Modules will be released on a weekly basis, each and every Friday over 20

successive weeks. To give a sense of what this looks like, below is a topic-
based breakdown of what will be published and made available to you in
the rst two weeks. A similar content schedule for the rest of the course
will be published either just before or concurrent with that weeks content
publicaDon. Please note that the schedule is provisional and subject to
change. Any and all changes will of course be made clear and published
here.

A note about the annotaDons:

[ANMTN] refers to an animaDon module

Video and PDF are self-explanatory
Run Time refers to the approximate total video Dme of that weeks
content (not including Q&A videos, which will likely double this amount,
nor the supporDng PDF materials)

Week to Run time

Module # Content Name
Publish (in minutes)

1 1.1 Chapter 1 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

1 1.2 Introduction to the Course [VIDEO] 2

1 1.3 The Philosophy Behind Permaculture [VIDEO] 8

1 1.4 Ethics [VIDEO] 12

The Evolution from Contempory Agriculture to
1 1.5 2
Permaculture, Part 1 [ANMTN]
The Evolution from Contempory Agriculture to
1 1.6
Permaculture [PDF]
1 1.7 Permaculture in Landscape and Society [VIDEO] 9
The Evolution from Contempory Agriculture to
1 1.8 5
Permaculture, Part 2 [ANMTN]
1 1.9 What is Permaculture Design? [PDF] n/a
Week to Run time
Module # Content Name
Publish (in minutes)

1 2.1 Chapter 2 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

1 2.2 Introduction to Concepts and Themes in Design [VIDEO] 3

1 2.3 Science-as-Religion [VIDEO] 8

1 2.4 Applying Laws and Principles to Design [VIDEO] 30

1 2.5 Designing to Catch and Store Energy [PDF] n/a

1 2.6 Designing to Catch and Store Energy [ANMTN] 2

1 2.7 Resources [VIDEO] 11

1 2.8 Everything Gardens [ANMTN] 2

2 2.9 Yields [VIDEO] 25

2 2.10 Cycles: A Niche in Time [VIDEO] 13

2 2.11 Industrial Methods of Producing an Egg [ANMTN] 4

2 2.12 Permaculture Methods of Procducing an Egg [ANMTN] 2

2 2.13 Niches in Space and Time: Schedues [ANMTN] 1

2 2.14 Niches in Space and Time: Schedues [PDF] n/a

Pyramids, Food Webs, Growth, and Vegetarianism
2 2.15 10
[VIDEO]
2 2.16 Trophic Pyramid [ANMTN] 2

2 2.17 Complexity and Connections [VIDEO] 9

2 2.18 Order and Chaos [VIDEO] 6

2 2.19 Permitted and Forced Functions [VIDEO] 6

2 2.20 Diversity [VIDEO] 12

2 2.21 Stability [VIDEO] 4
2 2.22 Time and Yield [VIDEO] 10

3 3.1 Chapter 3 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

3 3.2 Introduction to Methods of Design [Video] 2

3.3 Analysis: Design by listing characteristics of components
3 21
[VIDEO]
Week to Run time
Module # Content Name
Publish (in minutes)

3 3.4 Elements of a Total Design [PDF] n/a

3 3.5 Elements of a Total Design [ANMTN] 2

3 3.6 Integrated System Design [ANMTN] 3

3 3.7 Elements in a Designed System [PDF] n/a

3.8 Observation: Design by expanding on direct observations
3 11
of a site [VIDEO]
3 3.9 A List of Priorities [PDF] n/a
3.10 Deduction from nature: Design by adopting lessons learnt
3 18
from nature [VIDEO]
3.11 Options and Decisions: Design as a selection of options
3 6
and pathways based on decisions [VIDEO]
3 3.12 Options and Decisions [ANMTN] 10

3 3.13 Data Overlay: Design by map overlays [VIDEO] 8

3.14 Random Assembly: Design by assessing the results of
3 2
random assemblies [VIDEO]
3 3.15 The Classic Random Assembly of Lists [PDF] n/a

3 3.16 Random Assembly Selection [ANMTN] 2

3 3.17 Flow Diagrams: Design for Workplaces [VIDEO] 6