- Fall Semester, 2013
- HORT 4940
- 2 credits
- Letter grade
- Tuesdays — 9:05 – 9:55 am Lecture and 1:25 – 4:25 Lab
Permaculture is an approach to land use that promotes systems that meet human needs, increase ecosystem health, and address local inequalities. Learn a systems-thinking and ecological approach to designing gardens, farms, and landscapes. The practice has been taught to people all over the world since its inception in the late 1970s and is successfully used as a tool to integrate horticulture and agricultural systems.
The Department of Horticulture at Cornell University will again be offering a Permaculture Design Certification Course this coming Fall semester, 2013. The course will be meet Tuesdays (morning lecture, afternoon lab) and feature hands-on activities at the MacDaniels Nut Grove and Dilmun Hill Student Farm, in addition to a number of field trips. Professor Ken Mudge and Cooperative Extension Aide Steve Gabriel will teach the course.
In 2012 the course was full with 31 enthusiastic students from academic departments including Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Plant Science, Natural Resources, Animal Science, and Agriculture. (See video below.)
In addition to credit, successful completion of coursework earns students an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate issued by the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute. (Note: There is a $200 materials fee per student to cover certification costs)
Find more information at the Permaculture@Cornell website.
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