Integral Permaculture Academy

We celebrated  International PermaCulture Day again, with a bilingual talk (in English & Spanish) that takes an integral perspective on this year's topic: Food Freedom  - now available as one of our series of free mini-courses -  (CourseB) On Sunday the 4th of May we started exploring this important topic in a more integral (radical, & for some, controversial) way than usual, exploring these different facets: We had a great conference during which we  questioned as many  permacuture 'holy cows' as possible   (which we called 'holy legumes' for the purpose of this conference, for reasons that will be revealed!) in order to evolve the dialogue  that we believe has gotten a little too stuck around 'do gardening' as a proposed solution to the most pressing problems we face today, like climate-change. We don't believe it comes even close, & that more realis...

We focus this first newsletter of the year on our students , who are constantly delighting us with their exciting evolutionary steps & with their beautiful artistic creations. Here are 5 articles written by some new sailors that have joined our Butterfly Ship* recently - & you can see more Testimonials here . *(we used this metaphor in the presentation we did a few years ago in the video with which we launched the PDC+++ ) The first steps for the crew when they're starting on the courses, include practicing editing their online design portfolios by discussing the free conferences we offer under 0. Free Self-Study Courses , so in this newsletter you can also navigate with them through some of the big self-learning resources we offer to everyone.                 by Victor M. in Córdoba My new "integral" adventure Article by Juan F, in Granada I've thought a lot about doing this course. Lots o...