Course Offerings
Warren and the True Nature Design team offer a number of Evening Talks, Weekend Courses, and Full Length Courses to meet the specific needs of your project and community.
Evening Talks
The following topics are potential presentations:
- Building Natural Capital
- Permaculture Around the World and at Home
- Leveraging Permaculture Globally: A USAID Case Study and Beyond
- Peace, Permaculture, and the Mentoring Journey
- Permaculture for Peace
Additionally, if there is a topic that would be appropriate for your community, please let us know and we can tailor a presentation to meet those needs.
Introduction to Permaculture
This innovative and inspiring 2-day Introduction to Permaculture course is designed to give the participant a basic understanding of how to apply the ethics, principles, strategies and techniques of permaculture in their lives and communities. Permaculture provides a tangible foothold in developing your next best steps toward living a sustainable lifestyle.
Resilience Design For Int'l Devel.
Practical Integration of Permaculture into government organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations and Communities. Please Inquire for a full description and weekend curriculum. The program includes a Friday evening community talk and Saturday and Sunday course.
Building Natural Capital
Economy, Financial Permaculture, Bio-Regional Organization and Community Resilience. Please Inquire for a full description and weekend curriculum. The program includes a Friday evening community talk and Saturday and Sunday course.
Permaculture Design Course
This Permaculture Design Certification Course is designed to give the participant a thorough understanding of the principles and applications of permaculture in their lives and communities. This course provides an internationally recognized certification through the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.
Topics include: Eco-literacy for Sustainability, Patterns & Processes in Nature, Sustainable Design and Production Ecology, Invisible Structures, Permaculture at Work.
Earthworks for Resiliency
Worldwide, topsoil erosion averages 30 to 40 tons per hectare (2.5 acres) a year or 30- to 40- times faster than the replacement rate of topsoil. The need for people with hands-on skills in landscape restoration and drought-proofing is growing daily around the world. Whether you are working on your own landscape, farm or as a consultant, this course will grow your skills in the appropriate design and construction of structures that will reduce erosion, increase biological productivity, harvest & store water, and create resiliency in the ecologies that sustain us.