Consulting

The Permaculture Project LLC offers consultation in site planning and design for rural, suburban and urban locations; private homes and businesses; village design, rural, suburban and urban planning, corporate campuses, housing developments.

We look, in depth, at water collection systems, purification and storage; cycling and distribution of fresh water; air and water purification; aquaculture; gardening, farming and animal husbandry; renewable energy (solar, wind, water, fire) systems, natural heating, cooling and climate regulation; bio-fuels; practical homesteading skills; eco-building construction and home retrofit; biological waste management systems and waste detoxification; land restoration; utility plant landscapes and food forests; community gardens; the business of organics; recreation; noise abatement; peaceful sanctuary; biological diversity; nutrient storage and cycling.

For Consulting Services Please Visit Permaculture Design-Build Collaborative LLC 

Design Process

Permaculture is about whole systems, not about separate components. Because each element in a landscape or the built environment affects every other element at a site, a complete, comprehensive assessment is tantamount to develop healthy, productive, energy efficient relationships between elements for the benefit of everyone and everything involved in day to day operations and life. By paying attention to all details: topography, climate, water, wind, sun, activity nodes and corridors, buildings, machinery and tools, the waste stream, plants and animals, it enables us to make best use of what is already on the ground, and what we intend to put there. With a dynamic interaction of elements in process, and an assessment of both spatial and temporal attributes, organized around sound ecological principles, we can maximize yields and balance the landscape.

In order to accomplish this we conduct a five phase process as follows:

Phase I: Initial discussion, protocol, history, institutional analysis, vision, mission, geopolitical assessment, bioregional delineation, values, objectives, needs, wants, budgets.
Phase II: Training in methodologies of Permaculture for representatives of all involved in site: those that live and work at and maintain the site.
Phase III: On site assessment, abiotic and biotic factors, physical, biological and cultural attributes, landform, built environment, energy sources, present and historical land use features, activity nodes and corridors, land tenure, critical habitat foundations, soil composition, vegetation composition and cover, successional pattern and plant productivity, wildlife corridors, water resources, climatological factors, the waste stream. Recommendations based on assessment and needs, suitability analysis, the whys and wherefores of transitioning into a comprehensive Permaculture “green” environment. Designing the vision, integrating the systems.
Phase IV: Design Charrette with representatives of all those occupying and using the site.
Phase V: Action steps, timeline, implementation and monitoring.

Wayne Weiseman and The Permaculture Project LLC can be contacted by emailing permacultureproject@gmail.com or calling (618) 713-0537.