Sustainable Living courses available in Byron Bay and Mullumbimby
Do you dream of living more sustainably? Gain the hands-on skills and knowledge to make that dream a reality.
Learn to reduce your footprint on the planet in an affordable way, engage positively with your surroundings and help your community gain the benefits of sustainability too.
Choose from our nationally-recognised Permaculture certificate courses to one-day workshops and short courses.
Develop your interests in sustainability by enrolling, today.
AHC42116 - Certificate IV in Permaculture
- Provide advice on permaculture principles and practices (AHCPER401)
- Design harvesting and storage systems for permaculture products (AHCPER407)
- Manage a permaculture seed bank (AHCPER409)
- Identify and analyse bioregional characteristics and resources (AHCPER406)
- Manage organic soil improvement (AHCORG403)
- Recommend approaches for sustainable community and bioregional development (AHCPER410)
- Design an urban permaculture system (AHCPER403)
- Operate within a sustainable community and bioregional development program (AHCPER411)
- Plan and implement permaculture works (AHCPER404)
- Select appropriate technology for a permaculture system (AHCPER405)
- Evaluate suitability of species as solutions for permaculture applications (AHCPER413)
- Cost a project (AHCBUS407)
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<p><strong>Come on the journey to grow your permaculture know-how right in the green heart of Northern NSW!</strong></p>
<p>Permaculture is a richly rewarding career,
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Urban Permaculture
<p>Learn how to transform your backyard into an edible landscape that is productive and beautiful. Using permaculture principles, we can create a garden that grows enough food for the household with
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Native Bee Keeping
<p>Social, semi-social and stingless bees all play a hugely important role in the Australian ecosystem, pollinating our unique wildflowers and more. This Native Bee Keeping course is completed on one
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AHC30722 - Certificate III in Horticulture
- Transport and store chemicals (AHCCHM304)
- Operate machinery and equipment (AHCMOM304)
- Control plant pests, diseases and disorders (AHCPMG302)
- Control weeds (AHCPMG301)
- Operate pressurised irrigation systems (AHCIRG346)
- Perform specialist amenity pruning (AHCPGD309)
- Identify and select plants (AHCPCM308)
- Contribute to workplace health and safety processes (AHCWHS302)
- Apply environmentally sustainable work practices (AHCWRK320)
- Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases (AHCCHM307)
- Implement soil improvements for garden and turf areas (AHCSOL304)
- Implement a landscape maintenance program (AHCPGD310)
- Implement a plant nutrition program (AHCPCM305)
- Implement a propagation plan (AHCNSY313)
- Prepare growing media (AHCSOL305)
- Maintain nursery plants (AHCNSY308)
- Provide information on plants and their culture (AHCPCM306)
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<p><strong>Do you want to grow your passion, while creating and nurturing diverse types of green environments?</strong></p>
<p>A career in horticulture is a great choice
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AHC33822 - Certificate III in Permaculture
- Maintain integrated plant and animal systems (AHCPER332)
- Establish a permaculture system (AHCPER324)
- Develop recommendations for integrated plant and animal systems (AHCPER414)
- Communicate permaculture system principles to stakeholders (AHCPER322)
- Conduct site inspections (AHCWRK322)
- Select plant and animal species for permaculture systems (AHCPER335)
- Test, improve and maintain healthy soil in a permaculture system (AHCPER336)
- Install and maintain permaculture water management systems (AHCPER326)
- Use the characteristics of plant resilience in a permaculture system (AHCPER323)
- Mitigate plant pests, diseases and disorders in a permaculture system (AHCPER325)
- Coordinate preparation and storage of produce from a permaculture system (AHCPER329)
- Monitor weather conditions (AHCWRK314)
- Coordinate propagation activities for a permaculture system (AHCPER331)
- Read and interpret property maps and plans (AHCPER334)
- Install structures for permaculture systems (AHCPER327)
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<p><strong>Are you interested in learning permaculture skills to help make lives, homes and communities more sustainable?</strong></p>
<p>We offer you the opportunity to
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Beekeeping - Level 2
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Animals - Integrated Production Systems - PDC
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Settlements - Sustainable Housing And Appropriate Technology - PDC
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Backyard Chooks
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Beekeeping
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