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PDC Mission: We provide transformative permaculture design education equipping students with the knowledge, skills and support to become designers, teachers, and community leaders in food security, climate resilience and ecosystem stewardship.

  • Who: DiHG Eco-Prise
  • What: 72- Hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course
  • Where: Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD) 
    4500 Glenwood Drive, Riverside, CA 92501
  • When: 2nd Saturday of each month. October through June.
  • How: This course contains 54 hours of lecture, 18 hours of demonstrations and workshops equaling 72- hours of education. You may attend specific topics of interest to you. Or you may work towards your Permaculture Design Certificate or Teaching Certificate. To earn your Permaculture Design Certificate, you must attend a total of 72- hours, participate in 12 hours of stewardship, and present your final design project to our group of piers. You don't have to acquire all hours in one year. If you miss any class(s), you may take the following year(s).
  • Donations: Please contribute what you can to help this program thrive and support DiHG's mission to teach permaculture design, share tools, and cultivate livelihoods rooted in restoring ecosystems and building circular economies.

2026/27 Class & Workshop Schedule

  • October 10, 2026- Class 1: Permaculture Demonstration Site Tour, RCRCD Site Tour, Course Orientation, Food Security, Introduction to Permaculture, Intro to Strategies for an Alternative Nation, Effective Working Groups
  • November 7, 2026 - Irrigation Workshop
  • November 14, 2026 - Class 2: Stewardship, Concepts and Themes in Design, Food Security, Methods of Design, David Holmgren's Permaculture Principles
  • December 12, 2026 - Class 3: Stewardship, Conservation and Zone 5 Planning, Food Security, Pattern Understanding, Bioregional Organization
  • December 19, 2026- Natural Building Workshop - Cob Walls
  • January 9, 2027 - Class 4: Stewardship, Climate Factors, Barter & Trade, Trusts & Legal Strategies, Developmental and Property Trusts, Food Security
  • January 23, 2027 - 8:00-3:00 Natural Building Workshop - Bottle Art, Interior Fixtures and Cob Walls
  • February 13, 2027 - Class 5: Stewardship, Trees and Their Energy Transactions, Barter & Trade, Village Development, Communication, Food Security
  • February 20, 2027 - 11:00-3:00 - Composting Workshops: Vermicomposting and Backyard
  • February 20, 2027 - 9:00-3:30 - Natural Building Workshop - Cob Floor
  • March 12, 2027 - Design Lab, 11:00-3:00
  • March 13, 2027 - Class 6: Stewardship, Water, Soils, Food Security
  • March 14, 2027 - Plumeria Workshop, 10:00-12:00
  • March 27, 2027 - Rainwater Harvesting Workshop
  • April 3, 2027 - Food Preservation & Safety Workshop
  • April 10, 2027 - Class 7: Stewardship, Land Access, Earth Resources, Food Security, Earthworks, A-Frame
  • April 17, 2027 - Permaculture Farm Tour
  • April 24, 2027 - Natural Building Workshop - Plastering
  • May 8, 2027 - Class 8: Stewardship, Climates, Barter & Trade, Aquaculture, Money & Finance, Ethical Investments, Food Security
  • May 22, 2027 - Tool Lending Library Donations and Set Up
  • June 12, 2027 - Class 9: Stewardship, Dryland Strategies, Futures
  • July - September - Stewardship Working Groups: Permaculture Demonstration Site at RCRCD, Food Security
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Susan Krings

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Christy Gray

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Rose Morisoli

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Vanessa Encinias

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Linda Glaccum

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Jake Vogenberg

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Kathy Swanson

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Christine Lampe

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Cristina Escudero

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Cesar Lopez-Barreras

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