Creating Resilient Communities

London Permaculture Design Course

Resource Page

Find below handouts, links and other resources related to the London Permaculture Design Course. Additional resources will follow after each weekend of the course.

Weekend 3 - Water, Trees & the Land

To do:

Be in touch with your design group to finalise the site survey in a way that is presentable. Have a look again at the design process worksheets which you can find here.

To do: Watch ‘Hope in a changing climate’

The short documentary ‘Hope in a changing climate’ by John D Liu is available free on youtube. The film gives a good portrait of the Loess Plateau regeneration in China, which inspired John D Liu to start Ecosystem Restoration Camps.

• The slides on water management principles

• Presentation on agroforestry

• Forest garden plant profiles

Some articles and more:

• Community-led watershed management in Ralegan Siddhi, India

• Ancient origins of agroforestry, polycultures and permaculture as we know if

• Agroforestry: An ancient ‘indigenous technology’ with wide modern appeal (commentary)

• Agroforestry around the world

• The history of temperate agroforestry

• The lost forest gardens of europe

Webpages to research and buy unusual perennials:

• www.pfaf.org - Plants for a future

• https://www.agroforestry.co.uk/ - Agroforestry Research Trust

• https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/ - Incredible Vegetables

• https://backyardlarder.co.uk/ - The backyard larder

Book recommendations:

For further resources, select the relevant weekend: