The Eastern Light Project is a community collective in Rockland County NY that is working to protect land in the area from unsustainable development by promoting permaculture and sustainable development.

Hi all I moved here on Monday the 26th of August and took a few days to settle in. My brother has just been made redundant from his job and I've been waiting till he's had a bit of time to discuss his ideas for the property. Yesterday I mentioned the idea of a banana circle to use the greywater...

Ubuntu Gardens is a nature-based workshop and retreat center for sustainability and healing arts education, a place for people to come together to discover and celebrate the sacred in all things! We are situated on a 200-acre organic forest farm and wilderness sanctuary located in the spectacular...

We are very honored to have as our lead instructor, Gabriel Howearth, world renowned botanist, landscape architect, master seedsman, and permaculture specialist. Co-instructing this course with Gabriel, we have Native American permaculture specialist, Jeanette Acosta. We will also have...

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-palestinian-students-to-attend-the-permaculture-design-course (PAYMENT CAN ALSO BE MADE THROUGH PRI ON THIS SITE--PLEASE INDICATE INDIEGOGO) Salam (Peace) from Palestine!  The Marda Permaculture Farm is a working farm and a demonstration site for per...

The Channon School Pond Restoration Project Community Projects — by Erik Klockemann August 28, 2013   AKA the PRI Ambassador Program by Erik Klockemann and Aybike Zengin The Channon Public School is a stone’s throw from PRI Zaytuna Farm and we were invited to come out and see what could be...

click on the link below to view the website http://workingwithnature.org/index.html  

Hi All Diego is working in China for his Chilean wine company at the moment. Diego is working on getting legal status for our project as a not-for-profit charity. Sergio is working in outback Northern Territory, Australia 7 days a week to raise funds. I'm in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...

At this property we want to develop a joyful, fullfilling life. So I have suggested three hours for work, study and meditation each day. I came to this number of hours for work because in Australia the government will give money for basic requisites (~$250 per week) to an adult who cannot ...

Hi all I attach the design for this property. The property is divided into approximately half. We will have the top (north) half and the design has focussed on that area. The bottom half will be developed privately at a later date, following techniques applied in the top half. There is e...

https://pne.oregonstate.edu/catalog/permaculture-design-certificate-online

This summer I began to see permacuture videos on you tube. And I saw a whole new world of possibility. By then it began to rain small rains and I planted summer ground cover. The rain was light and over a time period so it soaked in. no run off in the yard. had a small river in the South. did ...

This winter I realized I was not getting enough water into the ground during the winter so that my irrigation was only surface that was why I was having difficulty. I read some detailed info on water needs of garden plants and saw I needed to get at least my normal rail fall in the ground as a...

I found the rain harvesting vol. 1 book and read it. I realized that the principle of storing water in the ground at the sight where it could be used for trees. That was exciting to me to realize this. I was motivated to work even more on my basins.   Nest spring; I replanted hawthorn along ...

I live in a small town on 3 lots (1/2 acre?). The street that runs along the south is what I call the old river bed. All the land slops down to it and 3 blocks down there is a channel dug to handle the water flow mid block for several blocks and into the storm system. From my street it follow...

http://therongolianstar.com/2013/06/13/5313/