Category: permaculture design

  • Client Questionnaire Template – Permaculture and Regenerative Design

    Client Questionnaire Template – Permaculture and Regenerative Design

    When do we do a client questionnaire? The client questionnaire is an important part of the survey. (The step comes at the very beginning of your design process) The client questionnaire is one of the most difficult parts of design for many people, since getting useful information out of our clients can often be a

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  • Profitable Permaculture

    Profitable Permaculture

    Can Permaculture be profitable? Yes! Of course permaculture can be profitable! Both financially and in terms of a wide range of non-financial outputs and yields. Permaculture systems can take time to establish, others take time to design and are easy to establish – the important thing if you want to create a profitable permaculture business

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  • Keep an eye out for my upcoming article in the next edition of “Permakultur”

    Keep an eye out for my upcoming article in the next edition of “Permakultur”

    I can’t give away too much – but the article will help you to design something that EVERYBODY, and I mean EVERYBODY is interested in. Yes it has to do with our personal economy. Nomatter what your situation you will have had considerations about your personal economy. But have you ever thought about designing your

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  • Remembering Graham Bell

    Remembering Graham Bell

    Dear friend and mentor, you are and will be sorely missed in this world. People all over the globe, these days feel this great loss, and wish to send your family their love and condolences. Even after we are gone, the ripples in the water keep on spreading. I remember our conversation about succession, one

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  • Flere PDC kurser på vej! (danish)

    Flere PDC kurser på vej! (danish)

    Siden jeg lavede diplom designet – Permakultur Underviser Design for mere end 5 år siden, kan jeg nu se resultaterne- nogle af dem helt uventet og overraskende! Designet skulle hjælpe mig udvikle mine formidlings og undervisnings viden, samtidig med jeg ville få en masse praktisk erfaring, lære fra de bedste undervisere og øge min egen

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  • Finishing the Diploma

    Finishing the Diploma

    So I finally finished the diploma studies, 12 years after I took my first PDC course, and decided that I wanted the diploma in applied Permaculture design. I know the different associations are working on ways to help apprentices get through the diploma process faste, not get stuck. But in my specific case I was

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  • Observe and Interact

    Permaculture is thoughtful and protracted observation, rather than thoughtless action. Permaculture design relies on an in-depth understanding of your site and personal context. This princple is the same whether you are working on designing a regenerative farm, your home and garden or a people based or organisational system. You will need to spend time observing

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  • Diploma – Still Studying

    Only while observing the development of the garden, as the plan is implemented, can I learn something about designing… I decided to start with the main part of the annual beds in the area closest to the house. I had already identified a poorer more sandy soil there…but had rated it as a better option

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