The Sustainable Living Podcast

Oregon State University is offering the Free Introduction to Permaculture Course again. What a gift to the world! The 4 week course starts on October 31st 2016. The best time to sign up is right now. open.oregonstate.edu/courses/permaculture/ In this interview, Andrew Millison, the creator of this course, shares what they have learned from the first round which had almost 16,000 sign-ups from over 100 countries. We had recorded an interview prior to the first course in which we are discussing in detail what to expect from this course. Have a listen here. Some of the highlights of this interview: Expect to spend 12 to 16 hours to go through the material Creating a local study group makes the course even more fun Having over 10,000 people with different levels of computer literacy and different technologies log on to a course is quite a challenge In this Intro, the design system is distilled into a compact curriculum, a PDC will cover more details Expect an overview of Permaculture practices in different clim