The curriculum
The whole building, system by system
14 courses, 274 lessons and 1,733 assessed questions - roughly 69 hours of instruction, written from four decades of building off-grid homes in northern New Mexico. All of it is free with an account. Start with the foundation course, then take the core track in order or go straight to the system you need. Separately from the curriculum we run manufacturer training on specific equipment, which is listed at the bottom of this page.
Level 0 · Foundation
Free with an account. The ideas everything else rests on.
Level 1 · Core Practitioner
Twelve courses covering every system of an off-grid building, in the order you build it.
Level 2 · Specialization
Beyond the single building - land, law, governance and community scale.
Professional certification
Manufacturer training on specific equipment. Priced separately from the curriculum, with limited places, and enrolled directly rather than opened from here.
Start where the ideas start
Regenerative Design Philosophy is the foundation the other thirteen courses rest on - 18 lessons, the quizzes, and a certificate. Free, like all of it, and no card required.
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