Permaculture principles can be applied at any scale to any site (rural or urban) in any climate. Since its inception in the 1970’s, thousands of people from every continent, with every level of education and working in every profession, have graduated from the course creating a dynamic worldwide network of permaculture practitioners, educators, and activists. As permaculture seeks to create links between disciplines, everyone can benefit from undertaking the PDC, from accountants to artists, teachers to tradespeople. The main criteria for participation is a passion to use permaculture’s core ethics and practices to create a more sustainable world, and applying this knowledge to one’s community whether it be urban, suburban, regional or rural. There are no prior qualifications required to take the course, although reading some of the major texts is recommended.
On this course, attendees will be a mix of paying participants from developed countries wishing to become accredited and gain experience interning on a tropical demonstration site and Ugandan participants subsidized by the fully-paying participants.