We combined indigenous knowledge and permaculture into a tight neat package for students to apply in hands on situations at our facility. A truly unique opportunity.

I wanted to say that I have recently finished my PDC online with Geoff Lawton and the course was awesome!  I learned so much.  I am looking forward to doing some teaching and co-teaching refining my skills and getting my teacher certification.  For those of you wondering if paying $900 plus for...

I inherited an avocado tree, jocotal, lemon, orange, mandarine. My goal is to create a microsystem and achieve self sustainability. Well almost since Milkyways dont grow on trees.

In partnership with The Railway Hotel, we have created a raised bed garden using recycled wooden pallets in which local people with learning disabiities can grow fresh vegetables and herbs and learn horticultural and cooking skills.

I have sent in my final project for the Geoff Lawton PDC Design Course 2014 and am nervously waiting to see if I passed. Fingers crossed :-)  

I love trees and perennials. Anything that's happy dumping massive amounts of food on my head every year (and there are so many plants happy to do this) is bound to be a winner in my book.With that said though, the majority of what can be produced in a hurry are annual crops.  I look forward to t...

Update from our mini oasis  Year after year this garden feels more alive. Ornamentals, spices and wild herbs are continuously flowering throughout the year. Very much appreciated by a high diversity of life. Bumblebees, bees, butterflies, birds,… are around from dawn till dusk. Unfortunately...

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IN OUR TOWNS AND CITIES? The focus of the workshop is to find  appropriate people who have  similar core values as UIWGroup and  want to be part  of the development of the project that will include finance, design and cons...

LUNAR INTERNSHIPS We hold spaces for Permaculture interns to join us for a month period of growth and learning centered around the phases of the moon.. We hope to simplify our lives by planning our daily tasks, workshops and classes around a lunar schedule and therefore create a holistic l...

PDC – November 2-16, 2014   2-Week Intensive Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course at The Yoga Forest San Marcos la Laguna, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Cost: US$1595 staying in shared cabañas or US$1445 for camping facility. Both prices included certification, three vegetarian meal...

LUNAR INTERNSHIPS We hold spaces for Permaculture interns to join us for a month period of growth and learning centered around the phases of the moon.. We hope to simplify our lives by planning our daily tasks, workshops and classes around a lunar schedule and therefore create a holistic l...

The Yoga Forest was founded as a sustainable living experiment, through a desire for living simply, greenly and in communion with everything surrounding us. Offering daily yoga classes and Permaculture workshops, monthly internships following the Lunar cycle, Independent Study Programs and an...

This is an advanced, fully certified 14 day, 84 hour, intensive Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) verified PDC. This course is certified by registered PRI PDC Teacher, Theron Beaudreau of Eco-Pioneers.org. A paradigm shifting, mind expanding experience you won’t want to miss, a Permaculture ...

This is an advanced, fully certified 14 day, 84 hour, intensive Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) verified PDC. This course is certified by registered PRI PDC Teacher, Theron Beaudreau of Eco-Pioneers.org. A paradigm shifting, mind expanding experience you won’t want to miss, a Permaculture ...

So this is a big project. Prolly the biggest I've ever followed through with. It's been awhile in the making. The drainage trench, which is three feet deep around the entire foundation was dug last year and filled in with drain tile, round drain stone, fabric mesh, and insulation. I'd been workin...

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