Table of Contents

Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton (2005). Permaculture Design Course

Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton. 2005. Permaculture Design Course. Available from udemy.com/course/permaculture-design-course (online content) and powells.com/book/permaculture-design-course-13-disc-dvd-set-1110000041488.

From the latter link:

“The Permaculture Design Certificate Course was filmed in September 2005 at The University of Melbourne. Using a professional production team. The entire course is presented by Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton. Each disc has (+/-) 4.5 hours of content, 58.5 hours total for the set. The last disc finishes up Chapter 14, student questions, the design assignment, graduation, round table and conclusion to the course.

“There were 13 hours of the course devoted to students producing their designs (2 hours with Geoff mentoring, students also worked after class hours to complete their designs) the student design presentations (7.5 hours, big class!), the graduation day, round table, conclusion, and the where to from here? discussion (6 hours). The entire footage of these 13 hours is reduced to a delightful 60 minute (+/-) collage for the viewer.”


1. The Journey Begins

2. Lifeweb

3. Methods of Design

4. Overview and Review

5. Concepts and Themes in Design

6. Resources

7. Pattern Understanding

8. Application of Pattern

9. Climate and Landscape Profiles

10. Climates

11. Landscape Profiles

12. Questions and Desert

13. Desert Resources

14. Deserts and Islands

15. Islands and Wetlands

16. Wetlands and Questions

17. Tree Energy Transactions, Part I

18. Tree Energy Transactions, Part II

19. Forests, Part I

20. Forests, Part II

21. Water, Part I

22. Water, Part II

23. Water, Part III (Dams)

24. Water, Part IV

25. Soils, Part I

26. Soils, Part II

27. Soils, Part III

28. Soils, Part IV

29. Questions and Earthworks

30. Aquaculture

31. Active Design

32. Dam Case Studies

33. Housing, Part I

34. Housing, Part II

35. Housing, Part III

36. Questions and Permaculture Design Manual, Chapter 14, Part I

37. Permaculture Design Manual, Chapter 14, Part II

38. Permaculture Design Manual, Chapter 14, Part III

39. Questions

40. Assignment and Conclusion