You will learn about the considerations for creating a Permaculture water retention and reuse landscape in your specific climate. Videos, articles, and exercises will help you understand the diverse applications of Permaculture water management and opportunities to integrate them into home-scale and broad-acre landscapes.
This program is offered in two sections: You can choose to take only the first Self-Paced section of the course or join us for both sections with the Practicum offered in Winter. You must complete the Self-Paced option to enroll in the Practicum.
This program teaches you about assessment, mapping and site designs for installing water retention landscapes using integrated water management strategies. It also introduces assessment and analysis of rainwater runoff patterns and calculation of runoff quantities and water usage amounts.
You will also cover rainwater harvesting cisterns, water harvesting earthworks, and their integration with greywater treatment, passive solar design, and planning for vegetation.
After completing this self-paced course, you'll be able to:
Designed by Oregon State University, this expert-led course features the following learning formats:
In the Permaculture Water Management Practicum, you will gather what you learned in the Self- Paced course to practice integrated permaculture site design based on design principles, water flow and quantity analysis, and overall site condition assessment. The assignments focus on honing the technical skills necessary to design water systems.
You will investigate maps of different sites and complete design tasks on each map related to the course content. The assignments allow you to apply learned skills like reading contour lines and landscape formations, rainwater math and calculating water runoff volumes, estimating water use and wastewater generation, and conceptualizing wastewater treatment systems.
After completing the practicum, you'll be able to:
Designed by Oregon State University, this expert-led course features the following learning formats:
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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.
Neil has a passion for enriching bioregions and cultivating ecologies. He holds degrees in Biology and Environmental Science. He is the owner of RT Permaculture, an ecological design and education firm specializing in effective and regenerative landscapes. He has been part of the OSU Permaculture Teaching Team since 2014 and has over a decade of experience in ecological design and watershed restoration, Neil brings a range of skills to his projects including horticulture, irrigation, water harvesting, erosion control, and small scale farm development. Neil’s projects commonly include integrated water harvesting agroforestry systems, homestead production gardens with season extension, medicinal pollinator habitats, and ecological restoration.
