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Permaculture
DESIGN COURSE 2.0

2019

SCHEDULE
Weeks Chapters and Modules

1 1. introduction 2. Concepts and Themes in Design

Module 1 Module 2

2 3. Methods of Design Module 3.1

3 Module 3.2

4 CATCH UP WEEK

5 4. Pattern Understanding, Module 4.1

6 Module 4.2
7 Module 4.3

8 5. Climatic Factors Module 5

9 6. Trees and their Energy Transactions Module 6

10 CATCH UP WEEK

11 7. water Module 7.1

12 Module 7.2

13 8. Soils Module 8.1

14 Module 8.2

15 CATCH UP WEEK

16 09 Water Module 9

17 10 Humid Tropics Module 10.1

18 Module 10.2

19 CATCH UP WEEK

20 11. Dryland Stratagies Module 11.1
21 Module 11.2
22 Module 11.3

23 12. Humid Cool to Cold Climates Module 12.1

24 Module 12.2

25 CATCH UP WEEK

26 13. Aquaculture Module 13.1

27 Module 13.2

28 14. Strategies of an Alternative Nation Module 14
 WEEK 1

CHAPTER 01 / INTRODUCTION
1.1 Chapter 1 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

1.2 Introduction to the Course [VIDEO] 2

1.3 The Philosophy Behind Permaculture [VIDEO] 8

1.4 Ethics [VIDEO] 12

1.5 The Evolution from Contemporary Agriculture to Permaculture, Part 1 [ANMTN] 2

1.6 The Evolution from Contemporary Agriculture to Permaculture [PDF] n/a

1.7 Permaculture in Landscape and Society [VIDEO] 9

1.8 The Evolution from Contemporary Agriculture to Permaculture, Part 2 [ANMTN] 5

1.9 What is Permaculture Design? [PDF] n/a

CHAPTER 02 /
CONCEPTS AND THEMES IN DESIGN
2.1 Chapter 2 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

2.2 Introduction to Concepts and Themes in Design [VIDEO] 3

2.3 Science-as-Religion [VIDEO] 8

2.4 Applying Laws and Principles to Design [VIDEO] 30

2.5 Designing to Catch and Store Energy [PDF] n/a

2.6 Designing to Catch and Store Energy [ANMTN] 2

2.7 Resources [VIDEO] 11

2.8 Everything Gardens [ANMTN] 2

2.9 Yields [VIDEO] 25

2.10 Cycles: A Niche in Time [VIDEO] 13

2.11 Industrial Methods of Producing an Egg [ANMTN] 4

2.12 Permaculture Methods of Procducing an Egg [ANMTN] 2

2.13 Niches in Space and Time: Schedules [ANMTN] 1

2.14 Niches in Space and Time: Schedules [PDF] n/a

2.15 Pyramids, Food Webs, Growth, and Vegetarianism [VIDEO] 10

2.16 Tropic Pyramid [ANMTN] 2

2.17 Complexity and Connections [VIDEO] 9

2.18 Order and Chaos [VIDEO] 6

2.19 Permitted and Forced Functions [VIDEO] 6

2.20 Diversity [VIDEO] 12

2.21 Stability [VIDEO] 4

2.22 Time and Yield [VIDEO] 10

TOTAL TIME 198 min
 WEEK 2

CHAPTER 03 / METHODS OF DESIGN

3.1 Chapter 3 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

3.2 Introduction to Methods of Design [Video] 2

3.3 Analysis: Design by listing characteristics of components [VIDEO] 21

3.4 Elements of a Total Design [PDF] n/a

3.5 Elements of a Total Design [ANMTN] 2

3.6 Integrated System Design [ANMTN] 3

3.7 Elements in a Designed System [PDF] n/a

3.8 Observation: Design by expanding on direct observations of a site [VIDEO] 11

3.9 A List of Priorities [PDF] n/a

3.10 Deduction from nature: Design by adopting lessons learnt from nature [VIDEO] 18

3.11 Options and Decisions: Design as a selection of options and pathways based on decisions [VIDEO] 6

3.12 Options and Decisions [ANMTN] 10

3.13 Data Overlay: Design by map overlays [VIDEO] 8

3.14 Random Assembly: Design by assessing the results of random assemblies [VIDEO] 2

3.15 The Classic Random Assembly of Lists [PDF] n/a

3.16 Random Assembly Selection [ANMTN] 2

3.17 Flow Diagrams: Design for Workplaces [VIDEO] 6

TOTAL TIME 91 min

WEEK 3

3.18 Zone and Sector Analysis; design by the application of a master plan [VIDEO] 46

3.19 The Basic Ground Plan for Zone and Sector Analysis [PDF] n/a

3.20 Ground Plan for an Urban Design [ANMTN] 3

3.21 Urban Garden Intensity [PDF] n/a

3.22 Sector Analysis [ANMTN] 2

3.23 Broad Humid Landscape Profile [PDF] n/a

3.24 Broad Humid Landscape Profile [ANMTN] 2

3.25 Zoning of Information and Ethics [VIDEO] 8

3.26 Incremental Design [VIDEO] 5

3.27 Summary of Design Methods [VIDEO] 8

3.28 The Concept of Guilds in Nature and Design [VIDEO] 14

3.29 The Concept of Guilds in Nature and Design [ANMTN] 2

3.30 Succession and Evolution of a System [VIDEO] 17

3.31 The Establishment and Maintenance of Systems [VIDEO] 11

3.32 Evolution in a Designed System [ANMTN] 4

3.33 General Practical Procedures in Property Design [VIDEO] 8

TOTAL TIME: 130 min

WEEK 4

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 WEEK 5

CHAPTER 04 / PATTERN UNDERSTANDING

4.1 Chapter 4 Course Notes n/a

4.2 Introduction to Pattern Understanding [VIDEO] 2

4.3 A General Pattern Model of Events [VIDEO] 31

4.4 Matrices and the Strategies of Complexing Components [VIDEO] 15

4.5 General Core Model [ANMTN] 2

4.6 General Core Model [PDF] n/a

4.7 Pattern Matrix of Tesselated Patterns [PDF] n/a

4.8 Pattern Matrix of Tesselated Patterns [ANMTN] 1

4.9 Matricies and Tessalations [PDF] n/a

4.10 Patterns in Deserts [PDF] n/a

4.11 Patterns in Deserts [ANMTN] 1

4.12 Properties of Media [VIDEO] 11

4.13 Boundary Conditons [VIDEO] 15

4.14 Edges and Surfaces [ANMTN] 2

4.15 Edges and Surfaces [PDF] n/a

TOTAL TIME: 80 min

WEEK 6

4.16 The Harmonics and Geometries of Boundary [VIDEO] 22

4.17 Keyhole and Lobulate Patterns [PDF] n/a

4.18 The Harmonics and Geometries of Boundary [ANMTN] 1

4.19 Crenellated Pond Edge [PDF] n/a

4.20 Crenellated Pond Edge [ANMTN] 1

4.21 Fences [AMNTN] 1

4.22 Compatible and Incompatible Borders and Components [VIDEO] 14

4.23 Edge Cropping [ANMTN] 1

4.24 The Timing and Shaping of Events [VIDEO] 12

4.25 Spirals [VIDEO] 8

4.26 Flow over Landscapes and Objects [VIDEO] 10

4.27 The Von Karman Trail [ANMTN] 1

4.28 Different Types of Trails and Spirals [ANMTN] 1

4.29 Media in Flow [ANMTN] 1

4.30 Open Flow and Flow Pattern [VIDEO] 6

4.31 Toroidal Phenomena [VIDEO] 6

TOTAL TIME: 85 min

 WEEK 7

4.32 Dimensions and Potential Generators [VIDEO] 6

4.33 Closed Spherical Models: Accretion and Expulsion [VIDEO] 8

4.34 Branching and its Effects: Conduits [VIDEO] 13

4.35 Orders of Magnitude in Branches [VIDEO] 8

4.36 Stream Patterns [ANMTN] 1

4.37 Orders and Dimensions [VIDEO] 10

4.38 Dendritic Branching [ANMTN] 1

4.39 Classification of Events [VIDEO] 5

4.40 Time and Relativity in the Model [VIDEO] 11

4.41 The World we Live in as a Tessellation of Events [VIDEO] 6

4.42 Introduction to Pattern Applications [VIDEO] 7

4.43 The Tribal uses of Patterning [VIDEO] 15

4.44 The Mnemonics of Meaning [VIDEO] 5

4.45 Patterns of Society [VIDEO] 6

4.46 The Arts in the Service of Life [VIDEO] 5

4.47 Additional Pattern Application [VIDEO] 27

4.48 Herb Spiral [ANMTN] 1

4.49 Flow Interceptors on Flood Plain [ANMTN] 1

4.50 Flowforms [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 137 min

 WEEK 8

CHAPTER 05 / CLIMATIC FACTORS

5.1 Chapter 5 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

5.2 Introduction to Climatic Factors [VIDEO] 2

5.3 Classification of Broad Climate Zones [VIDEO] 10

5.4 Patterning in Global Weather Systems: the Engines of the Atmosphere [VIDEO] 8

5.5 Precipitation [VIDEO] 11

5.6 Spiral Air Cells Around the South Pole [ANMTN] 1

5.7 Wind Direction and Pressure Cells [ANMTN] 1

5.8 Radiation [VIDEO] 21

5.9 Global Radiation [ANMTN] 1

5.10 Effect of Light Passing through a Window [ANMTN] 1

5.11 Convection Loop or Thermosiphon [ANMTN] 1

5.12 Thermal Belt [ANMTN] 1

5.13 Clearings in Trees for Frost Protection [ANMTN] 1

5.14 Wet and Dry Sides of a Forest Clearing [ANMTN] 1

5.15 Wind [VIDEO] 21

5.16 Methods of Establishing Windbreaks [ANMTN] 1

5.17 Permeability of Windbreaks [ANMTN] 1

5.18 Water Use and Wheat Produced [ANMTN] 1

5.19 Windbreak Configurations [ANMTN] 1

5.20 Complex Nets for Variable Winds [ANMTN] 1

5.21 Hurricanes or Cyclones [ANMTN] 1

5.22 Tornadoes [ANMTN] 1

5.23 Fire-storms [ANMTN] 1

5.24 Landscape Effects [VIDEO] 16

5.25 High Altitude Landscapes [ANMTN] 1

5.26 Valley Winds [ANMTN] 1

5.27 Latitude Effect [VIDEO] 11

TOTAL TIME: 118 min

 WEEK 9

CHAPTER 06 /
TREES AND THEIR ENERGY TRANSACTIONS
6.1 Chapter 6 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

6.2 Introduction to Trees and their Energy Transactions [VIDEO] 2

6.3 Tress in a Whole System [ANMTN] 1

6.4 The Biomass of the Tree [VIDEO] 8

6.5 Wind Effects [VIDEO] 9

6.6 Wind Effects on Trees [ANMTN] 2

6.7 Ekman Spirals [ANMTN] 1

6.8 Temperature Effects [VIDEO] 6

6.9 Trees and Precipitation [VIDEO] 12

6.1 Percentages of Total Precipitation [ANMTN] 1

6.11 How a Tree Interacts with Rain [VIDEO] 13

6.12 Forest Interactions with Climates [ANMTN] 3

6.13 How a Tree Interacts with Rain [ANMTN] 3

TOTAL TIME: 61 min

WEEK 10

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 WEEK 11

CHAPTER 07 / WATER
7.1 Chapter 7 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

7.2 Introduction to Water [VIDEO] 2

7.3 Regional Intervention in the Water Cycle [VIDEO] 17

7.4 The Global Water Cycle [ANMTN] 2

7.5 Earthworks for Water Conservation and Storage [VIDEO] 13

7.6 “Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Small Dams and Tanks [VIDEO]” 14

7.7 Water Storages and Uses [ANMTN] 2

7.8 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Dams (Ponds) and Locations [VIDEO] 13

7.9 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Saddle Dam [VIDEO] 10

7.1 Saddle Dam [ANMTN] 1

7.11 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Ridgepoint Dam [VIDEO] 8

7.12 Ridgepoint Dam [ANMTN] 1

7.13 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Keypoint Dam [VIDEO] 8

7.14 Keypoint Dam [ANMTN] 1

7.15 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Contour Dam [VIDEO] 7

7.16 Contour Dam [ANMTN] 1

7.17 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Turkey Nest Dam [VIDEO] 5

7.18 Ring and Turkey Nest Dam [ANMTN] 1

7.19 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Check Dams [VIDEO] 5

7.2 Diversion Check Dams [ANMTN] 1

7.21 Concrete Flood Check Dam [ANMTN] 1

7.22 Silt Check Dam [ANMTN] 1

7.23 Check Dam for Ram Pump or Water Wheel [ANMTN] 1

7.24 Earthworks for Conservation and Storage: Gabion Dams [VIDEO] 8

7.25 Gabion Dams Example [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 124 min

 WEEK 12

7.26 Building Dams [VIDEO] 21

7.27 Landscape Zones [ANMTN] 1

7.28 Dam Building [ANMTN] 2

7.29 Dam with Lock Pipes [ANMTN] 2

7.3 Sealing a Leaky Dam [VIDEO] 12

7.31 Gleying a Pond [ANMTN] 2

7.32 Water Tanks [VIDEO] 12

7.33 Schematic Cost for Dams and Tanks [ANMTN] 1

7.34 Swales [VIDEO] 19

7.35 Swales [ANMTN] 1

7.36 Chicken House over Swale [ANMTN] 1

7.37 Regrading Swales to Remove Silt [ANMTN] 1

7.38 Diversion Banks and Drains [VIDEO] 9

7.39 Diversion Drains [ANMTN] 1

7.4 Flag [ANMTN] 1

7.41 Spreader Banks [ANMTN] 1

7.42 Schematic of irrigation Bays [ANMTN] 1

7.43 Reduction of Water Use in Sewage Systems [VIDEO] 10

7.44 The Purification of Polluted Waters [VIDEO] 16

7.45 Sand Filter [ANMTN] 1

7.46 Schematic of Sewage Ponds to Crop [ANMTN] 1

7.47 Sewage Treatement [ANMTN] 2

7.48 Biological Treatement of Polluted Water [ANMTN] 2

7.49 Schematic of Sewage Ponds to Crop II [ANMTN] 1

7.5 Natural Swimming Pools [VIDEO] 5

7.51 Natural Swimming Pools [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 127 min

 WEEK 13

CHAPTER 08 / SOILS
8.1 Chapter 8 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

8.2 Introduction to Soils [VIDEO] 3

8.3 Soils [VIDEO] 17

8.4 Soil and Health [VIDEO] 13

8.5 Tribal & Traditional Soil Classification [VIDEO] 10

8.6 The Structure of Soil [VIDEO] 9

8.7 The Jar Method [ANMTN] 2

8.8 Soil and Water Elements [VIDEO] 14

8.9 Primary Nutrients for Plants [VIDEO] 12

8.10 The Distribution of Elements in the Soil [VIDEO] 6

8.11 pH and Soil [VIDEO] 14

8.12 pH Scale [ANMTN] 2

8.13 Soil Composition [VIDEO] 25

8.14 18-Day Compost [VIDEO] 26

8.15 Food Web of a Compost Pile [VIDEO] 2

7.51 Natural Swimming Pools [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 155 min

WEEK 14

8.16 Soil Pores and Crumb Structure [VIDEO] 18

8.17 Gaseous Content and Processes in Soil [VIDEO] 13

8.18 The Soil Biota [VIDEO] 11

8.19 Difficult Soil [VIDEO] 10

8.20 Laying Plastic in Deep Sands [ANMTN] 1

8.21 Plant Analysis for Mineral Deficiencies [VIDEO] 6

8.22 Biological Indicators of Soil and Site Conditions [VIDEO] 15

8.23 Biological Indicators of Soil and Site Conditions [ANMTN] 1

8.24 Soil Pelleting [VIDEO] 9

8.25 Soil Erosion [VIDEO] 9

8.26 Soil Rehabilitation [VIDEO] 29

8.27 Soil Rehabilitation by Mechanical Methods [ANMTN] 1

8.28 Soil Conditioning [ANMTN] 1

8.29 Soil in House Foundations [VIDEO] 9

8.3 Drainage of Wet Soils [ANMTN] 1

8.31 Piles Sunk into Water Table or Bedrock [ANMTN] 1

8.32 Life in Earth [VIDEO] 12

8.33 The Respiration of Earth [VIDEO] 6

8.34 General Soil Erosion Processes in Landscapes [ANMTN] 2

8.35 Soil Creation and Loss [ANMTN] 1

WEEK 15 TOTAL TIME: 156 min

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 WEEK 16

CHAPTER 09 /
EARTHWORKING AND EARTH RESOURCES
9.1 Chapter 9 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

9.2 Introduction to Earthworking and Earth Resources [VIDEO] 3

9.3 Earthworking and Earth Resources [VIDEO] 7

9.4 Planning Earthworks [VIDEO] 10

9.5 Planting After Earthworks [VIDEO] 16

9.6 Slope Mesasures[VIDEO] 11

9.7 Preparing a House Site [ANMTN] 2

9.8 Sloipes Cut to Dry Out Roads [ANMTN] 1

9.9 Levels and Leveling [VIDEO] 11

9.1 The A-Frame Level [ANMTN] 1

9.11 Types of Earthworks [VIDEO] 22

9.12 Essentials of Water and Soil Slump Control [ANMTN] 2

9.13 Benches Cut into Hillsides on Contour [ANMTN] 2

9.14 Kick-Down Systems and Steep Terraces [ANMTN] 2

9.15 Road Cut on Mild Slope [ANMTN] 2

9.16 Earth Constructs [VIDEO] 18

9.17 Raised Bank Around House [ANMTN] 1

9.18 Banks for Wind Wind Break Assistance [ANMTN] 1

9.19 Earth-Compacted Wall Construction [ANMTN] 1

9.2 Earthbanks and Islands in Marshes [ANMTN] 2

9.21 Earth Ramps and Stands [ANMTN] 1

9.22 “Ha-Ha” Fences [ANMTN] 1

9.23 Swale Usage [ANMTN] 2

9.24 Design for Road Enhancement [ANMTN] 2

9.25 Moving of the Earth [VIDEO] 9

9.26 Large Machines [ANMTN] 2

9.27 Bucket Machines [ANMTN] 2

9.28 Earth Resources [VIDEO] 8

TOTAL TIME: 142 min
 WEEK 17

CHAPTER 10 / THE HUMID TROPICS

10.1 Chapter 10 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

10.2 Introduction to the Humid Tropics [VIDEO] 3

10.3 The Humid Tropics [VIDEO] 10

10.4 Climatic Types [VIDEO] 28

10.5 The Structure of a Wet Tropical Forest [ANMTN] 2

10.6 Tropical Soils [VIDEO] 16

10.7 Broadscale Tree Crop in Loose Granite Sands [ANMTN] 2

10.8 Gardening in Coarse Granitic Sands [ANMTN] 2

10.9 Tropical Clays [ANMTN] 1

10.10
Log Barriers on Slop [ANMTN] 1

10.11 Weed Barrier [ANMTN] 1

10.12 Mulch in Gardens [ANMTN] 1

10.13 Earth-Shaping in the Tropics [VIDEO] 10

10.14 Broad Contour Banks Evolving to to Terraces [ANMTN] 1

10.15
Mounds, Ridges, Pits [ANMTN] 1

10.16
Terraces System [ANMTN] 1

10.17 Urban Sub Tropical Design Plan [ANMTN] 5

10.18 Sets of Narrow Terraces on Steep Slopes [ANMTN] 1

10.19
Water Continuously Fed to Terraces [ANMTN] 1

10.20
Vetiver or Lemon Grass Strips [ANMTN] 1

10.21 Variations on Terrace Culture [ANMTN] 1

10.22
Terrace Culture [ANMTN] 2

10.23
House Design [VIDEO] 22

10.24
Cross-Ventilation for Houses [ANMTN] 1

10.25 Cool Air from Shadehouse and Buried Pipe [AMNTN] 2

10.26
Cool Storage Strategies [ANMTN] 2

10.27
Grain Storage System [ANMTN] 1

10.28
Earth-Sheltered Hurricane Houses [ANMTN] 34

10.29
Equatorial House [ANMTN] 2

10.30
The Tropical Home Garden [VIDEO] 50

10.31 Hurricane Garden [ANMTN] 1

10.32
Wet Food Patch [ANMTN] 2

10.33
Dirty Water Patch [ANMTN] 2

10.34
Gangamma’s Graden [ANMTN] 3

10.35
Avenue Cropping [ANMTN] 1

10.36
Intergrated Land Management [VIDEO] 15

10.37
Ohana System [ANMTN] 2

10.38 Elements of a Village in the Humid Tropics [VIDEO] 10

10.39
Evolving a Polyculture [VIDEO] 37

10.40 Nigerian Polyculture for Humid Tropics [ANMTN] 2

10.41 Earthworks for Polyculture on a 2 HA Sub-Tropical Site [ANMTN] 3

10.42
A 5 Acre Property [ANMTN] 3

TOTAL TIME: 286 min

 WEEK 18

10.43 Themes on a Coconut or Palm-Dominated Polyculture [VIDEO] 34

10.44 Structural Variation in Palm Polyculture [ANMTN] 2

10.45
Approppriate Village Zonation [ANMTN] 1

10.46 Land Patterning for Maximum Water Absorption [ANMTN] 1

10.47 Comparison of Linear and Clump Layouts [ANMTN] 2

10.48
Palms Planted in Clumps [ANMTN] 1

10.49
Layout of Plantation for Mulch [ANMTN] 1

10.5 Ridges, Mounds, Furrows, Boxs [ANMTN] 2

10.51
Palm Intercrop [ANMTN] 2

10.52
Yields Over Time [ANMTN] 1

10.53 Planting Benches in Pits on Coral Islands [ANMTN] 2

10.54 Mulch Boxes Made of Palm Trunks [ANMTN] 1

10.55
Pioneering [VIDEO] 58

10.56
Planting in Grasslands [ANMTN] 1

10.57
Nucleus Pioneer Copse in Grassland [ANMTN] 2

10.58 Components of the Tropical Forest Tree Polyculture [ANMTN] 1

10.59 Zones of Nitrogen Intensity Around a Tree Legume [ANMTN] 1

10.6 Savannah Forestry [ANMTN] 2

10.61
Animal Tractor Systems [VIDEO] 17

10.62
Grassland and Range Management [VIDEO] 13

10.63 Humid Tropical Coast Stabilisation and Shelterbelt [VIDEO] 10

10.64 Rows of Tropical Hedgerow and Windbreak [ANMTN] 2

10.65 Low Island and Coral Cay Strategies [VIDEO] 44

10.66
Water Lens on an Atoll [ANMTN] 1

10.67
Pit Planting on Atoll [ANMTN] 1

10.68
Sea Coast Planting [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 204 min

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CHAPTER 11 / DRYLAND STRATEGIES

11.1 Chapter 11 Course Notes [PDF] n/a

11.2 Introduction to Dryland Strategies [VIDEO] 4

11.3 Dryland Strategies [VIDEO] 16

11.4 Precipitation [VIDEO] 5

11.5 Temperature [VIDEO] 5

11.6 Climatic Factors in Drylands [ANMTN] 2

11.7 Soil [VIDEO] 18

11.8 Pot System [ANMTN] 1

11.9 Landscape Features in Deserts [VIDEO] 8

11.10 Desert Valley Profile in Fold Mountains [ANMTN] 2

11.11 Total Desert Strategies [ANMTN] 2

11.12 Scarps and Wadis [VIDEO] 18

11.13 Development of a Desert Scarp Profile [ANMTN] 1

11.14 Scarp and Wadi Drainage [ANMTN] 1

11.15 Scour Holes [ANMTN] 1

11.16 Sandstone Valley Scarps and Caves [ANMTN] 1

11.17 Scarp and Wadi Elevation [ANMTN] 2

11.18 Scarp and Wadi Plan [ANMTN] 2

11.19 Residuals, Domes and Inselbergs [VIDEO] 7

11.20 Rock Dome Water Led to Vegetation [ANMTN] 2

11.21 Inselbergs [ANMTN] 2

11.22 Fold Mountains [VIDEO] 9

11.23 Desert Mountain Profile [ANMTN] 1

11.24 Fold Mountains [ANMTN] 1

11.25 Headwater Stream Diversion [ANMTN] 1

11.26 Dune Country [VIDEO] 10

11.27 Machine Blades for Pitting [ANMTN]

11.28 Dune Stabilisation [VIDEO] 6

11.29 Dune Stabilisation Strategies [ANMTN] 1

11.30 Depressions and Basins [VIDEO] 2

11.31 Scalds [VIDEO] 5

11.32 Revegetation of Scalds [ANMTN] 1

11.33 Claypans [VIDEO] 4

11.34 Saltpans and Salt Lakes [VIDEO] 3

11.35 Gilgais [VIDEO] 3

11.36 Flood-Outs, Gullies and Badlands [VIDEO] 9

11.37 Strategies for Healing Active Gully Erosion [ANMTN] 1

11.38 Riplines Divert Water from Gully Erosion [ANMTN] 1

11.39 A series of Weirs and Gabions [ANMTN] 1

11.40 Stony Desert [VIDEO] 5

11.41 Gibber Desert in Windrows [ANMTN] 1

11.42 Lower Foothills and Plains [VIDEO]

11.43 Ditch and Bank Landscape in Plains [ANMTN] 2

11.44 Yeomans’ Shallow Swales [ANMTN] 1

11.45 Swale Construction [ANMTN] 2

11.46 Harvesting of Water in Arid Lands [VIDEO] 3

11.47 The Conservation of Rainwater [VIDEO] 10

11.48 Bare Rock Slab with Gutter to Storage [ANMTN] 1

11.49 Large Tanks Forming Foundations [ANMTN] 2

11.50
Swales for Roof Drip [ANMTN] 1

11.51 Water Harvesting on Open Sites for Tanks or Cisterns [VIDEO] 5

11.52 Run-Off Agriculture [ANMTN] 1

11.53 Clay Catchment Sloping to Cistern [ANMTN] 1

11.54 Strategies in Headwaters [ANMTN] 1

11.55 Water Spreading [VIDEO] 17

11.56 Salt in Landscape Water [ANMTN] 1

11.57 Halting and Absorbing Water Run-Off [VIDEO] 10

11.58 Designs for Sorting Preferred Soilds [ANMTN] 1

11.59 Limonia [VIDEO] 5

11.60
Aquifer Intake Areas [VIDEO] 5

11.61 Aquifer Intake Areas [ANMTN] 1

11.62 Quanats [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 242 min

 WEEK 21
11b.2 Infiltration [VIDEO] 7

11b.3 Slope Stabilisation for Infiltration [VIDEO] 7

11b.4 Floodwater Harvesting [VIDEO] 6

11b.5 Braided Streams [VIDEO] 7

11b.6
Braided Streams and Notches Weir [ANMTN] 1

11b.7 Notches Weir (Elevation) [ANMTN] 1

11b.8
Scour Holes [VIDEO] 6

11b.9
Scour Hole Lagoon, Mulch Fence [ANMTN] 1

11b.10
Sandy River Beds [VIDEO] 4

11b.11 Pitting in Sands and Light Soils [VIDEO] 7

11b.12 Spilling Water Downslope in Fragile Soils [VIDEO] 7

11b.13
Very Long Spreader Banks [ANMTN] 1

11b.14 Grassed Spillways with Steering Banks [ANMTN] 1

11b.15
Sealed Spillways to Splash Pools [ANMTN] 1

11b.16
Sand Dams and Clearwater Resevoirs [VIDEO] 10

11b.17
Clearwater Dam [ANMTN] 1

11b.18
Dams [VIDEO] 7

11b.19
Clearwater Dam Bled off Sandtrap [ANMTN] 1

11b.20
Rock Holes [VIDEO] 3

11b.21
Evaporation and Evapotrabspiration [VIDEO] 6

11b.22
Conservation of Water in Transit [VIDEO] 7

11b.23
Structure of Dams [VIDEO] 5

11b.24 Three Dams in Series Reduce Evaporation [ANMTN] 1

11b.25
The Desert House [VIDEO] 9

11b.26 Isolated and Multiple Storey Housing [ANMTN] 2

11b.27
Site Conditions [VIDEO] 5

11b.28
Underground and Earth Sheltered [VIDEO] 7

11b.29
Large Shallow Leach Fields [ANMTN] 1

11b.30
Forestieri House [ANMTN] 1

11b.31
Cave Houses [ANMTN] 1

11b.32 Caves with Cool or Warm Air Supply [ANMTN] 1

11b.33
Earth Sheltered Housing [VIDEO] 4

11b.34
Earth Sheltered Surface Housing [ANMTN] 1

11b.35
Surface Housing [VIDEO] 11

11b.36 Hill Stepped Houses Compacted by Bulldozer [ANMTN] 1

11b.37
Cool Air Tunnel [ANMTN] 1

11b.38 Placement of Vegetation Around Dryland Houses [VIDEO] 3

11b.39 Correct Placement of Systems Around the House [ANMTN] 1

11b.40
Home Energy Conservation [VIDEO] 3

11b.41
House Water Conservation [VIDEO] 1

11b.42
The Desert Garden [VIDEO] 11

11b.43 Matching Up Earth Bed, Irrigation, Soil Treatement, and Plant Species [VIDEO] 15

11b.44
Earthshaping within Gardens [ANMTN] 1

11b.45 Plants in Difficult Soils [ANMTN] 1

11b.46
Keyhole Bed [ANMTN] 1

11b.47
Staple Foods [VIDEO] 11

11b.48
Vines [VIDEO] 8
11b.49
Plan of Vines Over Garden [ANMTN] 1

11b.50
Fencing [VIDEO] 1

11b.51
Desert Soils [VIDEO] 7

11b.52
Desalting of Soils in Gardens [ANMTN] 1

11b.53
Desert Mulches [VIDEO] 6

11b.54
Mulched Garden Beds [ANMTN] 1

11b.55 Food and Shelter for Harvested Wildlife, Crop [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 217 min

WEEK 22

11c.2 Garden Irrigation Systems [VIDEO] 10

11c.3 Subsurface Irrigation Systems [VIDEO] 7

11c.4 Micropore and Seepage Lines [ANMTN] 1

11c.5 Trickle Irrigation [ANMTN] 1

11c.6 Domestic Waste Water Channels [ANMTN] 1

11c.7 Arbor System [ANMTN] 1

11c.8 Condensation Strategies [VIDEO] 7

11c.9 Desert Settlement - Broad Strategies [VIDEO] 3

11c.10
Dust in Settlements [VIDEO] 4

11c.11 Hedges and Wundbreaks [VIDEO] 4

11c.12 Williams’ Description of North African Polycultures [ANMTN] 1

11c.13 Planting and Vegetation in Settlements [VIDEO] 7

11c.14 Fields in Drylands [ANMTN] 1

11c.15
Settlement Layout [ANMTN] 2

11c.16 Plant Themes for Drylands; Tree Establishement in Deserts [VIDEO] 11

11c.17
Tree Establishment in Deserts [ANMTN] 1

11c.18 Pits and Hollows Shaded for Morning Sun [ANMTN] 1

11c.19
Large Lanzarote Condenser Pits [ANMTN] 1

11c.20 Special Preperation of Soils for Tree Planting [VIDEO] 6

11c.21
The Revegetation of Hostile Areas [VIDEO] 3

11c.22 Strategies for Revegetation of Hostile Areas [ANMTN] 1

11c.23
Creating a Forest in Drylands [VIDEO] 8

11c.24
Mallee Fowl Nest [ANMTN] 1

11c.25 Planting Trees on Hard Soils, Slope, and Minor Systems [VIDEO] 6

11c.26
Net and Pan [ANMTN] 1

11c.27
Net and Pan (Elevation) [ANMTN] 1

11c.28
A Developed Swale [ANMTN] 2

11c.29
Runnel Traps [ANMTN] 1

11c.30
Boomerangs [ANMTN] 1

11c.31
Recruitment [VIDEO] 5

11c.32
Wraiths and Golems [VIDEO] 4

11c.33
Arid Area Grasses and Forbs [VIDEO] 7

11c.34
Desert Aquatic and Swamp Species [VIDEO] 3

11c.35
Animal Systems in Arid Areas [VIDEO] 10

11c.36 Layout for Drought Survival of Livestock [ANMTN] 1

11c.37 Desertification and the Salting of Soils [VIDEO] 18

11c.38
Cold and Montane Deserts [VIDEO] 12

TOTAL TIME: 155 min

 WEEK 23

CHAPTER 12 /
HUMID COOL TO COLD CLIMATES
12.1 Chapter 12 Course Notes n/a

12.2 Introduction to Humid Cool to Cold Climates [VIDEO] 3

12.3 Humid Cool to Cold Climates [VIDEO] 4

12.4 Characteristics of Humid Cool to Cold Climates [VIDEO] 8

12.5 Soils [VIDEO] 4

12.6 Landform and Water Conservation [VIDEO] 12

12.7 Settlement and House Design [VIDEO] 14

12.8 Suntrap [ANMTN] 1

12.9 Stepped Aspect of Settlement [ANMTN] 1

12.10 Cool Climate House Design [ANMTN] 2

12.11 The Home Garden [VIDEO] 11

12.12 Trellis Systems [ANMTN] 3

12.13 House and Garden Layout [ANMTN] 1

12.14 Berry Fruits [VIDEO] 14

12.15 Cage Culture [ANMTN] 2

12.16 Self-Pick System Layout [ANMTN] 1

12.17 Orchards [VIDEO] 17

12.18 Orchard of Stone and Pome Fruit [ANMTN] 1

12.19 Farm Forestry [VIDEO] 8

12.20 Farm Forestry; Timber Crop in Pasture and Woodlots [VIDEO] 9

12.21 Small Forest Farm [ANMTN] 1

12.22 Small Component Free-Range Forage Systems [VIDEO] 3

12.23 Small Component Free-Range Forage Systems; Bee Range [VIDEO] 11

12.24
Ideal Bee Farm [ANMTN] 2

12.25 Small Component Free-Range Forage Systems; Poultry Range [VIDEO] 9

12.26
Chicken Pen System [ANMTN] 1

12.27
Chicken Orchard Pens [ANMTN] 1

12.28 Small Component Free-Range Forage Systems; Poultry Population Density [VIDEO] 14

12.29
Diagrammatic Pen Layout [ANMTN] 2

TOTAL TIME: 160 min

 WEEK 24

12.30
The Lawn [VIDEO] 9

12.31 Grasslands [VIDEO] 15

12.32 Grasslands; Management of Livestock on Grassland or Range [VIDEO] 16

12.33 Grasslands; Revitalisation of Compacted Soils and Worn Out Pastures [VIDEO] 5

12.34
Bi-Modal Growth Curve of Grasses [ANMTN] 1

12.35
Rangelands [VIDEO] 14

12.36
Different Levels of Browse [ANMTN] 1

12.37
Fencing Strategy on Cattle Range [ANMTN] 1

12.38 Rangelands; The Management of Game Species on Range [VIDEO] 5

12.39
Managing Wildlife [ANMTN] 1

12.40
Cold Climates [VIDEO] 11

12.41 Bamboo and Straw Lean-To [ANMTN] 1

12.42
Cold Climates; Ice [VIDEO] 7

12.43
Expanding Ice in Water Storage [ANMTN] 1

12.44
Cold Climates; Snow [VIDEO] 6

12.45 Snow as a Reflector for House Heating [ANMTN] 2

12.46
Cold Climates; Permafrost [VIDEO] 3

12.47 Wildfire [VIDEO] 3

12.48 Fire Winds in Southern and Northern Hemispheres [ANMTN] 1

12.49 Wildfire; Factors that Increase Fire Intensity or Spread [VIDEO] 8

12.50 Wildfire; Siting of Houses and Buildings [VIDEO] 8

12.51 House Sites in Order of Saftey [ANMTN] 1

12.52 Wildfire; Fuel Reducation [VIDEO] 3

12.53
Combined Design for Fire Saftey [ANMTN] 2

12.54
Firebreak [ANMTN] 1

12.55
Fire Shields, Shadows [ANMTN] 1

TOTAL TIME: 127 min

WEEK 25

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 WEEK 26

CHAPTER 13 /
AQUACULTURE
13.1 Chapter 13 Course Notes n/a

13.2 Introduction to Aquaculture [VIDEO] 2

13.3 Aquaculture [VIDEO] 9

13.4 The Case for Aquaculture [VIDEO] 9

13.5 Pond Polycultures [ANMTN] 2

13.6 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds [VIDEO] 9

13.7 Stocking Rates [ANMTN] 1

13.8 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Edges, Interfaces and Gradients in Water [VIDEO] 5

13.9 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Energy Considerations [VIDEO] 4

13.10 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Water Quality [VIDEO] 9

13.11 Fish Refuges [ANMTN] 1

13.12 Cone Aerator [ANMTN] 2

13.13 Oxygenated Pond [ANMTN] 1

13.14 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Acidity- Alkalinity [VIDEO] 4

13.15 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Mud, Silt, Humus and Waste Removal [VIDEO] 4

13.16 Jet Pumps [ANMTN] 1

13.17 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Fertilizer [VIDEO] 7

13.18 Devices to Bring Manure to Ponds [ANMTN] 1

13.19 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Shelter and refuges [VIDEO] 3

13.20 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Temperatures [VIDEO] 11

13.21 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Salinity [VIDEO] 4

13.22 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yeilds; Flow [VIDEO] 3

13.23 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild [VIDEO] 11

13.24 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild; Rapid uptake of Nutrients [VIDEO] 4

13.25 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild; Water Quality [VIDEO] 4

13.26 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild; Culling of Excess Small Stock [VIDEO] 3

13.27 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild; Utilisation of Different Foods [VIDEO] 3

13.28 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild; The Controlling of Breeding in Fish Ponds [VIDEO] 3

13.29 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild; Fish Losses From Other Causes [VIDEO] 2

13.30 Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yeild; Stocking Rates [VIDEO] 4

TOTAL TIME: 126 min

 WEEK 27

13.31 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Pond Construction [VIDEO] 3

13.32
Pond Walls [ANMTN] 2

13.33 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Orders of Depth [VIDEO] 18

13.34
Factors in Layout [ANMTN] 1

13.35 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Ponds in Series and Flow [VIDEO] 8

13.36
Consecutive Series in Open Drains [ANMTN] 1

13.37 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Annidations [VIDEO] 9

13.38
Downstream and Upstream Traps [ANMTN] 3

13.39 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Ponds as Part of the Landscape Mosaic [VIDEO] 5

13.40 Some Common Structures in Pond Landscapes [ANMTN] 2

13.41 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Pond Construction for Edge Effect [VIDEO] 7

13.42
75-Square-Metre Ponds [ANMTN] 1

13.43 Four Ponds of the Same Area [ANMTN] 1

13.44
Seperate but Interconnected Ponds [ANMTN] 1

13.45
One Pond with Complex Screens [ANMTN] 1

13.46 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; The Climatic Orientation of Ponds [VIDEO] 11

13.47 Oxygen Less Important Than Heating [ANMTN] 1

13.48 Cold Winter Winds and Oxygen in Summer [ANMTN] 1

13.49
Hot Most Seasons [ANMTN] 1

13.50
Variable Climate on Streams [ANMTN] 1

13.51 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; The Furniture of Ponds and Marshes [VIDEO] 8

13.52
Breeding Sustrate [ANMTN] 1

13.53
Some uses of Rafts [ANMTN] 1

13.54
Screens and Boards [ANMTN] 1

13.55 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Cage Culture [VIDEO] 8

13.56 Cage Culture or Cages to Hatch Eggs [ANMTN] 1

13.57
Farming Invertebrates for Fish Food [VIDEO] 5

13.58
Termite Breeder [ANMTN] 2

13.59 Farming Invertebrates for Fish Food; Fodder Pond Sequences [VIDEO] 7

13.6 Level of Pollutants in Ponds [ANMTN] 2

13.61 Channel, Canal and Chinampa [VIDEO] 7

13.62
Chinampas [ANMTN] 1

13.63
Yeilds outside the Pond [VIDEO] 10

13.64 Schematic of Integrated Pond System [ANMTN] 2

13.65
Wetland Margins and Environment [ANMTN] 2

13.66
Bringing in the Harvest [VIDEO] 8

13.67 Traditional and New Water Polyculture [VIDEO] 4

13.68 Traditional and New Water Polyculture; Wild Rice [VIDEO] 4

13.69
Wild Rice Culture [ANMTN] 2

13.70 Traditional and New Water Polyculture; Taro Culture [VIDEO] 7

13.71 Taro Terraces [ANMTN] 2

13.72 Modifications to Taro Fields [ANMTN] 1

13.73
Trompe [ANMTN] 2
TOTAL TIME: 166 min
 WEEK 28

CHAPTER 14 /
STRATEGIES OF AN ALTERNATIVE NATION
14.1 Chapter 14 Course Notes n/a

14.2 Introduction to Strategies of an Alternative Nation [VIDEO] 3

14.3 The Strategies of an Alternative Nation [VIDEO] 5

14.4 Ethical Basis of an Alternative Nation [VIDEO] 4

14.5 A New United Nations [VIDEO] 3

14.6 Alternatives to Political Systems [VIDEO] 8

14.7 Bioregional Organisation [VIDEO] 9

14.8 Bioregional Organisation [ANMTN] 17

14.9 Extended Families [VIDEO] 3

14.10 An Ideal Demographic Profile for a Steady-State Nation [ANMTN] 2

14.11 Schematic for an Individual’s Probable Relationships in Space [ANMTN] 2

14.12 Trusts and Legal Strategies [VIDEO] 7

14.13 A Trust Structure [ANMTN] 1

14.14 Charitable Trusts [ANMTN] 2

14.15 Development and Property Trusts [VIDEO] 6

14.16 Property or Equity Trust Schematic [ANMTN] 2

14.17 Village Development [VIDEO] 23

14.18 Effective Working Groups and Right Livelihood [VIDEO] 11

14.19 Aid and Assistance in Areas of Need [VIDEO] 6

14.20
The Final Limit to Development [VIDEO] 2

TOTAL TIME: 116 min