Courses

A special Milkwood Permaculture course delivered in association with Leichhardt Council. Available exclusively to Leichhardt LGA residents.

Over this weekend you will learn how to apply pro-active, sustainable design principles + techniques to your immediate environment: whether you live in a small apartment, a quarter-acre block, or a rural property.

Covering organic food production, system design (and re-design) for comfort and lower energy consumption, and ideas on how to approach a sustainable and positive community existence within your neighborhood.

In a world out of balance, we are all looking for solutions that can lead to:

• Effective ways of growing healthy, organic food in urban environments
• Regenerative farming that can both feed a family, earn an income and build soil fertility
• Retrofitting techniques for existing houses or property that results in lower energy costs and better health for its inhabitants
• Intelligent, thoughtful design principles to build sustainable lives, and sustainable communities in a world of Peak Everything

Nick is an inspiration ... I never thought I'd get so excited about knowing all about soil and composting! I'm buzzing and have spread the word amongst all my friends so hopefully we can inspire some more beings into action! In the meantime I'm going to buy my seeds and start raising my seedlings... - Amanda, Intro to Permaculture Student, Jan 2010

Permaculture principles, like any really good design principles, can be applied across any biosphere, any property, any landscape, any city. Permaculture is a network of well-grounded theories and techniques that, over time, result in sustainable and productive systems.

We're talking systems for living, architecture, food production, land management and community. No chemicals and no excuses. Just good, thoughtful, innovative and effective design for the needs of our species.

About the teacher

This course will be taught by Nick Ritar of Milkwood Permaculture. Nick Ritar is at the forefront of a new generation of Permaculture teachers working on the edge of what Permaculture can do to restore landscapes and create abundance in almost any environment on earth.

Nick works and teaches extensively in a wide range of bioregions, farms, watersheds and city environments, and is a leading advocate and educator on how Permaculture principles can provide food security through sustainable farming practices both in country and city environments.

Included in your course

The classic text Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison (RRP $41.70) is included in your course fee at no extra charge, to help get you started and keep you inspired when implementing what you learn at this course into your own habitat.

Also included in this course is lunch and morning/afternoon tea on both days. Please let us know if you have special dietary requirements outside the realms of omnivore and vegetarian.

We also make available an extensive library of Permaculture and associated texts, which students are welcome to browse, borrow and work with throughout the course.

We're sorry but this course is now FULL: please contact us to join the waiting list for this course or join our mailing list to be notified about future subsidised course for Leichhardt residents.