The only digital PDC built around restoring damaged land — from Kaleb Hanshaw, permaculture designer + reclamation specialist who has restored, consulted on, and designed reclamation strategies for thousands of acres across Appalachia — including his 35-acre Highwall field lab.
Pre-Enroll Now — Save $200Most of them are teaching design theory on beautiful, undisturbed land. That's fine for a textbook. It's useless for the land most homesteaders actually end up with.
The reality: the land you'll be able to afford — the land that's still out there for regular people — is going to have problems. Bad soil. Water in the wrong places. Compaction. Contamination. Old mine ground. Overgrown pasture. Neighboring pesticide drift. Things the standard PDC never prepares you for.
You need a PDC built by someone who has spent a decade turning that kind of land back into something productive. Not in a classroom. On the ground.
Same core Mollison-lineage permaculture curriculum you'd get from any PDC — ethics, principles, design methodology, water, soil, forestry, animals, social permaculture, business.
PLUS: how to actually design on land that starts damaged. How to remediate. How to build systems that heal ground while producing food. How to see liability as opportunity.
All filmed on-location at Highwall — a 35-acre WV reclamation field lab — with guest sessions from Sam Parker Davies and Geoff Lawton.
The foundation of permaculture design. Where it comes from, what makes it different, why it works.
Sector analysis, zones, pattern understanding, reading Appalachian landscapes.
Working with what nature is already doing on your land instead of fighting it.
The most important design element. Swales, ponds, catchment, rainwater harvesting, keyline design.
Building soil from scratch on damaged ground. Composting at scale. Cover crops. Testing.
Guest session with Shawn & Beth Dougherty. Succession, forest design, agroforestry.
Guest Zoom with Geoff Lawton. Rotational grazing, integrated systems, ponds as protein.
Building smart on damaged land. Solar, wood, water power.
How to actually make a living doing this. Aide work, collective projects, career paths.
The final design project framework — this is how you earn your PDC certification.
Live design walkthrough of a real reclamation project — start to finish.
Bringing it all together. Q&A on your own design. Certification submission process.
Cohort access opens Friday, November 14, 2026. You get all 12 days of curriculum unlocked immediately. Work through it at your pace — full completion window through March 14, 2027. Submit your final design any time in that window to earn your PDC certification.
I'm Kaleb Hanshaw. I'm the Director of Reclamation at Coalfield Development. My work spans direct restoration, hands-on consulting, and design strategy across thousands of acres of damaged Appalachian land. My 35-acre Highwall site is where I've concentrated the reclamation work into a working field lab — the ground where I teach and design in real time.
I'm not a homesteading YouTuber selling a lifestyle. I'm a working reclamation practitioner who happens to teach. Everything in this PDC has been tested on real land, at real scale, with real consequences.
Everyone who pre-enrolls before November 14 gets a private 45-minute 1:1 Zoom consult with Kaleb after they complete the course. Bring your final design project, your land, or your acquisition question — this consult goes deep on YOUR specific situation.
Not offered at the regular price after cohort launch.
Same 72-hour Mollison-lineage curriculum — plus a reclamation lens applied throughout. Water design taught on ground that has actual water problems. Soil taught on soil that has been rebuilt from scratch. Business of permaculture taught by someone actually running a design practice. This is a working practitioner's PDC.
The cohort officially opens. You get access to all 12 days of content unlocked immediately. You have 4 months (through March 14, 2027) to work through the material at your pace and submit your final design for certification.
No. This is a foundational PDC — designed to take you from zero to a working design practitioner. If you're already advanced, you'll still get value from the reclamation lens and the Highwall case studies.
Yes. The 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate curriculum this course follows is the internationally standardized PDC lineage from Bill Mollison, delivered by a Geoff-Lawton-trained certified educator (me). Your certification is real and recognized.
The 4-month window is generous. If life gets in the way and you need an extension, email me — I've never refused a reasonable request from a serious student.
Yes, on a case-by-case basis. Certification is earned by design quality, not just deadline compliance.
The core curriculum is on-demand. There will be optional live check-ins during the 4-month window — dates announced after enrollment. Recordings available if you can't attend live.
Save $300 by pre-enrolling. Lock in your founder's design consult.
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