“The most important application of permaculture design is looking at nature and using it as a template, as a guide, for us to create our sustainable cultures.” ~ Larry Santoyo

The Permaculture Academy is a school that forwards your understanding of the field of scientific sustainability. We teach methods that promote thoughtful decision-making and creative problem-solving, but we also reject “one size fits all” solutions. We honor methods that are basal, that come from the bottom up, rather than the top down, and offer monthly classes to beginners and the experienced from all walks of life, perspectives, backgrounds and creeds.

The term “Permaculture,” coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, is a contraction of the words “Permanent” and “Culture.” The vision of Permaculture is a human culture that dynamically sustains a permanently abundant global landscape. Permaculture achieves this vision through its foundation of caring for the Earth, guarding human rights, and investing all surplus resources toward these aims. Standing by these ethics, Permaculture’s design principles utilize observations of every element in a natural system to properly determine the human role in the design of a landscape. This approach of observation, analysis and participation makes Permaculture a unique holistic design system. The adaptability of Permaculture Design facilitates its continued growth as a worldwide movement, mostly through Design Courses, which have been taught in over thirty countries during the last forty years. The Permaculture Academy advances the vision of Permaculture Design in the Southern California area, led by Larry Santoyo and a team of recognized leaders of the global sustainability movement.

The Permaculture Design Course

The Permaculture Design Course teaches skills and principles that apply not only in an agricultural landscape, but in every environment. Its ethics and principles can be implemented in nearly every facet of life, from landscape design to community building, from art to education, and the list goes on. For this reason, the Permaculture Design Course has truly transformed the lives and enhanced the careers of people from every walk of life, all around the world. Our course is taught by internationally recognized experts and practitioners of Permaculture Design and Sustainability. Join us, and learn how you can utilize the design principles of Permaculture in your life.

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