permaculture

["Darrell E. Frey" <defrey@bioshelter.com>]

regarding certificates: When I began teaching Permaculture Design
Courses in 1987, I had received  written "permission" or "sanction"
from Bil Mollison , issueing certificated provided by the Permaculture
Institute. In 1998 I again correspeonded with Mollison's Institute and
received copies of their certificate. We still issue this certificate.
When I was asked to teach one of the first college credit bearing
permaculture courses, it was necessary to get the blessing of
Mollison's institute, and so i did. The letter from them said that
teaching a PDC was a "sink or swim" and they wished me luck. 

  While I can not at this point speak on behalf of the fledgling PINA,
I  do look forward to a more organized North American permaculture
institute that grows from the ground up.

Cheers,

Darrell E. Frey
Three Sisters Farm
defrey@bioshelter.com
www.bioshelter.com

Author; Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm. New Society
Publishing, 2011

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:34:31 -0500, Chris Carnevale
<c.s.carnevale@gmail.com> wrote:
I want to chime in and say thanks to Scott and PI-USA for posting the
> official playbook online.  I have been trying to track down such material
> for quite a while now.
>
> Also, going back to my question from this morning... if a PDC teacher is
> awarding certificates that are not issued through PI-USA, then what
> *are*they issuing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Carnevale
> Charleston, South Carolina
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Jennifer Nazak <jnazak@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you so much Larry, for reminding us that one of the best ways to
> > uphold high standards in our industry is by promoting the institutions that
> > we hold in highest regard.
> >
> > I think that your idea of including the Permaculture Institute link in our
> > listserv footer sets a great example.
> >
> > On my blog, I've just now added a new link category "OFFICIAL PERMACULTURE
> > RESOURCES" in the sidebar. The first (and right now the only) link I have
> > in that category is "Permaculture Institute USA (founded by Bill Mollison
> > and Scott Pittman)".
> >
> > By the way, I'm proud to say I earned my first Permaculture Design
> > Certificate from the Permaculture Institute. I got my first PDC back in
> > 2005, at a PDC taught in Santa Fe by Scott (with guest instructors
> > including Larry Santoyo). Talk about life-changing.
> >
> > You're right, Larry, I just visited PI USA's website for the first time in
> > a while, and it is looking fantastic!
> >
> > Thank you Scott and Arina - I am deeply grateful to you and the Institute.
> >
> > Jenny
> > art & permaculture blog jennynazak.com
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