The concept of Permaculture is recently gaining popularity all across the globe. Most often individuals find it extremely difficult to locate details about the best training programs in Permaculture Design. Here is the crisp list of permaculture farms hosting Permaculture Design Course in India, with the comparison summary table provided at the end. for more details and comparison of all the PDC courses.
1. Aranya Alternatives Agriculture
The PDC at Aranya is hosted by Narsanna Koppula, (who is also a mentee of Permaculture Pioneer Bill Mollison and Dr. Venkat) at his 11 acre farm in Bidakaane, Telangana. This 13-day Residential program is extensively covers topics like, Permaculture Principles, Studying the landscape, Soils, Composting, Water Harvesting- Grey and Black water management, Food Forest, Animal integration, Biodiversity Conservation, Food Preservation, etc. It is offered regularly every month throughout the year.
Loaded with highly immersive hands-on-learning activities, this course is a life changing experience. It completely transforms the way you look at Earth, Soil, Plants and Animals thereafter. Not Just the above mentioned Permaculture Design Course, Aranya also offers training on Advanced Permaculture, BioChar, Advanced Earthworks and Water Harvesting Structures. Having personally attended my PDC here, I highly Recommend enrolling in any of their programs.
Narsanna with his Soil Latte 🙂
2. Solitude Farm
Solitude Farm is a part of Auroville city, located to the South of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The restorative agriculture workshops at Solitude Farm vary from One-day workshop to Three-day weekend Retreats. This farm also offers volunteering and internship opportunities all year long. It is one of the very few experimental sustainable community based city in the world. Golden opportunity to learn, gain first hand experience and network with the fellow ecology enthusiasts .
Outdoor Sessions with Krishna Mackenzie
3. The Art of Living Ashram, Bangalore
The Art of Living Ashram’s has a 7 acre model permaculture farm established on an originally barren hill in Bangalore. It offers a 9 day Residential Retreat to study and experience the landscape transformed by using the Permaculture Ethics and Principles. The curriculum is facilitated by Mr. Binay Kumar, popularly known as “man in the bus” from his viral video. The added advantage of attending this retreat is that you will get to stay in the Art of Living’s International Yoga Centre.
Binay Kumar with his riches in Seed Savers Talk
6. Navdanya
Dedicated to the service of mother Earth, the beloved community of Vandana Shiva- is living the philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam( World is One Family). It hosts a one month long Return to earth- A-Z of Biodiversity, Agroecology, And Regenerative Organic Farming course and many other courses on climate justice such as, Earth Democracy, Ecofeminism, Gandhi and his Triple Peace.
4. Kokan Permaculture
Located in the highly diverse coastal belt of Maharashtra, The Kokan Permaculture is managing farms at two locations in Murad(Thane) and Nate(Ratnagiri). It offers a 4 month blended Permaculture Design Course(PDC) including both Online and Offline modules.
5. Tribe Permaculture
Tribe Permaculture holds a 13 day holistic Permaculture design learning program on a 1-acre model farm in Theia Farms, located 60 kms away from the city of Hyderabad, Telangana.
7. Dharmalya
Dharmalaya offers a 6 month residential internship program for Permaculture and Organic Farming Gardening. The Application process for this program is quite extensive, which requires the completion of a set of prerequisites to be eligible for the program.
8. Swayyam
Based in lush green landscape of Nilgiris, Swayyam also occasionally offers both short (2 or 3 days) and long( 16 days) residential course on Regenerative Agriculture.
9. Navadarshanam
A 4-day Sustainable farming- Permaculture program at Navadarshanam, (Tamil Nadu)is designed for anyone interested in growing their own food and gaining a basic foundational knowledge of holistic living.
10. Geeli Mitti
Geeli Mitti is originally focused on Natural Building programs in Himachal Pradesh. However, it also occasionally offers a 16 day workshop on Natural Farming.
Includes Tents and Shared Dormitory, separate for males and females On-Site living, More info https://auroville.org/page/solitude-farm-workshops great opportunity to visit Solitude Cafe, Sadhana Forest there long term volunteer opportunity available Campus Living *Bonus- enjoy Yoga experience at the International Art of Living Ashram, Bangalore Campus Living- More info https://www.navdanya.org/courses-at-earth-university-2022-2023 volunteer opportunity available Paid accommodationVaries between 900-6000/person depending on preference More info https://geelimitti.in/geeli-mitti-events/pdc/ volunteer opportunity available(need to pay the living expense) Campus living- More info https://dharmalaya.in/programmes/internships/internship-in-permaculture-and-organic-gardening-himalayas volunteer opportunity available -Insta @swayyam_permaculture volunteer opportunity available
PDC Location
Duration
Fee & Frequency
Amenities
Aranya Alternatives Agriculture
Bidakanne, Hyderabad13 day, Residential
20,000 INR ( Indian Residents)25, 000 INR(International)
–offered REGULARLY every Month
Includes morning tea+ porridge followed by 3 highly nutritional seasonal south Indian Meals with 2 Tea breaks with yummy snacks everyday
Solitude Farm
Auroville1 day mini permaculture workshop
3 day workshopINR 14,500
Offered regularly
Art of Living Ashram
Bangalore9 day Residential
Not Offered regularly
More info https://bangaloreashram.org/permaculture/
Navdanya
Doon Valley, Uttarakhand1 month Residential
Not Offered regularly
Geeli Mitti
Himachal Pradesh16 day Residential
INR 35,000 (425 USD)
Not Offered regularly
Dharmalaya
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh6 month Residential
Prerequisites required
Not Offered regularly
Kokan Permacutlure
Maharashtra3.5 month blended( Online+ Offline)
INR 46,000
Not Offered regularlyMostly Offline, one week on-Site
Upcoming from June 08-Sept 29. Register http://www.kokanpermaculture.com/index.html
Tribe Permaculture
Hyderabad13 day + 1 month InternshipResidential
INR 26,000
Not Offered regularly-More info https://www.tribepermaculture.com/general-8
Swayyam
Yellachatti village(Nilgiris), Karnataka16 day Residential
INR 42,000(Indian)INR 45,000( International)
Not Offered regularly
Navadarshanam
Gumalapuram, Tamil Nadu4 day Residential
Not Offered regularly
-More info https://navadarshanam.org/?page_id=246
I hope the above information is useful for you. The missing details in the table will be updated as available in the future.
If you would like to explore the Online Permaculture Design Course directory, check it out here. Please do leave a comment if you have any questions, suggestions or doubts.
Have an adventurous Permaculture Design Journey ahead! 🙂
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