Permaculture Foundations: Crafting Abundant Food Forests 101

Welcome to a transformative Skillshare class where design meets nature.

In this course, you’ll discover how to create sustainable, closed-loop ecosystems using the principles and ethics of Permaculture—a powerful design system that mimics the patterns of natural forests to grow food, restore soil, and regenerate land.

What This Class Is About

Led by Azlan—a Product Designer, Engineer, and Permaculture expert with decades of experience in aquaponics, ecological restoration, and land design—this course gives you the essential foundation to begin designing food forests and self-sustaining spaces.

Whether you're planning a homestead, backyard garden, school project, or rural food forest, this course will help you think like nature—and design like it too.

What You’ll Learn

The Ethics & Principles of Permaculture
Learn the core philosophy that powers this regenerative system.
Permaculture Design Tools & Planning Strategies
Explore frameworks and techniques for mapping, zoning, and designing systems that work with nature.
Practical Techniques for Any Space
Understand how to apply permaculture in both urban balconies and rural farmland.
Bonus Modules on Soil, Pests & Plant Relationships
- Building Healthy Soil
- Integrated Pest Management
- Stacking functions & designing Guilds

Why This Class Matters

Permaculture is more than just farming—it’s a design mindset for sustainable living. It has the power to transform our concrete jungles and rural lands into resilient, ecologically sound systems that regenerate themselves with minimal input.

This course is your gateway into that world.

Who This Class Is For

Aspiring permaculture designers & homesteaders
Gardeners & landscapers looking to go regenerative
Urban dwellers seeking practical sustainability
Educators, activists, and changemakers
Anyone ready to align their living spaces with the wisdom of nature

Join us on this eye-opening journey—and let’s begin building a better world, one food forest at a time.

Enroll now and start designing ecosystems that heal, feed, and inspire.

Rajat Durgapal

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