Join renowned permaculture educator Jude Hobbs and Cascadia Permaculture for an immersive Advanced Permaculture Teacher Training at Lost Valley Education Center.

Sharing information is regenerative, empowering, and part of the permaculture solution. This interactive certificate course will help you develop the skills, confidence, and practical tools to communicate permaculture principles and systems thinking to diverse audiences.

Through storytelling, presentations, facilitated discussions, hands-on activities, and collaborative learning, participants will explore how people learn and how to create meaningful educational experiences. You'll have opportunities to practice teaching, receive supportive feedback, and develop your own approach to sharing permaculture.

What You'll Explore

• The philosophy and ethics of teaching

• How adults learn and different learning modalities

• Teaching permaculture principles, patterns, and systems

• Designing curriculum and developing course modules

• Facilitation, communication, and group dynamics

• Planning and organizing classes and workshops

• Presentation skills, evaluation, and constructive feedback

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for:

• Permaculture Design Course graduates interested in teaching

• Community organizers, activists, and designers

• Educators looking to deepen their permaculture knowledge

• Homesteaders and practitioners who want to share what they've learned

• Anyone interested in communicating systems thinking and regenerative living

Prerequisite: A Permaculture Design Course certificate or instructor approval.

Learn with Jude Hobbs

Jude Hobbs is an experienced permaculture educator who has taught this training more than 60 times. Her approach combines diverse teaching modalities, practical application, and collaborative learning to help participants become confident, thoughtful, and effective educators.

This certificate course is offered by instructors from the Permaculture Institute of North America through Cascadia Permaculture.

Location

The course will take place at Lost Valley Education Center, an 87-acre intentional community and educational center in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Our living landscape offers an immersive setting to explore regenerative practices, ecological relationships, and community-based learning.

Registration

Ready to strengthen your teaching practice and share the regenerative solutions you believe in?