Effective Teaching for a Changing World

A Course Designed by Rosemary Morrow 

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‘The PTTO empowers you to:

• Build teaching confidence and overcome fears of public speaking or facilitation
• Transform classrooms into dynamic, participatory learning spaces
• Gain hands-on experience for teaching online and in person
• Design and deliver impactful courses that create real change in your students’ lives
• Join a global community of supportive, like-minded teachers

Whether you want to run full PDCs or smaller courses and workshops, this training will help you connect with your audience and teach with confidence and passion.   

“6 weeks ago being a permaculture teacher or even taking part in a teacher training was a distant goal. I would have to travel long distances, spend thousands of dollars and take a couple of weeks off from my life to make it happen. It feels like a huge accomplishment and has been a dream of mine! I have much more confidence now and feel that I could co-teach a PDC. I have amazing new connections to share ideas and maybe even teaching experiences with! Thank you so much! “ – Lori Heath, Canada

“Before the training I was really lost on teaching, but with new skills and micro-teaching practice, I now feel confident to teach any audience! I am the first Lesotho national to get a PDC and had no permaculture network or opportunities in my country. Through this course I made amazing friends and connections for life! Thanks to this new international network, I am now able to apply for international opportunities and feel hopeful to gain funding for my permaculture projects.  Thank you for this wonderful program.”  – Montoeli Moletsane, Lesotho

“The PTT online course is very well designed, adapted for the modern digital world from a tried and tested format. Being online means I am able to dive deep into permaculture teaching, at a time when studying a presential course is just not possible. The course has great energy: the people care ethic is lived, from grounding moments and scheduled breaks to non-violent communication. The syllabus and approach gives momentum! Once you are on this leg of your permaculture learning journey, you will pick up pace. This course moved me from uncertainty tobeing inspired, informed and connected.”  – Ryan Sandford, UK  

“Before the teacher training, I hoped to“permaculturise” my teaching skills &conquer my fears about online teaching& technology.It has been so much more than that!It has been fantastic to be part of a community.I now feel ready to hold in personworkshops locally & beginto look for online students.”  – Jo Holleran, France

“I have wondered whether I will be able to make permaculturea viable career path.This course has given me the confidence that I am on the right track & that spreading the permaculture message is the most important life path for me.Thank you so much for this wonderful and enriching experience!” – Meg Watson, UK

Hear what Rosemary Morrow has to say about the course by clicking on the image below:

The PTTO Facilitation Team

Lead Facilitator

Alfred Decker

Guest Facilitators

Habiba Youssef Abdel Aal

Habiba holds a degree in Economics and Sustainable Development, and has worked in international development focusing on the regenerative and sustainable use of natural resources for income generating activities aimed for the reduction of poverty in rural areas. She is the co-founder of La Bolina, an Andalusia-based association working on land regeneration, capacity and awareness building and socio-economical integration of migrants and refugees. Habiba is an expert in agroecology market gardens.

Yau Fan

 Yau is a permaculture designer and facilitator. He did his first PDC in 2017 and afterwards took courses with Lesley Martin, Hugo Oliveira, Mirka Faya Hlavacova, Patricia Pereira, Helder Valente, Geoff Lawton, Daniel Halsey, Gerard Ducerf, and Elaine Ingham. Since taking a teacher training with Alfred Decker, he has taught 2 PDC and other permaculture courses for refugees in Brussels. 

Sonita Mbah

Sonita Mbah is a passionate food grower, facilitator and Applied Permaculture Designer – Certified by German Permakultur Akademie. She has led Permaculture courses in Cameroon, Germany and Kenya. For over 10 years, she was the Administrator of Better World Cameroon and co-initiator of Bafut Ecovillage, an off-grid learning center North West of Cameroon. As Executive Secretary of the Global Ecovillage Network Africa, she brings regenerative community and social enterprise development to several African communities. Sonita received the Gender Just Climate Solutions Award by the Women and Gender Constituency for empowering women on the earthen cook stove technology and the One World Award for her work with the Global Ecovillage Network.

Rosemary Morrow

Rosemary is known and loved worldwide as a permaculture teacher, practitioner, and activist. She has travelled the globe for four decades, often in countries shattered by war and disasters, sharing her passion for permaculture and social justice. Her belief is that access to useful knowledge is a basic human right. Several years ago, Rosemary decided to focus on teacher training courses in order to have a “multiplier effect” believing that the bottleneck keeping permaculture from growing more rapidly is not a shortage of curriculum and experience, but rather a shortage of competent permaculture teachers. She created this training to give people the skills and confidence needed to take the big step from being a practitioner to becoming a teacher. Her pragmatic and effective approach working with and being lead by local people has created community-scale permaculture projects and outcomes across a broad range of environments from drylands in Ethiopia, to the wet tropics of Vietnam. The knowledge and experience she brings to creating abundance, food security and successful sustainable farming models is unparalleled in permaculture education today. She is the author of the Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture, the Earth User’s Guide to Teaching Permaculture, The Family Seedsaving Book, and A Good Home Forever.

Starhawk

Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddessand the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge.

Her most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict and communications. 

Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism. 

Prices & Registration

We offer a sliding scale for this course, and ask participants to offer what they can pay for this professional, certified training. Those who can afford to pay more on the higher end of the scale will help those who can only pay less.

The sliding scale recognises the differences in economic reality depending on what country a participant comes from, as well as their individual circumstances, so this is a practical way that people with more resources can act in solidarity.

This course includes a discounted one year membership in the Permaculture Association Britain (PAB). 

If you are already a PAB member, you will be discounted the membership fee of £24.

Unsure if you are a member? Please try to log in HERE to check.

£524 Standard Price

This price reflects the real cost of running the course. Choose this price if you cannot pay the Abundance price.

£724 Abundance Price

Please choose this price if you are able to afford it. By doing so you are supporting opportunities for low income students and refugees to participate in the course. Thank you!

£324 Resilient Price 

You are welcome to choose this price if you have a low income or are unemployed, receive public assistance, do not have access to funds, etc.

Bursary: If you are not able to cover this price or are a refugee, please fill in a scholarship application form HERE

**PAB Membership is included for the fees for this course!**

Refund policy

-Full payment of the course fee is required before the course begins.
-No refunds will be issued if a participant does not complete the course.
-Participants may request a full refund, minus payment processing fees, within the first 7 days from the course start date. No refunds will be issued after 7 days from the course start.
-In the unlikely event that we need to cancel the course, participants will be offered:
a full refund of all course fees paid, minus payment processing fees, or the option to transfer to a future course.

Frequently Asked Questions

What “tech” is required to participate?

This training is online and you will need stable internet and a computer (or similar) with a functioning microphone and camera to be able to participate. The classes will be held on Zoom so you will need to make sure this is working for you before we start.
Participants will receive a list of other free tech we may use during the program before the course starts.
We keep the tech as simple and inclusive as possible!

When are the live sessions?

We meet every Tuesday and Wednesday live on Zoom. 

What if I miss a class?

All of the classes are recorded, so if you are not able to be present, you can catch up in your own time.  To receive your certification, you need to participate in at least 75% of the classes (9 out of 12).

Is this course suitable if I’m not a native English speaker?

Yes! Previous participants have been very international. You only need to be prepared to hold your facilitation practice in English.

How much time should I set aside for this training?

We recommend setting aside a minimum of 10 hours per week.

Is it possible to apply for a scholarship?

Yes! We want our courses to be as inclusive as possible and it may be possible to offer a scholarship place.

Please investigate all other sources of funding for your course participation before applying, as the funding is very limited.

To apply please fill out the application form by clicking here.

What tech do I need to be able to participate?

This training is online and you will need stable internet and a computer or similar with a functioning microphone and camera to be able to participate.

The classes will be held on Zoom so you will need to make sure this is working for you before we start.

A list of other free tech we may use during the program will be sent to you before the course starts, so you can get familiar. The course materials will be located on Mighty Networks, which you can access on your computer or by downloading Mighty Networks app to your smartphone.

We will keep the tech as simple and inclusive as possible. Participants receive details and support to use any tech required for the course. 

What if I have never taught before?

So long as you have a PDC, beginners are welcome! You just need passion to facilitate! 

You’re a part of something bigger!

By joining the PTTO, you will also become a member of the PAB’s Permaculture Community Hub, our overarching community. You’ll be able to keep up with the PTTO activities as well as with what’s happening in permaculture education in the main Permaculture Community Hub Activity Feed (think of it as our own permaculture social media newsfeed with PTTO and other activities all in one place). If you are not already a member of the PAB, your course fee will include a discounted 1 year membership.  The Permaculture Association of Britain is working to radically and positively change the way we live in the UK and actively supports a worldwide movement. Our aim is to help educate, network, support and redesign all aspects of our daily lives to transform ourselves, our communities and our landscapes according to the ethics of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share.

We hope to see you online for the third edition of this training!