en17e, 10-6 PM ‘he costofpernacuitue design coses (guat whit orth forum at permis) Post Reply Book Forum: great the cost Laura Jean Wilde Posts: 86 Location: LAKE HURON ‘SOUTHERN SHORE 3 and Tyler Ludens polinator Posts: 11842 Location: Central Texas USA Latitude 30 Zone 8 1163 ‘wepsiprenigscom/¥12644loos permacultt design-couses markTopic Watch Topic New Topic white north of permaculture design courses. posted 10 years ago ee ab &D d= Is itjust me, or are ther other people frustrated with trying to find some continuing education on permaculture, only to find that someone (many someones actually) offering a "permaculture design course" certificate, on their version of permaculture (with or without extensive hands on experience), wanting several thousands of dollars for each person to attend ‘and participate. Iam not a narcissist by nature but it feels lke there are a lot of people whose primary interest in permaculture is to make money off, a lot of well intetioned seekers with a fair amount of disposable income. This leaves those of us living the minimalist (AKA small carbon footprint ete lifestyle ata loss as to how to acquire knowledge at a fair price. Just for the record, anyone interested in coming to my little permaculture operation can stay/camp at no charge and I will freely and with great enthusiasm, share all know. (yes that was for free) I don't however have a little piece of paper that says I have completed (and paid for) a "PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE" I have only my own experiences over the last thirty or so years. Sorry for the rant but I would seriously love to communicate with other permies who are primarily interested in sharing and exchanging knowledge (not primarily interested in picking my pocket) Wilde on Turtle Island Walk Gently on our Mother Earth @ ported s0yearsago es a C&D d= Personally think there is so much free o low-cost (book, DVD) knowledge available, it may not be necessary to take an in-person course unless you want a teaching certificate. The only course I could even slightly manage to take is http://permaculturevisions.com/index.htmlcourses and I will only take iti decide I want to get certified to teach, But I need to prove to myself I can practice frst, soit will probably be 3-5 years before I take it's stil offered by then... Meanwhile I be learning by re ans