The size of a football field is being destroyed each second from our world's rainforest. This means that the source of 1/3 of the world's oxygen is swiftly disappearing. Every day that passes our ability to breathe quality air is imperiled. As dire as everything appears, the answer to these dilem...

1 ha PC garden currently getting developed. Main interests are 1. to establish self sufficiency for our family based mainly on plants and animals which naturally belong to boreal climate zone or grow here easily. 2. to teach herbal (medicine) skills and self sufficiency skills (with a focus o...

We have incorporated a worm tower for disposal of vege scraps in our second deluxe wicking bed….. 5 meter long and bench height. The tower is simply a thick walled pipe which is made from  recycled plastic bottle lids, ( hence it is gaily coloured)  buried 4 inches ( 100 mm) or so into the surfac...

The Balmeggberg is a community of three families in the Emmental in Switzerland. We cultivate 3ha land and 3ha forest, situated on a steep slope. We work according to the principles of permaculture. During spring, summer and fall we look for interested permaculture trainees willing to join our ...

The Eco Ola team is working with colleagues in the United States and Peru to start Acaté Amazon Conservation, which is rapidly developing and will be launching in the coming weeks. Acaté’s projects operate at the cutting edge of conservation by integrating culture, health, and the environment int...

Vamos Verde is a 40ha project inspired by permaculture and nature.

Learn how to develop sustainable systems which can be applied to all aspects of life through the observation and replication of natural patterning. We will learn how to creat regenerative systems that provide for our basic needs without compromising the environment. Permaculture is presented as a...

Finstock Permaculture Group has been initiated to aid the production of a surplus to stock the village shop and develop long term sustainable food gardens through-out the village

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About two acres with a mix of a small leaf forest, a small lake, a sloop with our house between a small field at the top and the small lake at the bottom, and a small pond next to the house. The house is small as well...

Permaculture Tools website is up and running.   Come and have a look at what you can pick up. Can't find it make a suggestion or we can custom make to your design.

A winter musing: There are 2 perfectly normal permaculture practices that I am having trouble getting my head around.  It will be fun to see if I eventually come around to doing things the normal permaculture way! First- sheet mulching.  I stubbornly don't want to do it, because I'm worried abo...

Wicking Seed Starter Success Further Research Over the course of a week, I did research on other wicking methods for seed propagation and found this site. The wicking seed starter used a floating raft that would act as a table for the seed starts. On top of the table, a capillary mat is placed ...

Wicking Seed Starter Success Further Research Over the course of a week, I did research on other wicking methods for seed propagation and found this site. The wicking seed starter used a floating raft that would act as a table for the seed starts. On top of the table, a capillary mat is placed ...

Student project in urban design on  KTH architecture year 3 autumn 2012  

Our own nurseries help us propagate and develop our land here in the Peruvian Amazon. They are simple structures made of rainforest palm fronds, already felled trees and bark. When you support nature in the smallest ways, it pays you back in the beauty it spreads. http://www.facebook.com/photo.p...

Lindö City is a political statement. A manifesto aimed at changing our attitude to the use of agricultural land. A small town of 2000 people. City planning with a permaculture focus.