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Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design

I have registered as an apprentice for the Diploma System 5.2 in November 2019 only a few days after finishing the Permaculture Design Certificate at High Heathercombe Center.

To be accredited with the Diploma I need to complete 10 Designs, which include a diverse choice of areas. You can see more about this in the table below.

Here are the 10 designs that I will be working on. These are not just random designs, they have been carefully chosen as you can see in the Action Learning Pathway design.

Design list

As the design work is still in progress you will notice that some are not complete and/or are not there at all. This is ok. I don’t expect to be finished with the whole portfolio until December 2021.

If you wish to learn more about my pacing and what I am doing with my time you can have a look at the Action Learning Pathway which includes a time table of my planned activities.

1

tree of life
  • Design: Action Learning Pathway
  • Design Framework: SADIMET
  • Design Tools: River of Life, Gantt Chart, Web of connections, Journaling
  • Holmgren’s domain: Education & Culture
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Education
  • Main application: Personal life & work

2

  • Design: One year internship
  • Design Framework: SADIMET
  • Design Tools: Input output analysis, SWOT analysis, Income flow chart, Function analysis
  • Holmgren’s domain: Finances & economics, Education & Culture
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Administration / Community Development / Education
  • Main application: Personal life & work, Personal & Collective level

3

  • Design: Creating a learning environment
  • Design Framework: GOBRADIMET
  • Design Tools:
  • Holmgren’s domain: Education & Culture
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Education / Community Development
  • Main application: Personal life & work, Personal & Collective level

4

  • Design: Increase functions of the Mandala Garden
  • Design Framework: GOBRADIMET
  • Design Tools:
  • Holmgren’s domain: Education & Culture
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Site design
  • Main application: Personal life & work, Personal & Collective level

5

  • Design: Diploma Student Focus Week
  • Design Framework: Design Web
  • Design Tools:
  • Holmgren’s domain: Education & Culture
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Education / Community development / Culture and Communication
  • Main application: Work Collective / global level

6

  • Design: Food sovereignty
  • Design Framework: GOBRADIMET
  • Design Tools: Design Web
  • Holmgren’s domain: Education, Finance
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Education / Community development
  • Main application: Personal level / Collective level

7

  • Design: My personal space
  • Design Framework: SADIMET
  • Design Tools:
  • Holmgren’s domain: Health, spirituality and well being
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Site Design
  • Main application: Personal level, Personal life

8

  • Design: iLAND registration – <name of project tbd>
  • Design Framework: CEAP
  • Design Tools:
  • Holmgren’s domain: Education & Culture
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Education / Administration / Community development
  • Main application: Work, Collective level

9

  • Design: Aquaponics setup
  • Design Framework: SADIMET
  • Design Tools:
  • Holmgren’s domain: Tools & Technology
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Site design
  • Main application: Work, Collective level

10

  • Design: <friends> property design – location open
  • Design Framework: GOBRADIMET
  • Design Tools:
  • Holmgren’s domain: Land & nature stewardship
  • Areas in Diploma System – categories: Site design
  • Main application: Work, Collective level