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Course Pre-Work

We request that you do the following “Pre-Work” before the in-person Permaculture Design Course and the Permaculture Design Intensive.  If you have any trouble with the links below, please contact us so we can fix them!

Articles to Read (for PDC and Online Course)

1491 by Charles Mann

Places to Intervene in a System by Donella Meadows

Videos to Watch (Optional for Online Courses)

A Farm For The Future (48 Minutes) by BBC

Doodling in Math Class (Part 1, 6 Minutes), (Part 2, 6 Minutes), (Part 3, 6 Minutes)

Books to Obtain (Optional for Online Courses)

Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison

Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway

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