P3 Designs, Shares and Grows ecological solutions. It offers the internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course both on a part-time and full-time basis, as well as workshops, talks and special events. It also provides consultation services that are site and budget specific, guiding you from the initial brainstorming to the full implementation of the project.
We offer a variety of workshops facilitated by experts in their field. The best way to keep up to date with our workshops is to visit our courses page , visit our Facebook or contacting us to be sure you are on our mailing list.
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Graham Calder has more than 13 years of experience teaching permaculture and ecological design. In 2009, he finished his BA in Environmental and Ecology Studies at Concordia University (Montreal, QC). Dissatisfied with the traditional environmentalist approach and its inability to meet the challenges of our time, Graham turned to Permaculture. The same year, he obtained his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) from Jesse Lemieux and then became an apprentice to one of the great names of Permaculture, Geoff Lawton, at the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia (PRI).
At the same time, he founded P3 Permaculture in Montreal: a social enterprise teaching and consulting permaculture design with the goal of making permaculture accessible to all. To date, Graham has certified more than 400 students in Permaculture Design. He has offered consulting and design services in more than 9 countries around the world; from urban gardens in Montreal, to the desert lands of Gansu in China, the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica and Cameroon.
Putting into action permaculture principles, we aim to design solutions which offer an abundance of good food, information, access to healthy lifestyle choices, meaningful employment opportunities and fulfilling experiences.
Accessibility is the core of P3’s vision. Solutions must be simple, practical, affordable and attractive. Our permaculture interventions are meant to establish and strengthen supportive networks between people and organizations. We promote dynamic and diverse knowledge and skill exchange, including traditional, indigenous, innovative, intergenerational, and intercultural practices.
Taking into account human and environmental legacies, we strive to innovate and realize lasting and tailor-made solutions. We want our financial, social and creative economies to be an ecosystem of responsible enterprises that share resources and provide mutually beneficial opportunities for development, adaptation and growth.
While permaculture is certainly about observing Nature and imitating what she has always done best, it doesn’t mean that it rejects technology altogether. Permaculture is about finding the appropriate solution for each context, budget, place and community. There is no all-encompassing trick, but there are certainly ways to make permaculture more effective. P3 is currently working with some of the most interesting and innovative technology collectives in order to develop ways to improve permaculture processes, while respecting the environments and people that they benefit. To be continued!
P3 Permaculture and its community are like an ecosystem. We thrive on growing together and on finding more and better ways to collaborate and pool our creative, human and economic resources. We are always on the lookout for new mutually beneficial partnerships and projects. Just reach out to us with your idea, we’ll do the same.
P3 Permaculture works on the well-being of everyone in our living environments. Indeed, very often the offices are not made to be in optimal conditions for work. P3 then created products to bring greenery indoors, using recycled and natural materials. Currently, P3 offers Moss Art frames, terrariums, green walls and green plants.
P3 is currently working on an online course to offer the core content of the PDC to a larger network of prospective students. This will allow for even more hands-on techniques and participative training during the design portion of the certification.
We are working on delivering more content through how-to videos, articles and podcasts that will make the information accessible to our students in-between courses and to people new to the field. Also, to support our students who have obtained their PDC we will be hosting more advanced and in-depth courses to bring their knowledge to the next level; allowing them to further their own projects and careers.
For us at P3, we find that this is the case with many land acknowledgements that mention the land is stolen - end of discussion; without offering any contribution or actual actions to remedy the situation.
The simple fact that the term reconciliation and reparations are in the past tense is a continuation of harm; as Canadian paramilitary forces and police are actively taking by force new territories that have never been ceded by the Wet'suwet'en peoples of the Unist'ot'en territory in northern British Columbia to continue the building of the oil pipeline.
Whether you are of settler decent or not, if you are a new immigrant to Canada, supporting the Canadian system and paying Canadian taxes you are actively contributing to the colonization of First Nations territories and no one is talking about that in their land acknowledgement.
Our commitment to have reconciliation in action is the following
- 50% discount to all Online workshops for BIPOC students
- 25% discount on 4 spots in all In person Courses for BIPOC students
- Hosting more events and screenings: educating citizens about the reality of the situation.
- All donations from these events will also go towards this community.
Permaculture is a design science as well as a philosophy that can be applied to all areas of life. Permaculture comes with a set of values, a holistic and solution-oriented vision of our communities, homes, relationships and food. Permaculture is not just a set of techniques for growing plants, it’s a worldview.
Permaculture comes with a set of ethics and values, unlike for example bio-mimicry, that models itself on the observation of nature just like permaculture, but has no ethical agenda about how to apply the findings and observations.
Permaculture has three main ethical pillars:
1) Care for the Earth: it’s about allowing provisions and resources for all life systems to continue and multiply, and for ecological systems to be balanced
2) Care for Others: the human contribution can be highly beneficial, as we are an important part of the ecological system. We need to care for each other.
3) Fair Share: the surplus of resources generated by permaculture must be reintegrated into the system.
No, it doesn’t have to be. At P3 Permaculture, accessibility is a key part of our vision. Permaculture projects do not have to make use of the newest and most expensive technology. The use of technology must be adapted to context, place, people and budget. And most of the time, permaculture will illuminate solutions that are very simple by observing carefully rather than applying boilerplate quick fixes.
To obtain a PDC, a student must complete 72 hours of classes and learn not only techniques, but also design methodology, visions, and solutions applicable in various aspects of life. The PDC certification developed by Bill Mollison in Australia in the 1970s is recognized and respected worldwide, even though it has not been formally accredited.
People who have completed a PDC can use the word ‘permaculture’ in their work and become facilitators and teacher themselves. Many also chose to start their own business as permaculture designers, consultants and practitioners. Permaculture opens doors in all kinds of paths including social entrepreneurship, natural building, food forestry, passive-solar building design, natural agriculture, community organizing, research & development, and many more.
The vision at P3 Permaculture is focused on accessible permaculture. We do design work for all kinds of clients, scales and budgets, and we have three different PDC funding options for low-income students: work trades, grants and a crowdfunding platform. We truly believe that permaculture is about appropriate, contextual and lasting solutions. Additionally, we are working towards positioning ourselves as a resource not only for permaculture, but also for social entrepreneurship by cultivating an ecosystem of responsible partner enterprises.
Permaculture Design Certification
Urban Food Forest: Design & Plant – Weekend Workshop
Eco-gardening Techniques for Regenerative Edible Landscapes – Lecture
Companion Planting for a Thriving Garden
Fundamentals of Regenerative Gardening with Permaculture – Live Online
Introduction to Permaculture - Live Online - FREE
Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation – Hands-on Workshop
Seed Swap Social at The Box of Life
Purify Your Water At Home: Lecture on DIY Water Filtration
Introduction to Urban Permaculture – Live Online Lecture
Ancestral and Survival Skills Course
Introduction to permaculture
Hands-on Eco Gardening with Permaculture/Jardinage écologique pratique avec la permaculture
Hands-on Eco Gardening with Permaculture/Jardinage écologique pratique avec la permaculture
Hands-on Eco Gardening with Permaculture/Jardinage écologique pratique avec la permaculture
Hands-on Eco Gardening with Permaculture/Jardinage écologique pratique avec la permaculture
Climate-Action Pocket Forest: Dig into the Solution
Permaculture Design Certification
Intro to Perma at L'Alpakiade Farm | Intro à la Permaculture à la ferme l'Alpakiade
Live Q&A with Graham Calder
Biophilic Design Workshop
Introduction à la permaculture
Pre-Registration Flood & Drought Prevention
Pre-Registration Flood & Drought Prevention
Pre-Registration Flood & Drought Prevention
Atelier - Introduction à la permaculture
Permaculture Design Course Summer 2020
Permaculture Design Course Summer 2020
Pre-Registration Flood & Drought Prevention
Permaculture Design Course Summer 2020
Community Gardening Workshop
Introduction to Permaculture | Introduction à la permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture | Introduction à la permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture | Introduction à la permaculture
DIY Water Filtration Workshop
Introduction à la permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture | Introduction à la permaculture
Community Gardening Workshop
Permaculture Design Certification Course
Permaculture Intro Workshop
Permaculture Intro Workshop
Permaculture Workshop with Chris Boucher
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Permaculture Workshop with Chris Boucher
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Permaculture Design Course (PDC)
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Permaculture Workshop with Chris Boucher
Introduction to Permaculture Workshop
Permaculture Design Course (PDC)
FULL - Montreal PDC with P3 Permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture
PDC in Montréal from May 21st, 2016 to July 31st, 2016
Atelier d’introduction à la permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture: The BIG Picture
Regenerative Design: An Introduction to Permaculture Principles and Ethics
The Permaculture Book Club: February Meeting!
Advanced, Hands-on Courses with P3 Permaculture (in the Yucatán!)
Permaculture Courses with P3 in Yucatan, Mexico! (PDC // Hands-On Intensives)
Climate Change Farm School
Detox your Home: Intro to Natural Cleaning Products
Intensif sur le compostage
Living Soils Workshop with Permaculture Soil Biologist Vivian Kaloxilos
Legal Options for Intentional Communities: Demystifying Land Ownership in Quebec and Envisioning Land Access and Land Use Alternatives
Workshop: Permaculture as a Tool-kit for Climate Change Adaptation
The Permaculture Book Club Meet and Greet! / Club de lecture
Introduction aux forêts nourricières
Social Permaculture: Facilitation and Mentorship as Regenerative Design
P3 at the DIF // The Economics of Permaculture: Reframing the Social Enterprise as "For Purpose"
Intro to Permaculture // Mexico PDC Info Session
Social Permaculture: Community Organizing and Strategic Campaigns with Koby Rogers Hall
P3 and TNDG Present >> Designing for Change: Climate Change Adaptation from your Backyard to Mexico, and Beyond.
DIY Window Farming
Permaculture Economics Workshop
Altelier sur la culture de champignons comestibles avec horticulteur et fermier Jean-Raymond Stratford
Introduction to Social Permaculture with Artist and Organizer Koby Rogers Hall
Introduction to Seed Saving
Part-Time Permaculture Design Certification course
Introduction to Permaculture / PDC Info Session!
DIY Fermentation Workshop
Systems Thinking Workshop & Discussion
CANCELLED: DIY Fermentation Workshop
Permaculture 101: A Positive Solutions Approach
Canning Workshop
Permaculture 101: A Positive Solutions Approach
Permaculture 101: A Positive Solutions Approach
Patterns in Nature
Construction Naturelle - Natural Building
Wild Zones (Zones Sauvages)
Intro to Tiny Homes (Intro aux mini maisons)
Pollinators Support Workshop
CANCELLED: Design for Ecological Systems
Soil Biology Workshop
CANCELLED: Compost Intensive / Compostage Intensif
Permaculture 101 at Afternoon Delight Festival
CANCELLED: DIY: Herb Spiral / Spirale d'herbes
Food Justice: Workshop / Roundtable discussion / Potluck
Companion Planting – Plantes Compagnes
DIY: Jardin en Lasagne / Lasagne Gardening
P3 Permablitz in St. Leonard
Screening/projection: Inhabit
Vermicomposting Workshop
Permaculture 102: Food Gardening (part of Food Forest Intensive)
Food Forest Intensive (UPDATED)
Food Forest Intensive (UPDATED)
DIY Mason Bee Houses
Permaculture 101: An Intro to Perma Philosophy and Design
Montreal premiere of the film "Inhabit" (FREE!)
P3 Launch for International Permaculture Day
Permaculture 101: Plant Propagation
Perma Potluck >> Earth Day/Jour de la Terre
Seedballs Workshop
Permaculture 102: Social Permaculture
The Economics of Happiness
Permaculture 101: seedball workshop
Permaculture 102: Sun Study with Sketchup
P3 Movie Nights: Cowspiracy
P3 Movie Nights presents DIRT! The Movie
Permaculture 101: An Introduction to Ecological Design
P3 is looking for workshop facilitators! (part-time/occasional)
Permaculture 102: Cold Climate Perennials
Permaculture 101: A positive solutions approach
Part-Time PDC course in Montreal with P3 Permaculture!
Permaculture 101: A positive solutions approach
Permaculture 101: A positive solutions approach
Advanced Permaculture Week
Permaculture Design Certification
Permaculture Solutions 101: From the balcony to the farm
Ecological Garden Design
Permaculture Design Certification
Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom Cultivation
Edible Forest Garden 101
Ecological Garden Design
Living willow Structures 101
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