Permaculture Systems BHT201

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Permaculture Systems BHT201

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Learn to develope and maintain permaculture systems. Develope and preapre plans for permaculture systems. (i.e. a unique landscape whereplants and animals livebalanced in a self sustaining ecosystem). It commonly involves developing a garden or farm where the plants and animals are put together in such a way that they support each others growth and development. The garden or farm maychange overyears, butalways remains productive, requires little input once established, and is environmentally sound.

This is an intensive foundation course. If you are only going to do one permaculture course do this! If you do this, do not do Permaculture I, II, III or IV as well (Permaculture Systems contains p…

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Learn to develope and maintain permaculture systems. Develope and preapre plans for permaculture systems. (i.e. a unique landscape whereplants and animals livebalanced in a self sustaining ecosystem). It commonly involves developing a garden or farm where the plants and animals are put together in such a way that they support each others growth and development. The garden or farm maychange overyears, butalways remains productive, requires little input once established, and is environmentally sound.

This is an intensive foundation course. If you are only going to do one permaculture course do this! If you do this, do not do Permaculture I, II, III or IV as well (Permaculture Systems contains parts from the others). Learn to prepare plans for a permaculture system appropriate for particular environments and sites.

Course Structure The course is divided into eight lessons as follows:
  1. Permaculture Principles
  2. Natural Systems
  3. Zone & Sector Planning
  4. Permaculture Techniques
  5. Animals in Permaculture
  6. Plants in Permaculture
  7. Appropriate Technologies
  8. Preparing a Plan

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted, marked and returned with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Aims
  • To explain the principles of permaculture
  • To explain the concepts of natural systems.
  • To explain permaculture techniques - involving zones and sector planning. To explain a range of permaculture techniques: (forest plantings, mandala gardens, etc).
What You May Do In This Course
  • Differentiate between Permaculture and other sustainable systems.
  • Explain the procedures followed in practicing different techniques which are sympathetic to Permaculture, including: No-dig gardening, Companion Planting, Biological control, and Sustainable harvesting.
  • Explain the interactions that occur between living and non-living components in five different natural environments, including: Forest Systems, Aquatic Environments, Soil Environments, and Arid Environments.
  • Evaluatedifferent Permaculture designs against the nine Permaculture principles.
  • Distinguish between different garden zones in a Permaculture system.
  • Explain sector planning in a specific garden design.
  • Design a mandala garden for a specific site.
  • Determine the appropriate use of swales on a sloping site.
  • Investigatedistinctly different Permaculture systems.
  • Explain three different cultural techniques used to minimise the maintenance requirement, inPermaculture systems you study.
  • Determinedifferent animal breeds, which can provide a useful and sustained harvest from a permaculture system in your locality.
  • Describe the harvest, treatment and use of various products derived fromdifferent types of animals in a Permaculture system.
  • Explain the factors which can affect the success of different types of animals, in a Permaculture system, including: Poultry, Aquatic animals, Domestic farm animals, Insects, Earthworms.
  • Describe the husbandry of one specified type of animal, in a Permaculture system visited by you.
  • Determinedifferent species of plants which can provide a useful, sustained harvest from a Permaculture system.
  • Describe the harvest, treatment and use of various products derived from twenty different plant genera in a Permaculture system.
  • Compile a resource file of fifty information sources for different plants which can be incorporated into Permaculture systems.
  • Explain the factors which can affect the survival of different types of plants, including those used for: Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, Fibres, Building materials, and Fuel.
  • Explain the husbandry of one specified type of plant, in a Permaculture system visited by you.
  • Explain the relevance of appropriate technology to Permaculture design.
  • Compare three different waste disposal techniques which may be used for kitchen scraps in a Permaculture system.
  • Compare three different waste disposal techniques which may be used for effluent in a Permaculture system.
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