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Permaculture 2: Ecosystem Mimicry FALL 2025
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Week 2: Oct. 18 - Oct 24
Article: The Structure of Pattern Languages by Nikos A. Salingaros
Article: The Structure of Pattern Languages by Nikos A. Salingaros
More theory of pattern languages.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20161213103740id_/http://cacp.utsa.edu:80/images/uploads/TheStructureofPatternLanguages.pdf
link to open resource.
◄ Video: Nikos A. Salingaros on Pattern Language and Form Language
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TEMPLATE FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS
Schedule a Coaching Zoom
PDC Workbook (Optional Resource)
Reading: Course Overview and Format
Course Syllabus: PLEASE READ
Read more about Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute certificate
A0.1: Design Vision Board
A0.2 Questions about your Design Vision Board
A0.3: Participant Forum: Introduce Yourself
A0.4: Ecosystem Mimicry Self-Assessment
Video: What is Permaculture?
Reading: Essence of Permaculture by David Holmgren
A1.1: Base Map Revisions (Forum)
ASSIGNMENT 1.2 EXAMPLE: Ethics, Principles, Strategies, Techniques
A1.2 Forum: Ethics, Principles, Strategies, Techniques
ASSIGNMENT 1.3 EXAMPLE: Reflective writing
A1.3 Reflective Writing: Permaculture Design Principles
TED Talk: Biomimicry: Janine Benyus
TED Talk: Cradle to Cradle: William McDonough
Video: Reading the Landscape
Video: Natural Patterns and Design Solutions
Reading: What is a Pattern Language, Anyway?
ASSIGNMENT 2.1 EXAMPLE: Describing from Patterns to Details
A2.1: Describing from Patterns to Details
Participant Forum 2.2: Patterns and Pattern Language
TED Talk: The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
Video: Nikos A. Salingaros on Pattern Language and Form Language
Slides of Presentations (PDF)
Video: Soil Basics
Video: Compost Happens!
Video: Ray Archuleta on Soil Health (7 minutes)
Video: Vermicompost, A Living Soil Amendment. Video (9 minutes)
ASSIGNMENT 3.1 EXAMPLE: Test Your Soil
Activity 3.1: Test Your Soil
ASSIGNMENT 3.2 EXAMPLE: Make a plan for Spring Composting
Activity 3.2 Make a plan for Spring: Composting
ASSIGNMENT 3.3 EXAMPLE: Create a Soil Assessment Map
Activity 3.3 Create a Soil Assessment Map
Participant Forum 3.4: Soil Health
Reading: Selections from Cornell Garden Based Learning
Presentation: Water (Video, 40 minutes)
Presentations: Water in Permaculture Systems (Videos, 52 minutes)
Geoff Lawton - Swale Plume
ASSIGNMENT 4.1 EXAMPLE: Your Water Budget
Activity 4.1: Your Water Budget
ASSIGNMENT 4.2 EXAMPLE: Contour Mapping
Activity 4.2: Contour Mapping
ASSIGNMENT 4.3 EXAMPLE: Water Assessment Mapping
Activity 4.3: Water Assessment Mapping
Water Assessment Map Example
Participant Forum: Contour Mapping
Google Earth for Farmers: Intro
Google Earth for Farmers 2 - Draw and Measure
Water – Simple, Yet Complex with Craig Sponholtz (audio)
Earthworks to Capture Rainwater Runoff and Prevent Erosion (audio)
Water Harvesting with Brad Lancaster (audio)
Brad's Rainwater Harvesting website
Video: Trees and Forests (Narrated Lecture, 51 minutes).
Presentation: Agroforestry Systems (YouTube Videos)
ASSIGNMENT 5.1 EXAMPLE: Tree Research
Activity 5.1: Tree Research
ASSIGNMENT 5.2 EXAMPLE: Stacking in Time and Space
Activity 5.2: Stacking in Time and Space
Participant Forum: Your Polyculture
Learn to Cultivate Mushrooms - Cornell Resources
Paul Stamets: 6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World
Agroforestry with Steve Gabriel - Permaculture Podcast
Reading: Excerpts from Profitable Farms and Woodlands
Forest Farming: Growing Crops Under the Canopy of an Existing Forest (audio)
Hazelnuts. A Viable Broadacre Crop for the Midwest? - Phil Rutter (audio)
Farming the Woods (Steve's Book)
Food Forest Trial Garden Workshops
Animals in Permaculture Systems (Narrated Lecture, 46 minutes).
Presentation: Aquaculture and Aquaponics (Videos total ~ 48 minutes) Page
Video: Allan Savory: How to fight desertification and reverse climate change
Reading: Rabbits Love Roses
ASSIGNMENT 6.1 EXAMPLE: Site Assessment Summary
Activity 6.1: Site Assessment Summary
Forum 6.2: Animals in Your Landscape
Joel Salatin - Polyface Farm
Activity 6.x: Animal Integration Research
Need a certificate of completion? Please answer by November 21st
Information on gaining a Permaculture Design Certificate
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