Dear permie!
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1) Universities
2) Other (mainly full time) education providers
3) Shorter education providers
4) Online-supported education
5) Alternatives to traditional education providers – particularly interesting places offering less structured internships, wwoofing, etc.
6) a) Wwoofing/volunteering in Middle/South America
6) b) Other places in Middle/South America that might be worth checking out
7) Sources used to compile these lists
1) Universities:
Note: These have permaculture as a small or larger part of some of their curriculums. Please contact the individual university for further details. Permaculture has not really reached academia yet, though there are groups of people on several continents working on this matter. If you’re into permaculture and looking for higher education, there might be lots of interesting courses out there. Some people say that agroecology is the academic equivalent to permaculture. There are also lots and lots of organic and biodynamic agriculture educations, as well as sustainable living, building, engineering or landscaping educations – and so on! 🙂
Australia (The link only informs about online courses, but here is info I got in an email from them: “The other course available is a permaculture Cert IV or Diploma face to face at our organic farm in Thurgoona near Albury. We have international organic farming interns doing either organic farming or permaculture diplomas, who come here for 12 months and then do a project either here or somewhere else.”)http://permaculture.riverinainstitute.wikispaces.net/
This might be part of the same system/school, they offer 1-2 year permaculture programmes (details unclear)http://www.decinternational.nsw.edu.au/search/courses/-/tism/package/77
Brazil (the university has some permaculture focus, details unknown)http://permacultura.ufsc.br/
Germany (permaculture courses for students as part of a sustainability lecture in cooperation with a community permaculture garden run by students on the campus. Taught in German)http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/studium/studienangebot/studium-professionale/schwerpunkte/nachhaltigkeit.html
Global (Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Integrative Ecosocial Design: blended model-online courses for Orientation and Content, as well as project based learning (in local communities) with documentation in ePortfolios. They also offer International Diploma of Permaculture Design)http://www.gaiauniversity.org
Switzerland (Elena Tarozzo includes permaculture in her lessons at the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences)http://www.zhaw.ch/en
The Netherlands (some permaculture courses and a master’s degree in organic agriculture)http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Chair-groups/Plant-Sciences/Farming-Systems-Ecology-Group.htm
USA (bachelor’s degree and one year EcoFarmer)http://www.mum.edu/sustainable-living/academics/degree-requirements andhttp://www.mum.edu/sustainable-living/ecofarmer
USA (bachelor’s degree)http://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/
USA (unknown which programmes include permaculture)http://www.pdx.edu/
USA (unknown which programmes include permaculture)http://landarch.uoregon.edu/
USA (Bastyr University is one of four schools in the U.S. that offer a permaculture certificate or qualification. It is the only accredited permaculture program and the only one with a focus on the therapeutic value of a medicinal and edible landscape)http://www.bastyr.edu/academics/areas-study/certificate-holistic-landscape-design
USA (bachelor’s degree)https://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/SFF-BS
USA (college giving university credits through Western State Colorado University. 1-2 years)http://www.wildernesscollege.com/wilderness-certification.html
USA (undergraduate and graduate environmental studies)http://evergreen.edu/studies/environmental-studies.html
2) Other (mainly full time) education providers:
Australia (unknown what they offer)http://elthamcollege.vic.edu.au/abouteltham/sustainability/permaculture/
Australia (college. Several year-long studies and educational internships)http://permaculture.com.au/accredited-training/ andhttp://permaculture.com.au/product-category/courses/internships/
Australia (accredited permaculture training, certificate 1 through 4 and the diploma. The best way to find out who has current offerings of this course would be to contact Permaculture Australia)http://permacultureaustralia.org.au/
Ghana (university college)http://kitaghana.org/
Ireland (1-2 years of sustainable horticulture / permaculture)http://kinsalecollege.ie/index.php/2013-10-15-11-47-34/fetac-level-5/sustainable-horticulture-permaculture
New Zealand (1 year full-time)http://www.op.ac.nz/study/sustainable-practice/
Scotland (many different programs of various lengths)http://www.findhorn.org/workshops/#.UzqFRFfttKE
The Netherlands (private school for professionals in permaculture education. Non-accredited 4-year course at EQF level 5-8 (vocational to PhD). Integral learning community concept covering all functions. Internships) For more information please email: leo@aardwerk.org
USA (college)www.gcc.mass.edu/farmandfoodsystems/faculty/#
USA (4-12 month educational apprenticeships)http://www.polyfacefarms.com/apprenticeship/
USA (8 month practicum in permaculture and agroecology)http://www.aprovecho.net/programs/3-week-permaculture-design-course/agroecology-and-permaculture/
3) Shorter permaculture education providers:
Australia (3 and 8 week educational internships)http://permaculturesunshinecoast.org/courses/
Canada (6 & 8 week courses)http://seven-ravens.com/academy/courses/
Global (Ecovillage Design Education (EDE). Integrates the social, worldview, ecological and economic dimensions of sustainability)http://www.gaiaeducation.net/index.php/en/join-our-programmes.html
Israel (Internships, but also positions for volunteers)http://bustanqaraaqa.weebly.com/internship-positions.html
Israel (2, 4, 7 & more week courses/work experiences)http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/ga/
New Zealand (4 week and 10 week educational internships and also apprenticeships)http://www.koanga.org.nz/courses/ andhttp://www.koanga.org.nz/opportunities/
Peru (1-3 month educational internships and volunteering)http://kawaymonti.org/cob-apprenticeship/ andhttp://kawaymonti.org/volunteer-program/
Scotland (2 month hands-on PDC)http://www.earth-ways.co.uk/hands-on-permaculture/#.U2lNrldXG-U
South Africa (permaculture course followed by a 3 month internship for young people with a “disadvantaged background”)http://www.seed.org.za
South Africa (courses, internship and volunteering)http://www.berg-en-dal.co.za
Sweden (8-10 week educational internships)http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com
Thailand (permaculture educator internships)http://www.raktamachat.org/internships/intern/
USA (A PDC combined with apprenticeship, and the opportunity of various apprenticeships. Prospect Rock Permaculture also runs PDC for credit at the University of Vermont, Sterling College, St. Michael’s College(all Vermont, USA), and Paul Smiths College (Vermont, New York State))http://prospectrockpermaculture.wordpress.com/education/advanced-permaculture-design-courses-apdc/ andhttp://prospectrockpermaculture.wordpress.com/opportunities/
USA (7 months skill building program)http://www.permacultureportal.com/visits_skill_building.html
USA (2-several month educational internship and also courses)http://lostvalley.org/internship-program/
USA (1-many month educational internships)http://www.thefarm.org/etc/etcapprentices.html
USA (2-12 month work and learn programmes)https://yestermorrow.org/programs/work-and-learn-program/
USA (courses of various lengths, internships and volunteering)http://kinstonecircle.com
4) Online-supported permaculture education:
Various permaculture courseshttp://www.acsedu.co.uk/courses/Permaculture-and-Self-Sufficiency-Courses.aspx
Integral permaculture courseshttp://www.integralpermaculture.org/courses
Diplomahttp://www.gaiacraft.com/gaiacraft-courses/category/advanced-diploma-courses
EDE (?)http://www.gaiaeducation.net/index.php/en/sustainability-online.html
Free PDC (without cert.)http://www.permaculturedesigntraining.com/
PDChttp://www.regenerative.com/online-permaculture-design-certificate
PDChttp://www.permacultureeducation.com/index.php
5) Alternatives to traditional education providers – particularly interesting places offering less structured internships, wwoofing, etc. (There might be links in this category that could have been put in list number 3, let me know if you have suggestions for changes!)
Australia (3 month internships):http://www.purplepearfarm.com.au/internships-2
Australia (2-3 month internships)http://www.transitionfarm.com/index.php/our-farm/internships/
Australia (wwoofing)http://www.milkwoodpermaculture.com.au/milkwood-farm/working-at-milkwood
Australia (wwoofing)http://permaculturesunshinecoast.org/wwoofers-volunteer-workers/
Belize (internships)http://www.mmrfbz.org/Visit_intern_volunteer.html
Bulgaria (volunteering)http://www.balkep.org/volunteers.html
Costa Rica (3, 6 and 12 month internships, also volunteering)http://www.ranchomastatal.com/pages/links/page.php?Grouping=Volunteer&PageName=internship
Dom. Republic (3 month internships)http://tainofarm.com/education-and-work/permaculture-aquaponics-internship-dominican-republic/
Ecuador (internships, goat cheese apprenticeship and volunteering)http://sacredsuenos.wordpress.com/contribute-2/
El Salvador (internships):http://permacultura.com.sv/join-us
Ethiopia (jobs, internships, volunteering)http://www.permalodge.org/volunteering/
Guatemala (1 month internships and work trade)http://www.theyogaforest.org/permacultureinternships/ andhttp://www.theyogaforest.org/worktrade-opportunities/
India (internships)http://www.navdanya.org/internships
Indonesia (internships)http://jiwadamai.net/education-activities#program1
Kenya (various internships)http://www.pri-kenya.org/involved/volunteer/
Maltahttp://permaculturemalta.org/bahrija-oasis/wwoofing/
Nepal (volunteering)http://himalayanpermaculture.com/#/volunteers-work/4573685429
New Zealandhttp://wilderland.org.nz/wpress/?page_id=387
Nicaragua (3 month internship, 6 month co-creator positions and other opportunities)http://www.inanitah.com/living/volunteering/
Nicaragua (min. 3 month internships and also volunteering)http://projectbonafide.com/support/internships/ andhttp://projectbonafide.com/support/volunteer-internships/
Norway (wwoofing)http://www.observatory-permaculturefarm.com/?lang=en
Romania (permaculture farm school offering volunteering)http://www.wwoof.ro/index.php?p=farmdetails&f=60&l=en
South Africahttp://rucore.org.za/volunteer-learn/
Sweden (wwoofing and half price on courses for wwoofers)http://stjärnsund.nu/en/permakultur-stjarnsund/volunteer-permaculture/
Tanzania (atm 12 month permaculture internship available from July)http://www.foodwatershelter.org.au/volunteerwithus.aspx
Thailand (wwoofing)http://ecovillage.asia/?page_id=54
Thailand (volunteering)http://www.mindfulness-project.org/en/volunteersE.html
Thailand (volunteering)http://www.panyaproject.org/get-involved/
Turkey (several farms taking wwoofers, write permaculture in the search bar)http://www.bugday.org/bugdaygil/Tatuta/?p=0
USA (apprenticeships and jobs)http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/employment-and-internships/
USA (internships and volunteering)http://www.highere.org/info-for-volunteers/
USAhttp://www.dancingrabbit.org/visit-dancing-rabbit-ecovillage/work-exchange/
USA (natural building internships and apprenticeships)http://www.quailsprings.org/natural-building-internshipapprenticeship/
Vietnam (volunteering)http://ffs.org.vn/eng/index.php
6) a) Permaculture related wwoofing/volunteering in Middle/South America:
(note that there are some Middle/South American places in the previous lists that offers wwoofing/volunteering in addition to their courses/internships, those are not listed again here)
Argentinahttp://www.mamaroja.org/get-involve/volunteer/
Argentinahttp://www.ecoyogapark.com.ar/p/styletext-align-center-classseparator.html
Argentinahttp://shamballapermaculture.com/participate/volunteer/
Argentinahttp://www.itekoa.com.ar/help-us
Argentinahttp://www.gaia.org.ar/willing-worker/
Belizehttp://www.stand-center.com/stand-center.com/internships.html
Belizehttp://www.mmrfbz.org/Visit_intern_volunteer.html
Boliviahttp://www.sachawasi.org/eng/volunteering_eng.html
Costa Ricahttp://themonkeyfarm.org/live-volunteers/
Costa Rica (jobs, internships and volunteers)http://puntamona.org/permaculture-design-courses-5
Costa Rica (wwoofing)http://fincainti.com/woofers.html
Costa Rica (volunteering)https://www.facebook.com/Iriecycles
Ecuador (offers CHOCOLATE MAKING as part of the volunteer work)http://wisdomforest.org.4go.to/english/Voluntary_Work.html
Ecuadorhttp://www.riomuchacho.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=5&Itemid=4
Ecuadorhttp://www.rhiannon-community.org/volunteers.htm
Guatemalahttp://www.greennewworld.org/Volunteer.html
Jamaicahttp://www.thesourcefarm.com/get-involved/volunteer
Jamaicahttp://www.blueparadisefarms.com/can-you-help/
Nicaraguahttp://www.opwr.org/
Venezuelahttp://www.peacevillages.org/intern-volunteer.html
And also this one in Peru is a personal favourite, not writing anything about wwoofers, thoughhttp://chaikuni.org/en/
6) b) The following places don’t inform in particular that they accept wwoofers, but they might be worth asking (for various reasons)
Brazil, institute that is into permaculturehttp://www.institutocarakura.org.br/index.php?mod=pagina&id=13048
Brazil, big perma center, no info about volunteering in Englishhttp://www.ecocentro.org/?lang=en
Brazil, ecovillagehttp://ecoviladamontanha.wordpress.com/contato/
Brazil, ecovillagehttp://www.piracanga.com/index.php/en/centro/localizacao
Brazilhttp://terrauna.org.br/en/contato/
Chile, PRIs Master Plan site, no info in Englishhttp://elmanzano.org/
Chilehttp://lemulawen.blogspot.no/
Dom. Republichttp://tainofarm.com/education-and-work/life-as-a-volunteer-intern/
Guatemalahttp://www.theyogaforest.org/
Mexico, ecovillagehttp://www.huehuecoyotl.net/
Mexicohttp://lasenda-ecovillage.blogspot.no/
Peruhttp://www.ecotrulypark.org/es/inicio/
Uruguayhttp://www.permaculturauruguay.com/
Venezuela, young ecovillagehttp://www.ekobius.org/
7) Sources used to compile these lists (in addition to personal contact with national and local organizations and institutions)
Global Ecovillage Networkhttp://gen.ecovillage.org/index.php/ecovillages/worldmap.html
Worldwide Permaculture Networkhttp://www.permacultureglobal.com/projects?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=&type=&climate=&commit=Filter
(Mainly) short courseshttp://permaculture.org.uk/courses and http://www.permaculture.co.uk/courses and http://www.permacourses.com/
Free additional site to wwoofing in North Americahttps://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/internships/
Permaculture Paths 
Hey- thanks for linking to our courses!
Prospect Rock Permaculture (Vermont’s Permaculture Institute) also runs full Permaculture Design Certification Courses for credit at the University of Vermont, Sterling College, St .Michael’s College(all Vermont, USA), and Paul Smiths College (Vermont, New York State).
The University of Vermont program is the United States’ oldest permaculture design class in a University setting, and now offers a full PDC for 5 credits twice each semester and once during the summer (based at Willow Crossing Farm).
Sterling College is a small college which focuses primarily on sustainable agriculture and outdoor education degrees. The entire campus is a working diversified farm, which provides the school’s cafeteria with the majority of its food.
While Permaculture has an ambiguous relationship with academia generally, it was actually first introduced to the United States by folks working with the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE), which was a part of Goddard College at the time. At least, this is the first import of the book ‘Permaculture One’ that we know of. The ISE was a practice-based program which frontiered the exploration of the intersection of social and environmental issues, and ecological design. Its graduates include well know permaculture practitioners Dave Jacke, Eric Toensmeier, Jonathan Bates, Grace Gershuny, and Keith Morris.
Thanks, included 🙂
http://www.parqueeducativosolar.cl está en Chile. Y recibimos voluntarios desde el año 2008.
http://www.puntamona.org center for sustainable living and education receives volunteers, PDC and internships! Thanks for all the info!
In costa rica 🙂
Thanks, included! 🙂
The link from The Netherlands is not working–> “Page not found”.
Thanks, I’ve fixed it! 🙂
Hi! There are several places in norway holding shorter courses, like sletta pemakultursenter and alvastien telste. Maybe worth to give a link to the norwegian assosiations site, where courses in norway are listed? 🙂 Hege
Thanks, Hege! Actually, your post gave me another idea. I should make a list with web adresses to all the national permaculture assocations, so that people can contact them directly if they have a specidifc country they would like to visit in combination with permaculture! 🙂