There are many on-line materials already available for free including curriculum materials by Bill Mollison. Another group in Europe has already raised funds to create free on-line curriculum. Permaculture Media on-line has hundreds of hours of free materials including on-line curriculum. It's a good idea to really look into who is doing a project and what it is, exactly, before giving money to it. It does make a difference. This group says "free materials" but then says the course will cost $225. ??   

There are many wonderful permaculturists out there walking their talk and doing some great projects for permaculture that have offerings on Kickstarter, Indiegogo and other crowdfunding sites. It's worth taking the time to do some homework and some shopping if you want to contribute to quality permaculture projects!  

Koreen
 
 
From: List Daemon <listdaemon@arashi.com>
To: scpg@arashi.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Scpg] Online Permaculture Design Course

All,

Regenerative Leadership Institute is another production of Vladislav Davidzon of Common Circle fame and notoriety.

These links below have created a lively discussion on the upstream [Permaculture] listserv ( permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org ) around issues of Permaculture lineage and processes of community validations.

Other online Permaculture Courses/PDCs include ( *not* a complete list ):

    http://www.PermacultureEducation.com
    http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org
    http://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/2013/andrew-millison/
    http://www.beaverstatepermaculture.com/events/online-non-credit-permaculture-design-course
    http://www.beaverstatepermaculture.com/events/advanced-permaculture-design-practicum
    http://permacultureprinciples.com
    http://knoxvillepermacultureguild.ning.com/

YMMV.

I think Toby Hemenway articulates it best:

The choice of Regenerative Leadership Institute as a DBA is also confusing. Penny Livingston runs the highly regarded Regenerative Design Institute and her husband runs a program called the Ecology of Leadership. Several people, some of them very knowledgeable, have assumed that RLI is run by Penny. Since RDI is not trademarked, there is nothing illegal here, just the usual ethical edge-riding that we've seen all along. But it's hard not to think that the choice of a similar name was deliberate. 

No one, especially someone like Penny who has worked so hard to develop a program with integrity, likes their coat-tails ridden. I know that Penny would appreciate getting the word out that RDI has nothing to do with RLI.
 
Toby
http://patternliteracy.com

On 2/12/13 11:48 PM, Michel Saint-Sulpice wrote:
Online Permaculture Design Course
We are the Regenerative Leadership Institute, an eight year old leadership, sustainable living and permaculture design school with courses in Oregon, California and Hawaii. We change people's lives by fundamentally reconnecting with nature, remembering our collective heritage and creating a beautiful, thriving future. 
Develop a FREE online permaculture design course, taking principles of sustainable living and design mainstream.    More at:      http://www.indiegogo.com/online-permaculture


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