Section: General | Undergraduate University Module in Permaculture

Course summary

Permaculture is a set of principles that integrates land, resources, people and the environment through mutually beneficial synergies. It aims to imitate and recreate natural ecosystems through the use of closed-loop and no waste techniques. It has gained increasing visibility in recent years, with the rise of growing environmental threats and deterioration of ecosystems.

Where intensive agriculture generally results in high productivity at the expense of biodiversity, Permaculture indeed offers alternatives as it is a holistic approach that encompasses a complete spectrum of regenerative concepts, systems and solutions. In that sense, it is at the core of ethical education.

An Erasmus+ Project

The “Undergraduate University Module in Permaculture: Creating new synergies between higher education and professionals to promote sustainable systems” project – in short, Perma+ Module – is an Erasmus+ project under key action 2 (“Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices”).

The PermaModule Project is financially supported by the European Union within the framework of the European Commission's Erasmus+ Programme. Contents and opinions expressed on this website do not reflect the official opinion of the European Union and are the sole responsibility of Safe Food Advocacy Europe (19PS0005).

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  The “Undergraduate University Module in Permaculture: Creating new synergies between higher education and professionals to promote sustainable systems” project – in short, PermaModule – is an Erasmus+ project which SAFE proudly coordinates since September 2019.
  The project also involves four partner universities:
  University of Liège - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (Belgium);
  University of Malta (Malta);
  University of Catania (Italy);
  University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (Romania)
  and two permaculture associations:
  Accademia Italiana di Permacultura (Italy)
  Institutul de Cercetare in Permacultura din Romania (Romania)
  The module is built around 3 main outputs:
  A curriculum, including its teaching methodology, several intensive study programmes in permaculture;
  A student handbook to support lectures and on-field work from students;
  An E-learning platform.
  For universities who want to engage with the project, please contact us at communications@safefoodadvocacy.eu
  Discover our PermaModule:
  PermaModule at a glance
  About the PermaModule
  More info: https://www.safefoodadvocacy.eu/perma...