Take A PDC With Bill Mollison For $40
Courses/Workshops, DVDs/Books, For Sale, Permaculture Resources, Why Permaculture? — by eric seider April 3, 2010
Well Not really.
But its pretty damn close and at the very least it’s an excellent addition to what you learned in your own PDC, or just a great permaculture resource in general. I first heard about these audio recordings of Bill from Geoff Lawton during my PDC. He said that Jeff Nugent (permacultureplants.net) audio recorded Bill teaching a PDC back in 1983 and it was the actual PDC Geoff attended. He said he would listen to them in the car all the time and that they were just a great resource to have.
I looked it up online and found Jeff Nugent’s website (click here) and saw that you could buy a dvd of mp3 files for $40 US. I ordered one and have been listening ever since.
The amount of information Bill manages to pack into each sentence is amazing. There are so many things I would hear while listening that would make me think, “I don’t remember learning that”. But taking a PDC is such an information overload it is really difficult to absorb everything at the time. So having the ability to essentially take a PDC over and over again at your own pace and so you can really absorb the info is priceless.
Now unfortunately with the nature of permaculture there are those individuals that want everything for free. I remember reading a thread on PRI’s forum where Jeff Nugent was defending himself for charging the $40 for the audio recordings. Now most rational people who actually do things instead of sitting on the sidelines criticizing would appreciate the amount of time that goes into recording, editing, and producing nearly 50 hours of audio. And remember this was recorded in 1983 on tapes and edited reel to reel in actual time.
I challenge any of those folks who take issue with the $40 dollar price tag to record, edit and produce 50 hours of audio and see if you still feel the same way.
Something to take note of if you import the mp3s onto your computer. The audio files are labeled 1a and 1b, 2a and 2b, etc… because they are corresponding to side a and b of a tape. So when I first imported the files into itunes they got put all out of order, perhaps this was simply my error, but I ended up renaming the files 1 thru 59 and now they are all in the right order. There is also a pdf of course notes included that correspond to the side a and b naming system so my renaming causes a slight issue with this. But truthfully I never really used the corresponding notes so its not really a big deal for me.
So if you want to hear Bill in his prime I highly recommend purchasing the dvd. And I would also like to thank Jeff Nugent for making these available and at such a reasonable price.
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