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6-Month Online Permaculture
Design Certification

Learn from experts with 50+ years of experience and discover the power of designing regenerative systems that transform everything from backyards to businesses. Gain the skills to grow food, restore land, lead with purpose, and build a lifestyle and career you love.

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Unearth the skills to make a real impact with cutting-edge regenerative design.

If you design it, they will come.

Class Dates

November 19th, 2024 –
May 19th, 2025 (6 months)

Training Includes

72 Hours of Content, 25 Live Classes, 38 Recorded Lectures

Certification

Endorsed by Permaculture Institute of N. America (PINA)

Lifetime Access

All Live and Recorded Sessions Included for Flexible, Lifelong Learning

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Join a Global Community of Permaculture Graduates from 47 Countries

Gain wisdom from legendary experts like Stephen Brooks, Penny Livingston, and permaculture co-founder David Holmgren. With their guidance, you’ll tackle hands-on projects, gain access to exclusive resources, and join a passionate global community dedicated to making a real impact. This is your chance to learn from the best and transform your career and the world around you. The future is yours to build!

 

Design a Regenerative Future with Permaculture

  • Learn from Regenerative Experts: Master practical skills from leading permaculture pioneers in sustainable design, with decades of experience shaping resilient communities.

  • Real-World Application: Complete a collaborative land design project and receive direct feedback from experts. 
  • Globally Respected Certification: Earn an internationally recognized certification, endorsed by PINA, empowering you for an ecological career.
  • Grow Your Impact: Explore new pathways to sustainable living and regenerative careers that create lasting change.
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“Permaculture is a practice of honoring ecological systems in order to be in sacred reciprocity with all that is.”

 

Penny Livingston, Ecoversity’s Permaculture Teacher
Quoted from a group called Roots

Permaculture: More Than a Design Philosophy—
A Holistic Approach Rooted in Natural Systems

Design Thriving Systems

Regenerate environments by building systems that restore balance and create lasting abundance.

Grow Your Own Food & Medicine

Cultivate resilient ecosystems that nourish both you and the land with nutrient-rich food.

Foster Resilient Communities

Harness the power of collaboration to build strong networks that thrive with nature.

Deepen Your Connection to Nature

Strengthen your relationship with the Earth while connecting with like-minded people committed to shaping a regenerative future.

In This Certification Course, You Will Learn To: 

  • Develop Abundant Food Systems: Learn sustainable techniques for nutrient-rich, self-sufficient food supplies.

  • Master Regenerative Principles: Apply the 12 core principles of regenerative living to drive change.

  • Design Resilient Spaces: Transform urban and suburban areas into thriving, eco-friendly environments.

  • Lead with Purpose: Take on regenerative land design projects for clients and communities.

  • Build Homesteading Havens: Create self-sufficient spaces that align with nature’s rhythms.

  • Innovate Sustainable Communities: Design regenerative, nature-centered communities.

  • Cultivate Rich Soil: Develop healthy fertile soil using medicinal herbs and composting.

  • Ensure Food Security: Master plant propagation for diverse, stable food supplies.

  • Reverse Climate Change: Use water management and renewable energy to mitigate climate impact.

  • Master Natural Building: Explore 12+ sustainable techniques for eco-friendly homes.

  • Optimize Resources: Implement efficient water and waste management systems.

  • Teach & Inspire: Develop permaculture programs for schools and workplaces.

  • Collaborate for Regeneration: Partner with municipalities to regenerate cities through sustainable planning.

Who Is This Certification For?

  • Gardeners, Farmers & Homesteaders seeking sustainable, self-sufficient living
  • Environmentalists & Community Leaders driving transformative, eco-friendly initiatives
  • Educators & Academics applying and teaching permaculture principles
  • Urban Planners, Architects & Landscape Designers focused on regenerative design
  • Entrepreneurs & Corporate Innovators integrating sustainability into business models
  • Nonprofit Leaders & Advocates advancing environmental stewardship
  • Health & Wellness Practitioners incorporating permaculture into holistic practices
  • Food Security & Community Garden Coordinators promoting sustainable agriculture and local food systems
  • Anyone eager to deepen their connection with the Earth and contribute to a greener future

Begin Your Journey in Permaculture

Learn practical techniques, connect with a global network of regenerative stewards, and be guided by experts who’ve paved the way. Get ready to plant the seeds of change!

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What You'll Learn in This Certification

Our comprehensive curriculum is shaped by regenerative pioneers—permaculture educators, environmentalists, architects, authors, herbalists, founders, and land stewards.

*Please note that the curriculum is subject to change as teachers are added to the roster.

MODULE 1

Permaculture Design:
Introduction & Indigenous Wisdom

  • Ethics & Principles of Permaculture
  • Honoring Indigenous Practices
  • Natural Pattern Application
  • Site Analysis: Zones and Sectors
  • Digital Design Mapping with Itai Hauben
  • (5) Live Classes

MODULE 2

Land Elements:
Water, Soil, Plants & Animals

  • Working with Water: Water Management with Carmen Gonzales
  • Soil & Fertility
  • All about Plants, Food and Medicine
  • Animal Integration
  • Infrastructure
  • Bonus: Herbalism with Rosemary Gladstar
  • (3) Live Classes

MODULE 3

Social Permaculture:
Community & Economic Systems

  • Collaborative Groups
  • Land Access and Invisible Structures
  • Community Design & Ecovillages
  • Global Permaculture with Brock Dolman
  • (4) Live Classes

MODULE 4

Applied Permaculture:
Renewable Energy, Climate Resilience & Urban Spaces

  • Permaculture for Changing Times with Mike Zuckerman
  • Urban Permaculture with Deva Presence
  • RetroSuburbia with David Holmgren
  • Virtual Farm Tools
  • Energy in Permaculture Systems
  • (4) Live Classes

MODULE 5

Design Focus:
Site Assessments & Edible Landscapes

  • Regenerative Design Process
  • Interconnecting Design Elements
  • Real-World Design Examples
  • Developing Edible Landscapes with Stephen Brooks
  • (4) Live Classes

MODULE 6

Land Design Project:
Professional Permaculture & Ecopreneurship

  • Your Regenerative Business with Erik Ohlsen

  • Ecopreneurship 

  • Consultancy, Design & Install

  • Technology in Permaculture
  • Education & Beyond
  • Cutting Edge Permaculture Design with Edge Perma
  • (5) Live Classes

After this program, you'll be able to...

Apply Permaculture Skills

Confidently bring permaculture practices to life in any space—from balconies and backyards to farms.

Design Eco-Solutions for Clients

Lead regenerative land design projects with the confidence and expertise to make a lasting impact.

Create Productive Landscapes

Design thriving spaces that produce food, medicine, and biodiversity, fostering a regenerative and resilient environment.

Connect with Permaculture Leaders

Build professional relationships with global permaculture experts, exchanging ideas and advancing your skills.

Drive Community Resilience

Initiate and guide community projects that strengthen sustainability and self-sufficiency through permaculture practices.

Green Urban Environments

Partner with urban planners to infuse cities with sustainable, green infrastructure and living systems.

Advance Your Career with Permaculture

Gain the expertise to excel in educational and sustainability roles, driving eco-friendly change across industries

Be Part of the Climate Solution

Use the proven wisdom of regenerative practices and modern strategies to actively reverse climate change and create thriving ecosystems for generations to come.

 

Class Format & Scheduling


Program Dates: November 19th, 2024 - May 19th, 2025

Our program meets every Tuesday, with materials provided for review between sessions. You will connect with a global community of classmates, as well as experts from various aspects of permaculture design and application throughout the course.

Class Length: 90 Minutes
Class Day: Every Tuesday, 4 PM PST 
Class Time: (Please see the time in various time zones below)

4:00 PM Los Angeles PST
5:00 PM Denver MST
6:00 PM Mexico City CST
7:00 PM New York EST
9:00 PM Argentina GMT-3
12:00 AM (Next Day +1) United Kingdom GMT
4:00 AM (Next Day +1) Dubai GMT+4
8:00 AM (Next Day +1) Hong Kong HKT
9:00 AM (Next Day +1) Melbourne AEST
Find your timezone here.

 

Weekly Live Classes with World-Class Educators

Join us weekly, live on Zoom, with a diverse line-up of expert educators, environmentalists, authors and land stewards. Live classes are an opportunity to develop concepts and recap key takeaways from weekly lessons and module assignments. Don’t worry if you can’t make these classes live, all classes are recorded & uploaded for you to watch later!

 

Weekly Video Lessons with "Home-Fun" Assignments

Each week, you’ll dive into engaging video lectures, podcast-style interviews, and supplementary materials, creating a rich learning experience. Complete a Home-Fun Assignment to practice your skills and integrate what you’ve learned effectively.

Office Hours with PDC-Certified Teaching Mentor

Ask questions, share realizations, discuss takeaways from course content, and receive personalized support in this weekly container led by our certified PDC Teaching Mentor.

1x a Week with Rotating Hours Each Week
Tuesdays, 3:00 - 4:00 PM PST
Thursdays, 10:00 -11:00 AM PST 

 

Free 6-Month Ecoversity Community Membership

Our intimate Community Hub provides a platform for you to connect with other students. Here, you can share skills, resources, and collectively build a meaningful community. This is exclusive to Ecoversity students & staff members. 

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Bonus #1

Expert Personalized Project Design Review by Penny & Stephen

Penny and Stephen will personally review your real-world design project, offering practical feedback and suggestions to enhance your skills as a permaculture designer. Their expert insights will help you refine your approach and bring your project to the next level.

Bonus #2

Penny's Permaculture Master Manual

In this comprehensive 100+ page manual, you’ll tap into Penny’s decades of permaculture expertise, providing you with valuable shortcuts and insights to streamline your design projects and achieve better results faster.

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Bonus #3

Nurture Your Garden, Nourish Your Life: Exclusive E-Books

With the 60+ Page Edible Backyard and 25+ Page Edible Forest Recipe E-Books, you’ll learn 16 essential garden techniques to transform your space into a lush, regenerative oasis. Explore expert food preservation tips and nourishing recipes to savor the bounty of your harvests. Embrace a deeper connection with the Earth as you cultivate abundance in your garden—and in your life. 

Meet Your Instructors

From grassroots activists to world-renowned permaculture design experts, our carefully selected teachers bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to share with you. Our collaborations continue to grow, so stay tuned for exciting new additions to the roster.

Stephen Brooks

(Host) Co-Founder of Alegria Village, Punta Mona, Envision Festival & Ecoversity 

Stephen Brooks has been living for the past 25 years in Costa Rica and is a world leader in creating thriving ecological communities, promoting permaculture practices, and fostering sustainable food production models. He is the co-founder of Ecoversity and Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies. In 2006, Stephen co-founded and developed La Ecovilla, a 45 home community in San Mateo, Costa Rica. His most recent addition is Alegria Village, which neighbors La Ecovilla.

Penny Livingston 

(Host) Co-Founder of Regenerative Design Institute

Penny has been teaching internationally and working professionally in the land management, regenerative design and permaculture development fields for 30 years and has extensive experience in all phases of ecological design and construction using natural non-toxic building materials. She is a co-founder of the Regenerative Design Institute. She is also a certified instructor from the Permaculture Institute of North America and Permaculture Institute USA.

 

 

Starhawk
13-Time Author, Activist, & Permaculture Teacher

Starhawk is the author of thirteen books on earth-based spirituality & activism, including The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics and social permaculture.

Carmen Gonzales
Indigenous Water Rights Activist & Cultural Preservation Leader

Carmen has worked in the Environmental Science field for over 20 years serving Tribes and rural communities. She is an environmental specialist, water maiden, permaculture designer, and poet who has been dedicated to helping communities heal through reconnecting to nature.

David Holmgren & Su Dennett
Co-Originator of Permaculture

David Holmgren, co-founder of permaculture, has dedicated his life to sustainable living since co-authoring Permaculture One in 1978. At Melliodora, his home in Central Victoria, David demonstrates permaculture principles firsthand, sharing his knowledge through projects, consultations, and influential works like Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability and RetroSuburbia.

Su Dennett, David’s partner, is the heart of Melliodora’s kitchen and community. Managing both their business and home, Su’s passion for local food and simple living fuels her community initiatives, including co-founding the Hepburn Relocalisation Network. Together, they inspire others to embrace a resilient and regenerative lifestyle.

Rosemary Gladstar
Herbalist, Author & the Founder of United Plant Savers & Traditional Medicinals

Rosemary has been practicing, teaching, and writing about herbs for over 45 years. She founded the United Plant Savers and, in 2018, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her life work from the National University of Naturopathic Medicine.

EdgePerma - Andrew Tuttle and Mary Marshall
Experts in Sustainable Farming & Education

Edge Perma, founded in 2020, has roots in regenerative farming and sustainable education dating back to 2015. With experience in organic farming, design teaching, and tech-driven learning, they now focus on restoring a historic farm education center near Seattle. Committed to addressing climate change, Edge Perma equips learners with tools to replicate resilient, regenerative farm systems for a sustainable future.

 

Brock Dolman
Wildlife Biologist & Restoration Ecologist

Brock is a co-director of OAEC’s Permaculture/Resilient Community Design Program, Wildlands Program and the WATER Institute. He has co-facilitated over 60+ Permaculture Design Certificate Courses since 1995.

Itai Hauben
Integrative Eco-Social Designer

Itai has been working with Permaculture Design, Restorative Agro-Ecology, and Water Retention Landscapes for decades through global landscapes. His rich experience draws from techniques applied on drylands, warm temperate, subtropical and humid tropical climates.

Erik Ohlsen
Regenerative Designer, Farmer, Author, Herbalist, Nordic Folk Tradition Practitioner

Founder and owner of Permaculture Artisans, a renowned certified permaculture designer and teacher. Erik runs the Permaculture Skills Center, a learning center in Sebastopol, CA. With extensive experience in projects that range from small urban lots to 100+ broad-acre design and implementation, his more than two decades of experience, observation, and listening of landscape patterns, managing installation crews and design teams, and his understanding of ecology make Erik a leader in the field of ecological landscape development.

Charlie Toledo
Executive Director of the Suscol Intertribal Council

Charlie Toledo has been the Executive Director of Napa Valley’s Suscol Intertribal Council since 1992. Since then, Charlie has restructured the Council to become one of the local regional, statewide, and international leaders around issues of Human Rights for Indigenous peoples. Charlie continues to inspire, consult and mediate on various Boards, committees, commissions, projects and programs for the benefit of Human Rights issues globally and locally through the organization. She has been closely involved in Native American rights and culture activism.

Nick DiDomenico
Executive Director and Co-Founder of DAR

Hailing from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Nick is a regenerative designer, farmer, and builder. Inspired by indigenous culture and ancient farming practices, he works passionately to design the future of living systems. In 2015, Nick began farming on a barren and desertified 14-acre parcel of land in rural north Boulder County, now called Elk Run Farm, and the pilot research project for Drylands Agroecology Research (DAR). Today, Nick is working to develop climate change solutions through regenerative farming, working with private and public landowners across Boulder County.

Joy and Eric McEwen
Beekeepers, Authors, and Land Stewards

With a collective career spanning over two decades, this dynamic couple stands as dedicated advocates for organic and biodynamic beekeeping. They are the co-authors of "Raising Resilient Bees," showcasing their unwavering commitment to sustainable apiculture. As the brains behind "Natural Nest Beekeeping," they design innovative beehives while simultaneously caring for 500 colonies. Their role as co-founders of the Adaptive Bee Breeders Alliance reflects their commitment to bee breeding and sustainable agricultural practices as well as their commitment to supporting the local agricultural community.

Kara Alter
Co-Founder of Alegria Village

Kara is a brand strategist and entrepreneur, committed to designing and supporting regenerative business models. She thrives in launching businesses, community-building, and utilizing her commitment to ecosystem regeneration to co-create Alegría Village.

Mike Zuckerman
Disaster Relief Specialist

Mike creates spaces and has designed everything from environmental nightclubs to a global network of freespaces. Now, he focuses on the global human migration crisis. He sets up alternatives to traditional refugee camps where the refugees lead in design and implementation of the space.

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6-Month Online Permaculture Design Certification

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  • Lifetime Access: Get unlimited access to all course materials inside 6x carefully curated modules for lifelong learning.
  • 38 Permaculture LecturesDive into comprehensive lessons on permaculture, practical design, and application techniques. 
  • 25 Live Classes: Engage in live, interactive sessions with instructors and classmates from around the globe in a collaborative learning space. 
  • 12+ World-Class Experts & Educators: Learn from renowned instructors with decades of experience in permaculture and sustainable design. 
  • 60+ Page Edible Backyard & 25+ Page Edible Forest Recipe E-Books: Master 16 garden techniques, plus food preservation and recipes to transform your space and abundant harvest. 

  • Bill Mollison’s Permaculture: A Designers Manual Textbook: Gain access to this the essential textbook to deepen your understanding and learning. 
  • Design Process Checklist: A practical guide to apply your knowledge into action and design your land project.
  • Expert Feedback: Dive into real-world projects and receive personalized guidance to enhance your journey.
  • Bonus #1: Expert Land and Project Design Review by Penny & Stephen. 
  • Bonus #2: Penny’s Permaculture Master Manual for expert tips and in-depth guidance.
  • Bonus #3: Free 6-Month Access to Ecoversity's Global Community Hub for ongoing mentorship & networking. 

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Your Certification is Internationally Recognized by the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA)


Penny Livingston, the lead instructor for the Permaculture Design Certification, is accredited by the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) to certify our graduates. PINA is renowned for its expertise in developing resilient, ecologically sound systems, with a legacy of pioneering research and a global network of impactful projects.

See Real-World Results:
Explore Inspiring Student Projects & Get Ready to Apply Your Knowledge in Your Own Final Land Design Project

Students from 47+ countries have completed real-world design projects to graduate. In the PDC, you'll spend 6 months working with a global cohort to apply your knowledge and create tangible, impactful land designs. Whether you have land or not, this is an incredible opportunity to develop a clear vision. Take a look at some of the amazing land projects our graduates have brought to life across the globe!

Join Our 100k+ Global Community In
47 Different Countries Worldwide

A note from Stephen & Penny...

“This is just the way it is,” is something that we’d often find ourselves thinking. But Penny & I were really worried about the state of the planet. Things were starting to look pretty grim 25 years ago, and we had a feeling they were only going to get worse as time went on.

We both realized that we couldn’t sit back and do nothing. We couldn’t sit back and watch the planet degrade more quickly than we could restore it.

So we jumped off the cliff and landed right smack in the middle of the permaculture movement and never looked back. We hope you’ll take the jump with us.

The Ecoversity Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship


At Ecoversity, we embrace the richness of human experiences, weaving together diversity, inclusivity, and ecological regeneration. That’s why we’ve created this scholarship—to recognize the diverse settings and backgrounds that shape each individual’s journey, and to make education accessible to those who need it most. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

When developing Ecoversity,
we asked ourselves to look through a particular lens.


This lens is one of ecological regeneration, diversity, radical inclusivity, and future-forward healing. This means we create a teaching space that fosters safety, courage, and collective liberation. We support all participants by regeneratively embracing edges of identity and social location. In this way, we nurture dialogue and education that is polycultural, not monocultural. 

This curriculum is built upon the knowledge of many peoples world-wide. From indigenous cultures to western academics, Permaculture is an amalgamation of many hands at work and hearts on the Earth.  

We always welcome feedback, and we thank all wisdom keepers before, now, and in the future for sharing knowledge.