Permaculture
Design Course
SBCC – Summer
2015
Monday through Thursday
June 29th – July 30th,
2015 (5 weeks)
Course Number: EH109 (CRN 80763)
Instructors: Mike Gonella & Daniel Parra Hensel
Affordable! (~$250 with SBCC Fees)
Permaculture is a design system that enables humans to interact in a positive
and regenerative way with our surroundings, as we consciously create lifeways
that focus on emulating natural patterns such as diversity, connectivity,
resilience, flow, and cycling.
Everyone can apply permaculture techniques fruitfully to their lives...
including: students, architects, massage therapists, homeowners,
environmental/social activists, medical professionals, teachers, musicians,
retired people, gardeners, dancers, and more!
The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) offered at Santa Barbara City College
(SBCC) has been a part of the SBCC Environmental Horticulture program for 7 years.
We welcome students from the surrounding communities to sign up, engage, and
contribute to the presence of permaculture on the SBCC campus.
Topics of this course will include: the philosophy and ethics of permaculture,
concepts and methods of design, pattern understanding, ecological functions of
soils and plants, re-localizing food production, water harvesting systems,
animal systems, natural building, renewable energy, and building community
connections (among others).
* This is not a stand-alone certificate-based (PDC) course, though an option
for an additional 2-day (paid) intensive course at Quail Springs Permaculture
Site will allow you to earn your Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)
Questions? Contact Mike Gonella: Gonella@sbcc.edu,
805-965-0581 x3042