Permaculture Zone 1 | Permaculture with MLG

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MINI Permaculture Design Course

Welcome & Introduction to the Course

Meet your Instructor (4:00)
Introduction to the Course (4:13)
Course Outline & Instructions
Download your workbook
Book to Read: Practical Permaculture by Jessi Bloom & Dave Boehnlein
Book to Read: An Earth User's Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow

Permaculture Basics

What is Permaculture (3:28)
Permaculture Ethics (7:17)
Permaculture Principles (10:01)

Learning from Nature

Basic Ecological Concepts (8:17)
Systems thinking (7:46)
Nature's Patterns (6:14)

Supplementary Material

What is Permaculture? By Bill Mollison, David Holmgren
Legendary Australian Permaculture Garden Tour – David Holmgren & Su Dennett's Melliodora
Man Quits Job in Finance to Grow Food and Develop Permaculture Food Forest | From Finance to Farmer

The Permaculture Flywheel

Water is Life (7:14)
Exercise: Rainwater Management
Living Soils (6:41)
The Importance of Trees (7:40)
Exercise: Building soils
The Flywheel in motion (2:25)
Exercise: Trees in your life

Building Familiarity with your Site

Initial Site Observation (4:24)
Brief Development (6:27)
Ecological Survey (5:54)
Annexure: Journalling Tips

Reading Your Context

Location Assessment (3:36)
Tutorial: How to use Google Earth Part I
Tutorial: How to use Google Earth Part II
Climate Assessment (10:24)
Weather & Seasons Analysis (3:39)

Reading your Site

Base Map (5:59)
Base Map Overlay I : Water Flow (3:07)
Base Map Overlay II : Microclimates (4:14)
Base Map Overlay III : Zones (4:16)
Tutorial: Soil Percolation Test
Base Map Overlay IV : Soil (5:33)
Tutorial: Jar Test
Base Map Overlay V : Sector Analysis (3:55)

Consultation with MLG #1

Appointment #1: Discuss Base Map with MLG

Introduction to Design Process

How to make a Conceptual Map (8:21)

Permaculture Zones

Permaculture Zones (6:15)
Permaculture Zone 0 (7:37)
Permaculture Zone 1 (9:28)
Permaculture Zone 2 (5:53)
Permaculture Zone 3 (6:30)
Permaculture Zone 4 (5:25)
Permaculture Zone 5 (4:44)

Other Design Inputs

Design for Disaster (6:24)
Design for Access (4:58)
Design for Aesthetics (4:11)

Implementation planning

The Masterplan (5:40)
Implementation Plan (10:16)

Supplementary Videos

250 Acre Eco Community
Traditional Farm Design vs Permaculture Farm Design
Designing an 8 acre Permaculture Farm
A 2 acre Farm Stead for Family's needs

Consultation with MLG #2

Appointment #2: Discuss Masterplan with MLG

Our Current Context

Growth Centered Economy (6:05)
The Permaculture Framework (5:44)

Supplementary Material for Awareness Building

The Light Bulb Conspiracy
Story of Stuff
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret

The Power to Change Things

Lifestyle fit for the Environment (2:50)
Responsible Consumer (5:11)
Impact of our Actions (6:02)
Step up as a Producer (4:03)
Start Now wherever you find yourself (2:27)

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