Permaculture Courses in an
intentional Community

Fall 2024 PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE

Saturdays and Sundays Biweekly October 5 – December 15, 2024.

Our in-person permaculture design courses follow the established international standard of 72 hours of contact time with experienced instructors, including a final group design project that weaves together everything the students have learned. The course is held in person every other Saturday and Sunday for twelve weeks using the Permaculture Institute of North America Core Curriculum.

November 10-16 Community Experience Week

This is an incredible opportunity for people who are curious about living in an intentional community and want to learn more about what skills, values, and attributes are useful when engaging in any sort of community with others. Participants will receive 19 + hours of in-person instruction/guided activities from residents of our community as well as opportunities for connection and reflection on our beautiful 87 acre property.

summer 2025 holistic sustainability semester

The Holistic Sustainability Semester features internationally renowned teachers in five spheres of sustainability — Personal, Social, Ecological, Economic, and Worldview. We weave experiential learning, indigenous teachings, and deep nature immersion practices into the HSS. Immerse yourself in our Ecovillage and our 87-acre campus of oak savanna, camas meadow, permaculture gardens, woodland streams, and regenerating forest.

Summer 2025 ECO-RESILIENCE LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Eco Resilience Leadership Training: June 6 - July 7

Eco Resilience Teacher Training: July 16 - August 16

It's more than just a skill share intensive. These offerings are your opportunity to live and learn, to heal and to grow in community. We have come together in the service and celebration of Life to help you uncover, harness and focus your power to contribute the greatest good to a world that is calling for you to express the fullness and majesty of who you truly are.

Learn, Live, Work

  • Learn Permaculture & Sustainable Living Skills

    At Lost Valley, we educate youth and adults in the practical application of sustainable living skills. We take a holistic approach to sustainability education, engaging students in ecological, social, and spiritual growth.

    Our Immersive Permaculture Design Certificate, Ecovillage Design Education, Intentional Community Immersion, Social Forestry Camps, youth learning adventures, visitor education program, and other courses offer participants a unique hands-on learning experience within our aspiring Ecovillage. Inquire today about how you can advance your sustainable skill set!

    Now Enrolling for Winter Social Forestry Camp and Spring PDC!

    LEARN

  • Live In Intentional Community

    Being part of a community is integral to any sustainable way of living. Community can teach us to care for and respect one another, communicate compassionately, make decisions together, and to see our individual needs in the context of the whole, while also reducing resource use through sharing (labor, skills, food, rent, materials, etc.).

    At Lost Valley, our staff and students live in community in apartments, cabins, yurts, and tiny homes, offering their skills and connecting through land stewardship, sociocratic decision making, shared meals, and collaborative learning activities. Everyday is an educational experience at Lost Valley!

    LIVE

  • Work with us in an educational internship

    Lost Valley’s Internship Program is a 3 month immersive learning experience where participants have the opportunity to learn and work alongside some of the Pacific Northwest’s finest system thinkers.

    This is a great option for you if you are in a transitional or learning period and are looking to:

    • Make new like-minded friends

    • Develop marketable skills

    • Experience living in community

    • Acquire or increase your permaculture skills

    Food and lodging are included.
    NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

    WORK

Learn with leading voices

Holistic Sustainability Instructors

  • Orland Bishop

  • Dan Wahpepah

  • David Holmgren

  • Monica Ibacache

  • Andrew Millison

 

Is Holistic Sustainability right for you?

Holistic Sustainability Semester students talk about their experiences living at Lost Valley in Oregon for 1-3 months while integrating into the community, developing a relationship to the land, learning about regenerative agriculture and permaculture, medicinal and edible wild plants, rewilding, ecology, and so much more!

IN-PERSON PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSES

Spring 2024 PDC Registration is now open!

Our in-person, onsite, permaculture design course follows the established international standard of 72 hours of contact time with experienced instructors Saturdays on our 87 acre Permaculture Demonstration project, March 8th- May 24th, 2024. Additional hands-on land and garden immersion and ancestral skills projects are offered as part of our Sunday Honors program.

 

Upcoming 2024 eventS

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