Sylas Lau

The curriculum is brilliant, but as much as I like the idea I agree with Zach that the career possibility feels less solid than other professionals holding a PDC cert.

Although it’s perfectly sensible to make permaculture a 4 yr undergrad as it span across many disciplines, it seems risky from a student’s point of view. Permaculture encourages hands-on and many students might be ready to start their career after a Bachelor. However, let’s say if some students are interested in particular technical areas and would like to go for post-grad study, for examples: green architectures/ mechanic engineering/ root biology. The entrance requirement for post-grad programs tends to include a Bachelor degree majoring in related subjects. How would the admission see permaculture as a related subject?

I discovered permaculture during the search for a graduate program in sustainable agriculture, and see that there are many PDC cert course options around the world. None that I have come across would judge one's education background to enter. Hence when choosing a major as a cautious student, the mentality would be: I can do permaculture without majoring in it, but it's not the same in other fields... hm....

Hello My name is Sylas. I am originally from Hong Kong, and currently living in Suzhou (Jiangsu, China).
I want to be connected to other permies and be useful for Permaculture and a sustainable future, simply.

Brief into: I lived in US and NZ, so I am familiar with the Chinese and Anglo culture, fluently bilingual in Chinese and English (although my Eng grammar gets sloppy at times and Putonghua pronunciation needs some improvement). I have a bachelor degree in Molecular Biology, working experience in laboratories, event organisation, teaching (kids to senior adults) and materials write-ups, customer service management.

Please contact me if I can be any help in projects of yours or anyone you know. Email: sylaslau@gmail.com
All I want in return is the opportunity to learn more, and gain some experience and friends.