More than Knowledge: A Transformation
Completing a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is more than an education—it’s a commitment to an ethical framework that reshapes how you see the world. Beyond sustainability, beyond theory, it’s an emotional journey. A watershed moment in life.
My own PDC way back in 1995 was hosted at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), an off-grid community turned thriving educational hub—a living, breathing ecological experiment. The course was led by three extraordinary minds: Mike Feingold, the mercurial genius and "crazy professor" of permaculture; Peter Harper, the scientific backbone of CAT; and Chris Dixon, a homesteader-philosopher weaving deep ecological wisdom with practical living. All of this within the embrace of a wind and water-powered off-grid living experiment, that is CAT.
What made it unforgettable wasn’t just the knowledge, but the alchemy of ideas—concepts colliding with hands-on practice, site visits, and bold experiments that brought permaculture to life. Even more powerful?
The shared journey among participants, a peer group learning, struggling, and growing together.
That’s what we hope to recreate here—not just information, but the emotional arc of a PDC.
A space where permaculturists, old and new, can gather, reflect, and feel like part of something bigger.
Welcome to the journey.
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