Session 16: Sector Analysis
Session 16: Sector Analysis

This session is part of flowful's Permaculture & Resilience Online Course. For all sessions visit: https://www.flowful.org

In today’s session, we will show you the benefits of Sector Analysis as a second tool to get your design tailor-made to your framework conditions. After finishing this first session you will, know how to analyze the sectors going through your land, be able to find the right placement for elements in your design, and learn how to maximize the use of external energies and mitigate risks.

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Session 13: Permaculture for vegetable gardening (Part 2)
Session 13: Permaculture for vegetable gardening (Part 2)

This session is part of flowful's Permaculture & Resilience Online Course. For all sessions visit: https://www.flowful.org/permaculture-resilience-online-course Today's session is part 2 of showcasing different permaculture garden bed techniques to grow your own vegetables. After finishing todays Session 13 you will be introduced to straw bale gardening, spot planting, keyhole garden and banana circle.

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Session 12: Permaculture for vegetable gardening (Part 1)
Session 12: Permaculture for vegetable gardening (Part 1)

This session is part of flowful's Permaculture & Resilience Online Course. For all sessions visit: https://www.flowful.org/permaculture-resilience-online-course Today's session is about showcasing different permaculture garden bed techniques to grow your own vegetables. After finishing part 1 of this session you will be introduced to: This session is part of flowful's Permaculture & Resilience Online Course. For all sessions visit: https://www.flowful.org/permaculture-resilience-online-course Today's session is about showcasing different permaculture garden bed techniques to grow your own vegetables. After finishing part 1 of this session you will be introduced to: No-till garden beds, Double Dig garden beds, Raised garden beds, and Hugelkultur,

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Session 10: Water Management
Session 10: Water Management

This session is part of flowful's Permaculture & Resilience Online Course. For all sessions visit: https://www.flowful.org In session 10 we will show you what you can do to manage water and keep water on your side. In permaculture, we understand water as an energy flow that we want to keep on land as long as it benefits our system. That’s why Permaculture design tries to harvest, retain, and rescue as much water as possible before it is lost from the system. 

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Session 9: Permaculture Design -SADIMET Methodology-
Session 9: Permaculture Design -SADIMET Methodology-

This session is part of flowful's Permaculture & Resilience Online Course. For all sessions visit: https://www.flowful.org Session 9 i

Within the entire permaculture framework, the design of land, ecosystems, communities, and societies is the core within permaculture design. After this session, you will understand why design is key for a successful permaculture project, know 4 reasons why design is so important. You will be introduced into SADIMET and know the basic of the design process.

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Session 7: Permaculture Principles
Session 7: Permaculture Principles

This session is part of flowfull's Permaculture & Resilience Online Course. For all sessions visit: https://www.flowful.org Session 7 is about the permaculture principles. The principles link back to the three ethics (people care, earth care, and fair share) and can be understood as a guideline for design, decision making, or daily activities. You can choose from two different sets of principles. On one hand, you have the principles by Bill Mollison (10 design principles and 5 attitudinal principles) and on the other, there are the 12 design principles by David Holmgren.

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Session 6: Basics of Soil
Session 6: Basics of Soil

In this session of flowful`s Permaculture & Resilience Free-Online Course we are answering the question of why soil is the basis of all life and why we have to protect it? After finishing this first session you will, know why we need to protect global soils, understand what soil actually is made of and see how soil is built. After being introduced to the jar test you will be able to find out what the soil in your specific area is like.

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Session 5: What is permaculture?
Session 5: What is permaculture?

This session of our COVID-19 resilience and permaculture course gives an answer to What is PERMACULTURE? It is an overview and an Introduction to Holistic System Design   
After this session, you will Know the 3 sources of permaculture wisdom, and have an overview of permaculture. You will be introduced into the 3 ethics of permaculture & Learn about the connection between permaculture and deep ecology.

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Session 4: Implementing Hugelkultur
Session 4: Implementing Hugelkultur

This session of our COVID-19 resilience and permaculture course is dedicated to implementing Sepp Holzer’s famous Hugelkultur to create a new garden bed (horticulture). We wanted to start with a garden technique to increase our ability to grow food to become more resilient as a community. After defining the structure, placement, and shape by following the first permaculture principle - observe and interact, we dove dived deeper into Sepp Holzer’s Hugelkultur.

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Session 3: Placement of an Element
Session 3: Placement of an Element

This session of flowful’s Permaculture and Resilience Course is dedicated to the question how to implement a single element.  We will use it to introduce and experience some important underlying principles and design drivers in permaculture. You can come back to these principles and design drivers when placing a single element, implementing a permaculture technique or designing entire ecosystems.

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Session 2: Community Resilience and Empowerment
Session 2: Community Resilience and Empowerment

In this session of flowful’s Permaculture and Resilience Course, we will introduce you to flowful’s perspective on permaculture as well as an easy method to check and increase your level of resilience. You will also learn to distinguish between functions, elements, and methods. Finally, we’ll show you how to analyze your own next step to increase resilience or come closer to your goals.

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Permaculture & Resilience Course Before you start
Permaculture & Resilience Course Before you start

We recognized within our community and also on a global level that people are concerned about COVID-19. Dealing with the new situation and with uncertainty is consuming a lot of energy. We feel it is time to serve others, so people become active and react creatively to change. Thus, this free online course about permaculture is about increasing resilience and empowering people.

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