A Permaculture Design Course Handbook Online

• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • TreeYo Permaculture Definition
  • Ethics
  • Permaculture as Design
  • History and Mollison’s Inspirations
  • How Permaculture is manifested in the world- An artistic Glimpse
• Chapter 2: Design Principles
  • Relative Location
  • Multiple Functions for Every Element
  • Each Important Function supported by many different elements
  • Energy Efficient Planning
  • Use of Biological Resources
  • Energy Cycling
  • Accelerating Succession and Evolution
  • Diversity (Guilds)
  • Small-Scale Intensive
  • Edge Effect
  • Attitudinal Principles
• Chapter 3: Design Process
  • Final Design Project Guidelines for TreeYo PDC
  • Vision Phase
  • Assessment Phase
  • Conceptual Planning Phase
  • Master Planning Phase
  • Design Phase
• Chapter 4: Pattern Understanding
• Chapter 5: Climatic Factors
  • Factors in formation of global climate
  • Climate Classification
  • Climate and Design
  • Climate Analog and Map Resources
  • Microclimate
• Chapter 6: Trees and their Energy Transactions
• Chapter 7: Water
  • Hydrological Cycle: Half and Full
  • The Numbers Behind the Half Hydrological Cycle
  • Catchment Calculations
  • A Permaculture Development Model: A Path to the Full Hydrological Cycle and the Abundance that Follows
  • Infiltration Earthworks
  • Greywater
  • Curb Cuts
  • Contour Brush Piles
  • Roof Water Catchment and Tanks
• Chapter 8: Soils
  • Soil Food Web Intro
  • Cover Cropping
  • Chop and drop of trees and biomass plants
• Chapter 9: Earth Working and Earth Resources
  • Permaculture Swales
  • Swale Design Process Case Study 1
  • Rain Gardens
• Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics
  • Banana Circle
  • Tropical Social and Environmental Context
  • Soil Building Techniques Part 1
  • Soil Building Techniques Part 2
  • Cottage Industries Part 1
  • Soil Building Techniques Part 3
  • Cottage Industries Part 2
  • Soil Building Techniques Part 4
• Chapter 11: Dryland Strategies
• Chapter 12: Humid Cool to Cold Climates
• Chapter 13: Aquaculture
  • Aquaculture Food Web
  • Aquatic Plant Ecology
  • Tyre Pond
  • Supplemental Aquaculture Info
• Chapter 14: The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation
• Natural Building
  • Introduction to Natural Building
  • Building Materials
  • Where to find building soil?
  • Wall Systems
    • Strawbale Construction
    • Light Earth Building
    • Cob
    • Adobe
    • Superadobe
    • Wattle and Daub
• Fermentation
• Animal Systems