For the syllabus see: http://www.justfoodnow.org/PermSummerClass.pdf

Part of the Certificate in Sustainable Food and Farming at Umass, Amherst

Click here for a full list of permaculture courses offered at Umass 

• Important Dates
• Last Day to:
• Register 7/11, Drop 7/12, Withdraw 7/26

Refund Schedule:
Full refund through 7/12 (registration fee not refundable)
No refund after 7/12