Philosophy that drive Conservation According to many indigenous peoples' core belief, every natural thing on earth has a living energy. Things that are considered non-living by Western science are alive-such things as stones and water are alive and are inter connected with each another. All n...

We’re rolling out a series of free videos from Geoff Lawton. The first video is about how Geoff Lawton got started in Permaculture and how he used it to transform his burnt out farm to abundance and what a little permaculture knowledge can do for you. This first video has been a terrific hit and ...

Click here to go to an introductory video titled ‘How to Survive the Coming Crises‘. This is a FREE 34-minute video that looks at: - How to survive the coming crises — economic, food, water and energy — in a healthy and abundant way - Establish food forests with a step by step guide - Become...

Demonstration site for permaculture in alpine regions

Entre os dias 23 e 31 de março de 2013, realizamos mais um PDC na estação de permacultura de Yvy porã, em Santa Catarina. Nesta estação de permacultura, a proposta é de um curso para pequenos grupos, que vivam imersos numa propriedade familiar. Neste espaço, numa carga horária de 80horas aula, ...

Eco Ola wants to thank all of you who voiced your support for us in the aftermath of this outrageous incident. Unfortunately these things are all to common in Peru and the rest of the Amazon. A big misguided energy project tramples on the rights and property of those with the misfortune to be in ...

March 23, 2013 It's that time of year when my cool season crops are fading and it's time to plant warm season crops. Yesterday we cut down the sugar snap peas that have kept me and a dozen others stuffed with goodness for the past couple of months. Each year, the sugar snap peas seem to get sw...

March 30, 2013 Today my mother (Julie) continued to remove weeds that have sprung up in the paths thanks to the abundance of spring rain we had this year. Weeds truly do like to grow amongst the gravel - which brings to mind an old Native American planting method in dryland areas. A small berm...

Hi What are you doing this Summer ?Self-eco-building 25 m², possible or not ?We think it is with a bit of organisation and a lot of enthousiasm. As you might knnow, we plan to build different small habitations on our land.After the first one in 2011, this Summer, we will build the Polyvalent Lodg...

April 1, 2013 I cannot believe how hard my ground gets after just one planting season. Although my desert soil has improved dramatically in the 5 years since I've been applying permaculture principles, I still have a hard time keeping enough organic matter in the soil and my (originally) heavy ...

I cannot believe how hard my ground gets after just one planting season. Although my desert soil has improved dramatically in the 5 years since I've been applying permaculture principles, I still have a hard time keeping enough organic matter in the soil and my (originally) heavy clay dirt start...

We developed a relationship with two local community organizations for the development of a local, community owned, rural tourism paths. The project is in the legalization process to create an NGO whose purpose will be the development of community trails in a period of two years with the goal...

Tom had to re-do some fencing and clear the site for the bio-digester. He calculated that with the amount of manure we are getting (around 30kg per day), we need a 5 cubic metre bio-digester, which will give us around 1 1/2 cubic metres of gas per day.  Outlines of the bio-digester Lead up time...

in january 2013 i visited the northern arier of pakistan // hunza valley. the ngo organization KADO kadohunza.org invidet me to come, see the valley, talk with the farmers, and look where we can build up two permaculture demonstration farms. One in Upper Hunza at 3.000 above sealevel, a other far...

What is Panarchy?  Panarchy is a conceptual framework to account for the dual, and seemingly contradictory, characteristics of all complex systems – stability and change. It is the study of how economic growth and human development depend on ecosystems and institutions, and how they i...

The Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of group development was first proposed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965, who maintained that these phases are all necessary and inevitable in order for the team to grow, to face up to challenges, to tackle problems, to find solutions, to plan work,...