Our Permaculture Design Certification is a 6-month online course. Following the completion of our 6-month online course, students are invited to join us for a in-person Permaculture Immersion. Permaculture graduates will have first access to sign up for this offering and will receive an alumni discount. Location, time, and more details to be announced later. 

The class is hosted weekly on Zoom, with pre-recorded lectures shared in your student portal. The live session includes high-level teaching, case studies, practicum practice, group breakout rooms and ends with students questions, sharing, and connecting.

In our experience, students average about 4 hours a week time commitment on the program. During the final design project, those hours may increase. This occurs in month 6.

Live class every week is 90 minutes. In between class, there will be anywhere from 1-2 hours of recorded lectures, home-funs, and readings that will take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour to complete.

Yes! Our coursework does not focus on any one growing zone. The skills and practice of permaculture cover a broad range of topics which are applicable to every zone, and not just agricultural.

Permaculture isn’t a rigid set of ‘farming’ techniques, but a holistic perspective on social, land, and environmental stewardship. If you are wishing for climate specific education in biological systems then yes, this PDC may not be what you are looking for.

Our education offers the skills anyone would need to assess their environment, identify their resources and be able to design and construct an efficient plan that maximizes the potential of those variables - to whatever they want to build or create (land project or not).

Regardless of your experience or personal pursuit, the PDC is designed to help everyone be a conscientious, engaged, strategic, and independent human. 

Many cheers along your journey! Hopefully, we can all engage together for a better future.

Formally known as the Permaculture Design Consultant’s Certificate, this document is awarded to those who attend all sessions of the design course and who successfully complete the design project. The certificate for this course is offered by Ecoversity and endorsed by the Permaculture Institute USA, a 501c3 non-profit founded by Bill Mollison and Scott Pittman in 1996. The Institute is the principal certifying body for the United States. The Certificate allows you to legally say you are Permaculture Certified, teach others permaculture, certify others, and consult with recognized credentials.

Everyone! (If we had a say, this would be required education for all human earthlings).

Anyone who is interested to live with the highest consideration for themselves and the planet!

Bonus points if you’re interested/working in:

Homeownership, gardening or farming.

Real Estate, Construction, and Development Professionals.

Educating.

City Planning, and Public service.

Energy, Water, and Waste-systems.

Architecture and landscape design.

No prior experience is necessary for this class. Your commitment to learn, contribute, and stay open is all you need. If you have an existing project or one in mind, you will have an opportunity to take the lead on your class project.

Very much… YES!! What you learn in the PDC is applicable to many fields. The skills you will learn are in HIGH DEMAND. Maybe more importantly, our course will guide you toward a type of work that is more aligned and purposeful. After receiving your Permaculture Design Certificate backed by the Permaculture Institute of North America, you will have the ability to spread your knowledge and teach others permaculture. You, along with your network of fellow classmates, will have many opportunities to practice permaculture within any field.

You’re here to change the world, so are we, and we want to help you become the most effective change maker out there. This kind of education takes hundreds of hours by a team of dedicated professionals.

By the end of this revolutionary 6-month course, you’ll have the experience and knowledge needed to be an inspirational permaculture steward for future generations.

Ecoversity courses offer practical permaculture training with recognized leaders in the field. You get personal attention in our limited class size and a team of dedicated course assistants in and out of class. We’ve developed unique course materials and expose you to practitioners specializing in many areas of permaculture. Furthermore, your time in class will allow you to connect with a global community who share your vision for a fair and sustainable future. These future permaculture professionals will become your friends, teammates, and potential professional colleagues. AND you get lifetime access to ALL course material.

Also, we have special guests and a network of graduates that are doing BIG things in the world. Our last session hosted David Holmgren, Permaculture Co-Founder.

Over 6 months, our certification costs $11.41 a day. Therefore, during the six months, it costs $11.41 a day to launch your eco-conscious lifestyle. What’s a life of purpose, a career, and community rooted in the future of our planet, really worth? How much would you pay to live with meaning and restore the earth‚ all while putting some well-earned money into your pocket? If you’re as committed to permaculture design as you are to groceries, gas for the car, or keeping the TV on at home, then our $1,997 early bird fee ought to make a lot of sense.

This course will give you holistic decision-making tools to create and practice sustainable solutions for food, water, energy security, regenerative shelter, building social capital, developing a sustainable economy, invigorating communities local and at-large, and many other needs. It will allow you to find solutions to the challenges presented by an industrial society. Permaculture uses ecological principles to design sustainable human communities that are harmoniously woven into the environment, highlighting the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. You will walk away with a tested methodology, real-world examples, and the step-by-step processes to transform your worlds and those you want to work with.

Yes, Ecoversity offers a BIPOC Scholarship. The Ecoversity BIPOC Scholarship was created to extend the opportunities of growth and learning to passionate candidates who are willing and ready to pay the fruits of this gift forward. 🌟 And we know diverse classrooms create diverse perspectives in our graduates.

The term BIPOC stands for ‘Black, Indigenous, People of Color’ and is used to identify members of our society who too often face hardships and discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity. Ecoversity designed this scholarship to show our commitment to the BIPOC community today and always. This current BIPOC scholarship will be accredited towards our 6-Month Permaculture Certification.  🌱

We truly look forward to reviewing these applications and getting to know you as a human being. We are looking for candidates that resonate with our mission statement and who are looking to create harmony between themselves and the Earth. Please allow for a two-week turnaround time, as we assure you each application will be reviewed with love. All information submitted will remain confidential. Please fill out this application by the end of the day on Friday 10/21/2022. Scholarship recipients will be announced on 10/28/22.
Click the link here to apply. 

  Yes, we offer all prospective students a free 1-1 call with our teaching mentors to find out if this course is a good fit for you! (Most likely it is 😉)

Click here to schedule your 1-1 call today!