Permaculture

For The People

A Permaculture Design Course with a focus on community Bundjalung Country -Mullumbimby NSW

2 August - 1 November 2026

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Taking place on Bundjalung Country Mullumbimby, this systems design course is underpinned by the foundation of indigenous sovereignty and tangible actions that affirm this. We collectively recognise the historical & present impacts of colonisation and are accountable to redesign our human systems in respectful partnership with First Nations self determination.

This course is designed to inspire learners to confidently build permaculture systems for themselves, our food systems, our communities & to contribute regeneratively to ecological, cultural & economic world systems. 

Join us for a 14 week, hands-on, excursion filled time of connection as you learn permaculture design processes, practices, ethics and principles. We will hear from a number of guest teachers exemplifying the many ways permaculture is practiced in this region & how context changes everything. 

This course is made for people wanting to “tap in” to community, for people seeking strategies, techniques & skills to enable meaningful change. This PDC covers foundational land-based design & addresses design for young people and people of diverse lived experiences, moving beyond traditional ‘lifestyle block permaculture’ into designing for diverse resources, stability & capacity. 

The teaching team draws from their Indigenous, queer and disabled perspectives on permaculture and implementing systems design from planetary, national, state, social enterprise, community, household & personal levels in their own back yards. This course is context driven & designed for direct application into your life. 

Learning Outcomes

  • A deep understanding & practice of permaculture ethics and design principles to take into your life and community

  • A working knowledge of systems thinking and how we can design from patterns in nature

  • Develop strategies and permaculture practices around soil, water, fungi, climate, zoning, sustainable housing and ecology

  • The cultivation, propagation and preparation of foods most climate appropriate for the northern rivers

  • Learn more about food sovereignty and permacultures place in bioregional food security

  • How permaculture can prepare us to adapt and respond to disaster (climate, social and economic)

  • How to take permaculture beyond the back yard and how social and economic design are integrated into permaculture.

  • How to take these practices to build an abundant and equitable life for people and planet

  • Where permaculture sits in an ecosystem of social change and how we can support and integrate with other movements (think global, act local)

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