What will you learn in our #SABERES certified Permaculture Design training? Exactly—SABERES: knowledge for a possible future! We’ll share information, resources, and skills that will help us navigate our increasingly challenging world. Our goal is to empower ourselves—as individuals and as a community—with the knowledge that enables us to live in harmony with our ecosystem, so that we can continue to thrive within it for many years to come.
You may remember the #SABERES permaculture workshop we co-organized with the Sembrares team for International Permaculture Day in 2021—a year still marked by the pandemic and truly the beginning of our online “journey.”
We’ve chosen the same topics represented by the acronym #SABERES as the pillars of our training for a resilient life in the face of the future that lies ahead (or is it already here?).
In our opinion, we need to educate ourselves further as a society on the following topics:
Food Sovereignty
Water
Green Building
Energy
Personal and Social Resilience
Education
Sistémica
KNOWLEDGE for a possible future.
By gaining a better understanding of the fundamentals of these concepts, we believe we can better design one (or more) PERMACULTURE(S)!
Here is a more detailed breakdown of the content for each module of La Casa Integral’s #SABERES training program.
Please remember that
| M1 | Welcome | Welcome Introductions Learning Community Reflection on Your Expectations Design Motivation & Vision Learning in Action | |
| M2 | Introduction to PCs | History of Permaculture Our Context Today Ethics and Principles Design Process Design Methodologies, Tools, and Frameworks (MHM) Strategies and Techniques | |
| M3 | Food Sovereignty | Climate & Microclimates Soil Fertility Regenerative Agriculture Forest Gardens Analog Forestry Nutrition and Diet | |
| M4 | Water | Hydrological Cycle Characteristics of Water Water in the Landscape Collection, Storage, and Distribution Domestic Water, including Wastewater Basics Natural Pool | |
| M5 | Green Building | Traditional Construction in Your Area Bioclimatic Design Natural Materials Eco-Friendly Industrial Materials Straw Bale Construction (one technique among many) “Permaculture Construction”? | |
| M6 | Energy | Energy: What Is It? Ecological Footprint Appropriate Technology An Example: A Thermal Mass Rocket Stove Personal Energy Economy & Degrowth | |
| M7 | Feedback | Review of the Design Process Best Practices: Project Examples Assessment Tools Evaluation of the Training So Far The 4 Questions Celebration | |
| M8 | Personal and Social Resilience | The Concept of Resilience Invisible Structures Emotional Permaculture – Our Inner Landscape From the Self to the Collective & Collective Intelligence Decolonization Living in Community: Ecovillages, Cooperatives, the Transition Network & Urban Permaculture | |
| M9 | Education | History of Public and Compulsory Education PermaEduca: Integrating Environmental Education into Schools The Garden as a Cross-Curricular Educational Tool What Is Action Learning? Holistic Education: Head, Hands, & Heart “Blended Learning” or Hybrid/Mixed Learning | |
| M10 | Systemic | Ecology – Ecosophy – Deep Ecology Integral Ecology Origins of Systems Thinking GAIA Theory Leverage Points Examples of Intervention | |
| M11 | Collaborative Tools | Working in Cross-Border Groups Online Collaborative Tools Liberating Structures Online Facilitation Constructive Empathetic Communication Conflict Resolution | |
| M12 | Final Design | Public Speaking “Elevator Pitch” & “Deck” Retention Scale Presentation Preparation What’s Next? Questions & Concerns |
Find out the dates for the next event by emailing us at info@lacasaintegral.org
Let’s be the change we want to see in the world!