Permaculture Design Course in the Italian Piedmont

Join an international Permaculture Design Course in the Italian Piedmont and gain empowering knowledge and practical skills to design healthy living systems – for yourself, your community and the planet!

By attending this PDC you will gain first hand experiences of both opportunities and challenges that arise from developing and maintaining a resilient site and land-based resource system.

In taking this course, you will gain the confidence and basic abilities for Permaculture design approaches primarily suited for landscapes and urban environments, but also for intentional communities, organizational structures and many other fields. Upon completion of this course you will receive the PDC certificate by the Permaculture Academy Germany, which can also be your first step in the diploma pathway of becoming a professional Permaculture designer.

Accommodation has to be organized individually, but we are happy to help you finding the option that best suits your needs. There are several options for accommodation in dormitory or single, double or triple rooms in walking distance to the MVI Campus as well as limited spaces for camping and camper-vans on the campus. Cost for accomodation range between 96 EUR for camping and 780 EUR for single rooms.

Food: We provide 3 meals per day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. The meals are biological, diverse, fresh, healthy, homemade and vegetarian. Locally hunted meat is served as a rare but conscious option once a week for BBQ. Ingredients are either grown at the MVI or purchased from the local organic Azienda Agricola ‘L’orto di Ostana’, with its fields right above the MVI Campus, or from local organic producers in the valley. We buy regional whenever possible to stimulate the territories’ food economy and put great attention to nourish everybody with high quality foods during this course – also the ones suffering from allergies! The costs for meals are 335 EUR.