Join an international Permaculture Design Course in the Italian Piedmont and gain empowering knowledge and practical skills to design healthy living systems – for yourself, your community and the planet.
Permaculture (from permanent culture) is a design method based on the principles of natural ecosystems that helps to create ecologically, socially and economically stable systems. At its basis, it provides an ethical framework and design principles derived from the observation of natural ecosystems.
The Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC) is an internationally recognized 72-hour course that will equip you with the basic understanding of how to use permaculture ethics and principles to design self-regulating landscapes and human settlements, communities and households that mimic nature's patterns and relationships.
You will also gain hands-on applied Permaculture skills while you immerse yourself in the wild nature at our consolidating educational and research center Monviso Institute (MVI), located at 1450m asl in the beautiful Po Valley of the Piedmont, Italy.
In taking this course, you will gain the confidence and basic abilities for Permaculture design approaches for landscapes and urban environments intentional communities, organizational structures and many other fields.
The costs for accommodation range between 96€ (Camping), 180€ (dormitory) and 540€ (single room) 780 € (double room).