Ghana Permaculture Network Curriculum
Introduction to Permaculture
1.Introduction
2.Ethics, Principles, characteristics
Cultivated Ecology
1.Principles of ecology
2.methods of design
3.map
reading
4.climate
5.microclimate
6.soils
7.water and landscape
8.earthworks
9.plants
10.forest
11.windbreaks
12.patterns
in nature
DESIGNING PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPE
1.zone 0-
sitting and building homes
2.zone 1- the family food garden
3.zone 2- food forest and small animals
4.zone 3- cropping
and large animals
5.zone 4- harvesting forest
6.zone 5 - natural forest
INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY
1. weed ecology
2. wildlife management
3. integrated pest management
4. site analysis
5.
design graphics
6. creative problem solving
7. incomes from acre
8. aquaculture
9. designing against disaster
10.biotecnology
SOCIAL PERMACULTURE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
1.Bioregions
2.Ethical investments
3.Land access and ethics
4.Land ownership
5.Legal structures
6.Communities
7.Suburban
Permaculture
8.Urban Permaculture
