The Permaculture is a social, popular and participatory science; it is to give citizens the tools, techniques and methodologies for designing sustainable environments. The Permaculture Australia considers the environment with their own flows of energy, resources and interactions and tries to create human ecosystems that behave as natural, in abundance and diversity. To know how to design natural systems, we must know the natural laws and of course it is necessary to observe our past and learn from it.

The word Pdc Australia effectively comes from “permamente agriculture, permanent cultivation. It is a sustainable human environment design system. Always the starting point is the human who designs, Permaculture it also touches on economic, social and ethical issues. The end of Permaculture is in its three principles:

1. Care of the Earth
2. Care of the People
3. Share Surpluses

What is a CDP (PDC)?

A CDP is a certificate course design in permaculture (Permaculture Design Course, "PDC" in English). The Permaculture Course serves as the basis for anyone who wants to deepen Permaculture, is standardized worldwide and consists of about 12 topics among them: Principles of Permaculture, Water, Energy, Climate, Bio construction, Soils, Community etc. These topics are explained and especially applied to designs through various practices throughout the hours of dedication of the course, although the basis of the CDP is rather theoretical. The practices vary according to your context, so it is best to apply the theory in your own personal environment from day one.

Study topics covered in a Permaculture Design Certificate

The PDC is an intensive 72-hour study on sustainable issues.

Introduction (Evidence to act)

Concepts and design themes

Design Methods

Design patterns

Climatic factors

Trees and their energy connections

Earthworks and earth resources

Natural systems in the tropics

Arid zone strategies

Other features of the PDC are that it includes quality teachers, with experience in successful projects applied in at least two different climates from start to finish. The broad content of the PDC and a broad curriculum of the teacher ensure that it meets all your expectations.

Teachers recognized by the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI)

The PRI recognizes teachers (PRI PDC Teachers) who are reviewed and determined as competent to teach the 72-hour PDC. His competencies are completed by sharing the permaculture principles with being applied and described in case studies. The teacher will instruct students about the connections of the elements in natural systems, and will provide the design tools to start working productively and sustainably under different climates and circumstances.

The teachers recognized by the PRI are committed to focusing on the scientific part of the design and not including subjects of subjectivism, spiritualism, metaphysics or religious elements. The reason they are not included is because they are "beliefs." Permaculture education is focused on the teaching system with scientifically verifiable and reproducible strategies, designs and techniques.

Conclusion: The Permaculture design course is usually related to agriculture, but it is a much broader concept, where housing, and designed to function as a natural system. Its objective is to create self-sufficient, ecologically sustainable, economically viable systems that do not explode or contaminate.