Educational Resources

Here is a collection of resources compiled for courses and as a primer for anyone interested in learning more about permaculture design.

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In Grave Danger of Falling Food:

(This is part 1 of 5-  Please follow the links within the video player to watch the whole film)

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Global Gardener:

(This is Part 1- ‘In the Tropics’, please follow the links within the video player to watch Part 2- ‘Dry Lands’, Part 3- ‘Cool Climates’, and Part 4- ‘Urban’)

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Ecological Culture Design: A holistic View

an article by Dave Jacke

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Is Sustainable Agriculture an Oxymoron?

Toby Hemenway from the Permaculture Activist, 2006

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Link to http://www.FutureScenarios.org

David Holmgren’s ‘Future Scenarios’: http://www.futurescenarios.org/

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 Desired Species Niche Analysis

Desired Species Niche Analysis for the European Pear from Jacke’s ‘Edible Forest Gardens’ Vol. 1.

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Water Harvesting Swales

(with Geoff Lawton from ‘Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way’)

‘Greening the Desert’

A desert application of water harvesting swales and reforestation in Jordan by Geoff Lawton.

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Design Process

Goals Articulation (an excerpt from Jacke’s Edible Forest Gardens Vol. 2)

A brief description of the Goals Articulation Processs can be found Here

Examples of Analysis and Assessment:

Jonathan and Eric’s Garden in Holyoke, MA

Prospect Rock in St. Camille, Quebec, 2008.