Activities we do with the New School Permaculture

The New School Permaculture is a non formal school with the vision to create harmonious social and ecological learning environments.

Our Mission is to focus our energy on researching and developing 
sustainable educational methods to inspire active elements of change in this world.

The intention with our courses is to empower our students so that 
they become more connected with their dreams and passions and 
more aware about how to create beneficial connections that will 
contribute to our local and global dreams.




All courses are taught by Helder Valente and by the New School Permaculture team and most of them are at Atlantis Food Forest .


PDC - Permaculture Design Course

The PDC is based on the ethics and principles of Permaculture: earth care, people care and fair share, providing practical solutions to the global crises we are currently facing.
Permaculture is a sustainable design system that provides for human needs while having positive effects on the surrounding environment. 

The subjects covered during the PDC include:

The ethics and principles of Permaculture
Learning strategies
Educational Methods
Reading the landscape
Pattern in design
Biodiversity
Water preservation
Forest and trees
Soils building
Buildings and natural construction
Community development
Climates
Alternative economies




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FFC - Food Forest Course

On the FFC you will learn about forest gardening and how to develop and maintain a food forest. 
The concepts that you will learn can applyed on any other climate of the world.

The subjects covered during the FFC include:
Agro ecology
Food Forest creation and management
How to combine fruits and veggies
Plants and tres species
How, when and where to plant
Climate zones
Social forests



PSC - Permaculture Social Course


The SPC is designed to be useful to anyone who interacts with others. So unless you are a hermit, that´s you! 
You will learn how to design and take care for ourselves, our communities and the planet.

The subjects covered during the PSC include:

Positive communication
Intentional communities
Social organisation
Conflict resolution
Project management
Decision making
Power of celebration
Alternative economies
New School Education














PTC - Permaculture Teacher  Course

In TPC you will learn about what are the main patterns in education and how to manage them in a way that the students get empowered. 

How to design a lesson and a classroom, how to develop a course, 
promotion and preparations, hosting and celebration. 

How to teach a PDC or any other course of any kind and how to make  a living out of it, supporting the needs of nature and of people. 

The subjects covered during the PTC include:
Class vision
Learning styles
Schools social systems
Learning strategies
Education Methods
Social pattern in Design
Biodiversity
PDC and courses content 



PIV - Permaculture Island Visits

To know more about the PIV click HERE
For 2016 we will have 2 PIV starting at Atlantis Food Forest.









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