For those who’ve earned a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC), you understand what a life changing experience this course is.

The principles, the patterns, the practices, the strategies – and the feeling that you’ve found something worth building a life around or from.

For most PDC grads, what comes next is at best a choose-your-own-adventure, and at worst, feeling lost in the churn. The gap between a PDC and a viable permaculture livelihood is as wide, varied and challenging as the different contexts we apply to permaculture. It just hasn’t been properly studied – until now.

We’re sharing the Global Professional Permaculture Pathways Survey, sponsored by Utah State University and led by Roslynn Brain McCann, Jason Gerhardt, and Javan K. Bernakevitch. 

The survey is  8-10 minutes, anonymous, and your answers directly shape how, where, why, and when the movement supports PDC graduates in applying permaculture professionally.

If you’ve taken a PDC, you’re eligible to participate. Please fill it out and share it widely.

Take the survey here: https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bqE0hKYXsobAG7I

The survey runs May 6 – July 6. Early responses make the research stronger.

Help contribute to our collective knowledge about how permaculture is spreading in the world!