Certificate of Appreciation: Teaching Assistant on Geoff Lawton's PDC

Completing a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course and earning the certificate is a noteworthy accomplishment. The course curriculum is based on the original 72-hour course developed by permaculture founder, Bill Mollison. Utilizing best practices developed in online teaching, MOOCs such as those taught through Coursera or EdX, and wide-ranging discussions enabled through faculty-managed online communities and Disqus-powered exchanges, PDC certificate recipients have spent a year or more immersed in our learning community, and have spent six months or more interacting with the course content. Earning this certificate represents a major milestone for those on the path of practicing, teaching, and implementing permaculture, whether in the context of urban applications, small-to-large farm management, NGO and development aid work, or private consultations. None of this would be possible on part of the students i.e. recipients of the PDC certificate without the tireless effort of our Teaching Assistants who facilitated lively discussion, offered insights, and provided timely, helpful answers to each and every question that was posted. If not for our passionate Teaching Assistants we wouldn't have managed to become one of the most well respected online permaculture courses.