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Free Introduction to Permaculture

Discover the secret to creating systems that sustainably grow food and heal the planet. 

Introduction to Permaculture

Are you interested in learning more about Permaculture?

Permaculture aims to meet human needs while also helping the environment thrive.

It's about creating sustainable systems that take care of the land, support wildlife, and bring people together, both nearby and around the world.

Free Permaculture Course

Oregon State University’s renowned Permaculture teaching team has helped thousands of students from around the world learn and master the principles of Permaculture. And now, they have distilled that expertise into this foundational and FREE Introduction to Permaculture Course.

In this 100% online course, you'll learn about the whole systems approach to social and ecological regeneration, including:

  • An overview of the basics of Permaculture design.
  • Learning about your home bioregion and characteristics of other regions around the world.
  • How to incorporate Permaculture in your life.
  • Inspiring examples of Permaculture around the world.

This course is accompanied with a bioregional workbook, with prompts to help you learn more about the place where you live as a way to connect more deeply with the land and community - the foundation of Permaculture design.

The Oregon State University Permaculture team hopes you enjoy this Free program and share it with anyone you think might be interested in learning more about permaculture.

Past Permaculture Students

Toni TaylorThe content in OSU programs far exceeded my expectations. Often I feel I received my money's worth in the first part of multi- part courses. OSU is a high quality experience and I absolutely recommend OSU for your educational needs. Love Andrew Millison’s courses.  I’m enjoying my courses and glued to the content and highly respect the instructors for their expertise and vast knowledge!” ~ Toni Tayor

 

Sydney Toole“An amazing first step when wanting to learn about permaculture design and how to take sites towards being more sustianable and well thought out.” ~ Sydney Toole

 

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On demand. Access any time.
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5 hours
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Instructors

Andrew Millison
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Andrew Millison has been studying, designing, building, and teaching about Permaculture systems since 1996 and is an instructor in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. He instructs Advanced Permaculture Courses in Teaching, and has guest instructed for many Permaculture courses throughout the Western US.

Past Students' Work

Take a look at some recent projects our students have created.