German Diploma pathway

Introduction

The usual international agreements between permaculture organizations form the basis of the diploma pathway in Germany: participation in a 72 hour course, minimum two years work on individual projects, two design tutors, 10 design projects. From 1984 until 2002, the Permaculture Association has offered the structure to become a permaculture designer with almost no administrative assistance. Since the founding of the Permaculture Academy in 2002, this basic concept has been extended
twice: 1.according to the British system with the help of Andy Langford and the British Academy, 2.according to the work of the German Academy founder Jascha Rohr and a concept team in 2007, using pattern language as a design tool. Diploma Pathway
The current education concept of the Permaculture Academy can bebriefly described as follows: