Course detail
Introduction to permaculture design 1
FaVU-1UPDAcad. year: 2024/2025
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).
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
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.
Study aids
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, Holmgren D. Permaculture One. A Perenial Agriculture for Human Settlements. Transworld Publishers; 1978. 128 s. ISBN: 0552980609
Mollison B. Permaculture: A Designers' Manual. Australia: Tagari Publications; 1988. 574 s. ISBN: 0908228015
Mollison B. Permaculture Two: Practical Design for Town and Country in Permanent Agriculture. Australia: Tagari Publications; 1979. 150 s. ISBN: 0908228007
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
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective
3 year of study, winter semester, elective
4 year of study, winter semester, elective - Programme DES_M Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Seminar
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Permakultura – Co? Kdy? Proč? Jak? Kde? Základní principy permakulturního designu včetně etických pravidel. Je vůbec možné dosáhnout udržitelnosti v umělecké tvorbě?
2. Nakládání s vodou (způsoby schraňování dešťové vody, vodní stavby, možnosti závlahy, aquakultura, aquaponie).
Půda a její vlastnosti (druhy zeminy, mikrobiologie půdního prostředí).
3. Základy genetiky pro pěstitele (Na co přišel G. J. Mendel? Co je to generace F1? Co jsou to nehybridní odrůdy? Jak si vyšlechtit vlastní odrůdu? Co je to semenaření?).
Polykultury/monokultury (výhody/nevýhody, mezidruhová spolupráce).
4. Dřeviny (výsadba, povýsadbová péče).
Městská permakultura (samozásobitelství, veřejná zeleň, guerilla gardening).
5. Jak vytvořit plán pro kultivaci prostoru prostřednictvím permakulturního designu? (zadání úkolu)
Permakulturní design lidských společenstev.
6. Ekologie a aktivismus.
Návrhy permakulturního designu zvolených stanovišť a jejich a konzultování.