Center for BioRegional Living
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PERMACULTURE COURSES & OFFERINGS SUMMER 2026
Vermont Regenerative Culture Crawl - Montpelier VT.
Friday September 11th to Sunday September 13th
We begin in Montpelier VT. Friday September 11th and end in Burlington VT. Sunday afternoon September 13th
Tour fee - $200 ( Meals and accommodations not included)
I'm staying at - The Inn at Montpelier
Event Schedule:
Arrive Friday, Sep 11th Evening between 5 - 6pm
Meet in front of The Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier - 20 min.
I will outline what are Bioregional Economies Walk and Talk around Montpelier while discussing our themes and activities for the next 2 days. 7pm - Dine at the Three Penny Tap Room - https://threepennytaproom.com/about
Bustling brewhouse specializing in local & regional craft drafts & creative, upscale pub grub.
Saturday Sep 12th
Grab breakfast at Skinny Pancake -
https://skinnypancake.com/locations/montpelier/
( or at any one of the fine breakfast spots, all walkable in Monty)
10:00am - Explore Hungry Mountain Food Coop in Montpelier
https://hungermountain.coop/our-story/
11:30am - Tour & learn From Karl Hammer Vt. Compost
https://vermontcompost.com/about/
Vermont Compost Company was founded by organic crop growing professionals in 1993, in order to satisfy the demand for high quality composts and compost-based living soil mixes for certified organic crop production. Our mission is to enhance and protect the soil, to help restore community food security.
1:30pm - Get sandwiches / meals from the General Store in Warren
Your stop for delicious deli sandwiches and salads, staples and splurges for the kitchen and pantry, and the place to meet up for coffee and a chat while in Warren.
https://www.warrengeneral.com/
2pm - Swim at Warren Falls
4pm - Tour Lawsons Brewery in Waitsfield
Lawson’s Finest is a valued leader in craft beer culture, creating local economic vitality, rewarding careers, and giving back to the community—with over 400 nonprofits supported and $3M donated since 2018 through our Social Impact Program.
https://www.lawsonsfinest.com/about-us/
7pm - Dine at Big Picture
https://www.bigpicturetheater.info/cafe or Mad Taco https://www.themadtaco.com/locations/montpelier
in Waitsfield
Sunday Sep 13th - Meet in Burlington - 10am
What's their Energy plan & how does it work?
11:30 am - Tour & learn about the Intervale Farm Hub
For 35 years, we’ve led a community food revolution. We’ve pioneered game-changing initiatives like community-supported agriculture (CSA), large-scale composting, food hubs and farm incubators. We continue to innovate so that more good food is available for anyone who wants it.
https://www.intervale.org/mission-vision
1pm we end at - Flatbread Pizza in Burlington - https://burlington.americanflatbread.com/
Their dream was to open American Flatbread restaurants in local communities and to use this venue to bring back the “third place” and the values that this represents. American Flatbread Burlington Hearth is a unique place that has been established and sustained by our local community. It is a place to “share our food.” Our goal since we opened in 2004, is to provide a superior experience consisting of clean, wholesome food grown by local farmers, and made by artisans that care about the food they create. We take the time to do this because we believe that “Food Remembers,” and “Good Food Helps.”
Permaculture Design Certification at Welkinweir
Sept. 20 - Oct 2. – Class begins Monday September 21st at 10am - 4pm
You will be creating a map of the entire property and a Permaculture Master Plan, a future site vision for Welkinweir. Learning by doing in the class and graduating by creating an individual design for a site, project or concept of your choice. You will receive expert guidance in the class in creating designs and ongoing mentor support, after you receive your certification from us, in pursuing a career in anything related to Permaculture, Regenerative or Sustainable consultation and design.
FREE ONLINE PERMACULTURE COURSES
INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE
Tuesday, October 6th - 7PM
Permaculture addresses the major issues of our day with a whole systems approach. It is a worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies.
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History of Permaculture
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Designing Your Home, Farm & Business
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Regenerative Farming, Biodynamics and Climate Resiliency
WHAT IS PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION
Permaculture is a design process and a worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies by addressing our social justice and environmental issues.
OUR WORLD CLASS PERMACULTURE TEACHING TEAM
Adriana Magaña
Co Founder | Instructor
Adriana Magaña is an interdisciplinary artist and designer living with her family in Ellenville, NY. Adriana is inspired by her commitment to co-create a sustainable world with integrity and ethical values; a world based in nature and justice.
David Harper
Co Director of Permaculture Living Lands Trust has more than 30 years of work with conservation land trusts, community land trusts and local food and farming organizations, resulting in permanently preserving 8,000+ acres of farmland, natural areas, and cultural and historic sites in Pennsylvania.
Rhamis Kent
Rhamis Kent is a consultant with permaculture-based regenerative whole systems design serving as a registered certified Permaculture Design instructor with PRI Australia. He is a former co-director of the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI)
Larry Santoyo
Founder of the Permaculture Academy and lead instructor. He has been a teacher and practitioner of Permaculture Design for the 28+ years and spent over a decade studying and teaching with Bill Mollison.
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Clea Chandma
India on Tropical systems, Clea, from a ‘Genetics’, 'Ecology and Evolution', ‘Plant Breeding’ and a ‘Plant Molecular Physiology’ background (University of Cambridge, UK) and a Permaculture background (PDC : Bill Mollison; Geoff Lawton; Greg Knibbs; and Andrew Millison), is a recognised expert in Regenerative Systems. Her approach and methods are novel and rigorously developed over 30 years at her 'food forest' farm at the foothills of the Western Ghats in India.
BROOKLYN NY MEETUP
Friday - TBA - 7:00 PM EST
388 Atlantic Avenue
between Hoyt and Bond · Brooklyn, NY
JOIN OUR MONTHLY PERMACULTURE MEETUP
KINGSTON / NEW PALTZ NY
Tuesday - TBA - 7PM EST
Permaculture Student & Entrepreneurs
Testimonials and Reviews
"The online course is 100% worth it! I just completed the online 2020 permaculture certification course and was blown away by the amount of information I gained. The information itself is a healthy mix of bass-tacks-know-how (geared towards the Northeast), theoretical, analytical, biological, philosophical, cosmic, and spiritual. Because of this, the class is suited for anyone who is interested in learning or DOING permaculture. Andrew's knowledge is vast, informative, and sobering. You can't fake that. It becomes very clear within the first few minutes." - Ben Feistmann
https://www.rainyseasonsnursery.com/about
https://www.instagram.com/rainyseasonsnursery/
Permaculture Design is :
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A design science that provides a new model for economic development.
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Addressing the major social justice and environmental issues of our times from a whole systems perspective.
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A worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies.
The certification connects you to an international world of designer’s, architects, organic farmers, and communities who all recognize it as a legitimate passport to another level of knowledge.
Begins Feb 22 ends Apr 4
11 Weekend Sessions
Permaculture Design Certification Course NYC 2020
This course is the foundational 72 hour Permaculture Design Certification program, endorsed by PINA the Permaculture Institute of North America.We adapt our course to the northeastern corridor and to contemporary social and ecological issues in the United States and the world.
Our Permaculture design certification course imparts a positive and empowering vision for social and ecological transformation. We will train you to be a permaculture consultant who can apply the permaculture principles to a diversity of landscapes, scales and issues from rural to urban, and temperate to tropical environments.
Come be inspired by the possibilities of today and not by the fear of tomorrow!
We look forward to working with the next group of amazing humans ready to transform the world!
• Payment Plans and Paypal
• Flexible Scheduling
• Experienced Teaching Team
• Continued Mentoring
• Excellent Field Trips
• Learn to Apply Permaculture to Properties, Business Models, Social Structures and Regional Scale Designs.
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Introduction to Permaculture with Andrew Faust
The Brooklyn Commons -
Saturday February 1st - 10-5pm - $40
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Healing Yourself With Vital Foods and Conscious Living
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Eating Locally And In Season
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Doing More with Less-Making Your Own Ferments
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Choosing Healthy Products For Your Home and Family
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Holistic Solutions For City and Country Living
Permaculture is an ecological design science that offers insights and practical techniques for living fruitful and abundant lives.
Permaculture is addressing the major issues of our day from a whole systems view. It is a worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies.
Permaculture incorporates traditional methods, intuition, and in-depth site analysis. Learn how to create beneficial interrelationships in landscapes and infrastructures,create microclimates and design cultivated ecosystems.
Come and learn how to design an ecologically integrated and highly self sufficient Community Supported Farm, ecovillage, homestead, town or region. The confluence of climate change, economic collapse, peak oil and wide spread pollution are all pointing to a need for an articulate and comprehensive alternative.
Learn to live well with the earth!
Andrew Faust, one of New York City’s leading Ecological Design teachers, will describe a beautifully simple and effective way to transition from an inherently inefficient and polluting economy to a healthy and prosperous economy and infrastructure.