Part 0

Orientation

4 lessons · about 85 minutes of reading, plus the fieldwork.

  1. 01Why This Course ExistsThe permaculture design course industry sells a certificate that teaches design without food. This course teaches the food, and names every source.20 min
  2. 02How This Course WorksSelf-paced, free, no certificate, no gate. Here is exactly how the course runs, what saves your progress, and what the donation link does not do.18 min
  3. 03What a PDC Actually IsA permaculture design certificate costs real money and buys no legal right to anything. What it is, what it costs, who profits, and the honest case for it.25 min
  4. 04Three Frames: Subsistence, Anti-Capitalism, SolarpunkSubsistence first, then anti-capitalism, then solarpunk. The order carries the argument, and each frame answers a question the one before it cannot.22 min