Sustainable Settlement, Ecovillage & Transition Planning

Design as if the Earth and People Really Mattered

Professional Development training with Robyn Francis

• Sustainable Urban and Rural Settlements, Ecovillage Design & Social Ecology

• Participatory Planning, Transition Towns and Regional Strategies

• Foundation training for APT Diploma of Permaculture Flexible Learning studies

This course is for people involved or interested in planning, designing & creating sustainable human settlements: ecovillages, intentional communities, co-housing, ecological developments, revitalising existing rural & urban communities.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity for professional development in sustainable design and community facilitation with one of permacultures leading designers and educators  at  Djanbung Permaculture Gardens, Nthn NSW.

Creative solutions for sustainable community development, holistic planning and community cooperation to meet the challenges of a post-carbon future. This course is will empower you with tools and skills to translate dreams into reality, identify pathways and develop strategies in partnership with people and nature to create vibrant communities in harmony with nature and a reduced footprint on the earth.

Course topics include:
- Local to Global Perspectives on ESD, Footprints, responding to climate change, peak oil and globalisation
- Bioregional and social catchment planning, land ownership and patterns of human settlements
- Working with planning laws and legal frameworks
- Land tenure options, residents agreements, community management, governance & by-laws
- Social, legal, economic and ecological parameters in design
- Working with spirit of place and fostering sense of place
- Social ecology & design in the physical landscape
- Design for the full human life-cycle & diverse lifestyle needs
- Practical approach to diverse settlement types & forms: Co-housing, expanded houses, hamlet, urban & rural village design, building new & retrofitting existing communities
- Innovative options for services & technologies: household to community  scale
- Facilitating participatory planning, community consultation, problem solving and participatory design
- Decision-making, conflict resolution & mediation

This course provides the foundation training for a cluster of units leading to the APT Diploma of Permaculture including:

PIL503A Develop a strategic plan for a permaculture project

PIL506A Design and plan a sustainable settlement

PIL507A Research and interpret requirements for a permaculture project

PIL510A Prepare a community and bioregional development strategy

PIL511A Facilitate participatory planning and learning activities

PIL512A Plan community governance and decision-making processes