PDC Permaculture Booklet

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Some of the key takeaways from the document include an introduction to permaculture principles and design, patterns in nature, housing and landscape design considerations for different climates.

Some of the topics covered include permaculture zones and sectors, water harvesting techniques, aquaculture, composting, earthworks, and housing design for various climates.

Some housing design principles discussed include using local and natural materials like earth, straw, and wood for insulation and structure. Passive solar design and ventilation are also covered.

Disc 1

The Journey Begins - Session 1


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Introduction Permaculture Institutes Permaculture Applications Permaculture Defined Toxins in Food Rising Sea Levels Perennial Pasture Mast and Pannage Marshes and Mangroves Supporting Functions

Lifeweb Session 2
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Learning Permaculture Source and Sink Compressed Air Yield Housing Insulation Methodology of Design Inputs and Outputs Chook Heated Glass House

Methods of Design Session 3


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Energy and Zones Sector Planning Observe Nature Observation to Design Strategy Experiential Aspect to Design Zone Planning Water Overview Slopes Crops House Placement Overview 1

Disc 2
Overview and Review Session 4
By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Ethics Life Web Elements in Design Zones Sectors Hemispheres More on Sectors Maps Design Process Worldview Functions of a Designer

Concepts and Themes in Design Session 5


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Directives India Serial Evolution Science Arctic Dreams Birch Fractals Aboriginal Maths Lunar Cycles Glass Blowing

Resources Session 6
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Knowledge and Information Opportunistic Resources Whale Story Resources that Decrease Resources that Destroy Radioactivity Avoidable Risks Trees Squid

Disc 3
Pattern Understanding Session 7
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Traditional Patterns Refraction Navigation Bure Navigations Lessons Undersea Light Path Pattern Navigation Summary Events Order of Size

Application of Pattern Session 8


By Bill Mollison & Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Orders Application of Design Banana Circles Coconut Circles Stacking the System Edge Effect Random Assembly Farming with Ducks Energy Audits Termites Sharing Information

Climate and Landscape Profiles Session 9


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

More on Pattern Relations of Edge Effect Climate Specifics Temperate Biomass Equation Australia and Permaculture Tropic Biomass Equation Observe Your Weeds Arid Biomass Equation

Disc 4
Climates Session 10
By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Temperate Grazing Arid Soil Pollard and Coppice Climate and Landscape Condensation/Evaporation Living Resources Profile of Landscape Key Point Water, Access, Structures

Landscape Profiles Session 11


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Planting Slopes Flatlands Arid Landscape Gabions Runoff Limonia Water Harvesting Dune Country

Questions and Desert Lecture Session 12


By Bill Mollison & Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Swale Origin Planting Patterns Acid Alkaline White Cedar Weed Indications Herb Spiral Tropical Water Strategy How Big is a Dam? Swale Information Borders and Blackberries Limestone Sun Angle Formula Broom Species Lecture Desert Landscapes 4

Disc 5
Desert Resources Session 13
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Gilgais Erosion Gullies Botanical Resources Building Camaraderie Kalahari Resources Termite Mounds Rodents Gibber Desert

Deserts and Islands Session 14


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Termites Continues 1421 Drylands Coral Islands Atoll pH and Soils High Islands

Islands and Wetlands Session 15


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

PDC Learning Volcanic Islands Tsunami Types of Lava Islands and Coasts School Garden Wetlands Chinampas

Disc 6
Wetlands and Questions Session 16
By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Chinampas Continued Swale Case Study Estuaries New Orleans Trompe Compost Local Diet Gley

Tree Energy Transactions (Part 1) Session 17


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Trees in Action Tree Relationships Light Saturation Albedo Solar Factory Wind Cauliferous Rain Makers Isotopes Rain Trees Enaranado

Tree Energy Transactions (Part 2) Session 18


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Rain Transfer Bands Adis Ababa Ensete Throughfall Sublimation Classes of Forest Conservation Forest Urban Production

Disc 7
Forests (Part 1) Session 19
By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Dryland Food Forest Coppice Forest Pole Timber Forest Forage Forest Timber Forest Establishing Forests Nitrogen Fixation

Forests (Part 2) and Questions Session 20


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Food Forests Stacking the System Trees in Communities Orchard Conversion Chicken Tractors Questions

Water (Part 1) Session 21


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Qualities of Water Roof Water pH Scale Food Miles Tree Disease Tank Algae World Water Soy Aquaculture Energy Systems Wallace Plow

Disc 8
Water (Part 2) Session 22
By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Tanks Biocides Suburban Situations Keyline Swale Revelations Contours Swale Profiles Case Study

Water (Part 3) Dams Session 23


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Human Landscape Barrier Dams Valley Dams Contour Dams More on Swales Botswana Rainwater Issues Radiation

Water (Part 4) Session 24


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Waste Water Melbourne`s Engineers Bronx Frontier Gley Farm Sewage City Farms Irrigation Dryland Trees Questions

Disc 9
Soils (Part 1) Session 25
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Soil Composition Soil Salting Trail Ride Components Creation Macrofauna Respiration Increasing Poverty Flat Large Scale Additives

Soils (Part 2) Session 26


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Clay and Non-Wetting Swale Effect Change Botswana Sea of Cortez Paddy Culture Moving Earth Ha Ha Ocher Machines

Soils (Part 3) Session 27


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Soil Life Roots Chemical and Biocide Cocktails Dead Sea Valley Enrichment Sunshine Coast Compost

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Soils (Part 4) Session 28
By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Compost Activators Corrections Animals in Compost Weeds in Compost Toxins How Much? Worm Farms Ben Hur

Questions and Earthworks Session 29


By Bill Mollison & Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Questions Locusts Dams Design vs Build Common Earthworks More Questions Bamboo Terraces

Aquaculture Session 30
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Aquaculture Mixed Aquaculture Prawn Pond Kelp Aquatic Plants Trout Lotus Questions

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Disc 11
Active Design Session 31
By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Animal Use Minerals Design Case Study A Garden Layout Talking to Earth Movers

Dam Case Studies Session 32


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Road Water Stumps Dams Dam Slide Show Sealing Dams Rocks Dam Slide Show Continues

Housing (Part 1) Session 33


By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Reactive Temperate House Scandinavia Mass Insulation Air Movement Earthen Floors Bruce Effect Deflective Wind and Sun Heat Desert House Wet Tropical House Another Desert House

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Disc 12
Housing (Part 2) Session 34
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Tropic House Review Earth and Water Shapers Dravidian Mud Houses Three Day House Rammed Earth Straw and Renders Settlement Pattern

Housing (Part 3) Session 35


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Temperate to Subtropical Radiant Heat Review Developing Countries Tropical Desert Shade, Snow, Earth

Questions and Permaculture Design Manual Chapter 14 (Part 1) Session 36


By Bill Mollison & Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Shrimp Ponds Temperate Swale Planting Hemp Agave Insurance Road Gutters Property Location Service Avoidable Risks Location Service Continued Invisible Structures, Trusts

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Disc 13
Permaculture Design Manual Chapter 14 (Part 2) Session 37
By Bill Mollison

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Trusts Continues Church Stories Credit Union August Investments Research Group L.E.T.S. Micro Banking Informal Economy Promissory Note Permaculture Academy

Permaculture Design Manual Chapter 14 (Part 3) Session 38


By Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Aloe Vera Local Groups Themes P.E.T. Markets Bioregional Organisation

Questions Session 39
By Bill Mollison & Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Slumping Books Faraday Effect Soil Gases Cane Toads and Fire Ants Swale Ethical Investment Possums in New Zealand Wombat Keyhole Zone 1 to 5 Consultancy Aid Work

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Assignment and Conclusion Session 40


By Bill Mollison & Geoff Lawton

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Design Assignment Making Plans Group Discussions Design Presentations Certificates and Diplomas Giving of the PDC Certificates What are Bill and Geoff up to next? Round Table Discussion Closing Remarks

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