Course detail
Introduction to permaculture design 1
FaVU-1UPDAcad. year: 2023/2024
The course is designed as a series of consecutive lectures. Within each class, students will learn about the general definition of permaculture design and the circumstances of its emergence. Further lectures and exercises will deal with the individual principles of permaculture design and how they can be applied to other anthropogenically created structures. At the end of the semester, the students of the course will also get acquainted with the issues of permaculture design of human communities and environmental activism. The Introduction to Permaculture Design course is followed in the summer semester by practically oriented field trips and workshops taught within the course Modular teaching of technologies (Workshop).
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Number of ECTS credits
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Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Teaching takes place in the classrooms of FFA BUT in the hours determined by the timetable. The minimum attendance is 85%. Substitution of missed classes takes place after agreement with the teacher in the form of alternative assignments.
Aims
Completion of the course should help students to orient themselves in the basic terms of permaculture design and the possibilities of their application in their own work or other activities. In addition, students will learn the basics of subsistence farming and an environmentally friendly approach to their surroundings.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Fowkes M, Fowkes R.: Art and sustainability. In Morray J., Cawthorne G., Dey C. & . Andrew C., editors. Enough for all forever: A handbook for learning about sustainability. Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground, 2012. s. 215-228.
Hemenway T. The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience. Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Company; 2015. 288 s. ISBN: 1603585265
Holmgren D. Permakultura: Principy a cesty nad rámec trvalé udržitelnosti. Svojanov: PermaLot; 2006. 296 s. ISBN: 80-239-8125-0
Johanisová N. Růst či nerůst? Sedmá generace. 22. února 2011; 20(1): 3-5.
Macnamara L. People & Permaculture. England: Permanent Publications; 2012. 295 s. ISBN: 978-1-85623-087-2
Mollison B. Permaculture Two: Practical Design for Town and Country in Permanent Agriculture. Australia: Tagari Publications; 1979. 150 s. ISBN: 0908228007
Mollison B. Permaculture: A Designers' Manual. Australia: Tagari Publications; 1988. 574 s. ISBN: 0908228015
Mollison B, Holmgren D. Permaculture One. A Perenial Agriculture for Human Settlements. Transworld Publishers; 1978. 128 s. ISBN: 0552980609
Smith R, Hertzberg M, Westphal R. A Consensus Handbook: Co-operative decision-making for activists, co-ops and communities. England: Seeds for Change Lancaster Co-operative ltd; 2013. 224 s. ISBN: 978-0957587106
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Lecture
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Syllabus
2 Basic principles of permaculture design including ethical rules. Is it even possible to achieve sustainability in artistic creation?
3 Water management (methods of storing rainwater, water structures, irrigation options, aquaculture, aquaponics)
4 Soil and its properties (soil types, soil microbiology)
5 Basic genetics for growers (What did G. J. Mendel come up with? What is the F1 generation? What are non-hybrid varieties? How to breed your own variety? What is seed production?)
6 Polycultures/monocultures (advantages/disadvantages, interspecies cooperation)
7 Urban permaculture ("Transition cities", balcony subsistence, public green spaces)
8 Winterizing the garden (preparing for the next season, winter subsistence options)
9 Exercise - How to create a plan for cultivating space through permaculture design? (assignment)
10 Permacultural design of human communities (consensus, non-hierarchical structures, invisible structures)
11 Ecology and activism (Can change be achieved from below?)
12 and 13 Draft of permaculture design of selected habitats and their consultation.