2 Week Permaculture Internship at Greening The Desert, Jordan (22 Nov to 3 Dec 2026)

We're excited to be running our 2 Week Permaculture Internship at the Greening The Desert Project in Jordan, 22 November to 3 December 2026.

The internship is designed for people who've already completed their PDC and want to put that knowledge into practice. The project sits in the Dead Sea Valley, close to the lowest point on Earth, with intense heat, arid soils and very little rainfall, so every skill you learn here has been tested in some of the toughest conditions there are.

Over two weeks, you'll spend around 80 hours working alongside our team, combining hands-on practical work with theory sessions. On the practical side, you'll build wicking bed roof gardens, maintain the food forest through chop and drop, pruning and mulching, work with small animal systems, make compost, compost tea and natural fertilisers, and help with the desert vegetable gardens, plant nursery and reed bed systems.

Theory sessions cover water harvesting, landscape rehabilitation, greywater systems, solar power and hot water, rocket stoves, mudbrick and straw bale building, aquaponics and more.

Camping and shower facilities are included, with a self-catering kitchen on site. You'll finish with an internship certificate signed by Geoff Lawton.

⏳ Early bird: save $200 AUD when you book before 1 November ($2,600 AUD, rising to $2,800 AUD after that).

Full details are in this link: Course Details Page

If you have any questions, send us an email to education@greeningthedesertproject.org