In October 2011 I was contacted by the British Association to join a project, focused on Permaculture Training. During the following 5 months many countries joined the project and worked on the application for the Leonardo Partnership Funding: Germany, Latvia, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Hollan...

so another thread of research.  lots of great info out there.  at some point i'd love to have searchable databases of n-fixers and fast carbon pathway support species as a resource to the permaculture community.  for now I offer these links and lists and thoughts. From Koreen Brennan Just found...

A 1.3 acre homestead developing into a Permaculture demonstration site and hosting educational Permaculture design and application classes. We are located in the cold-hot high desert of the Great Basin ecological province. Our goals are education, demonstration, and advocacy.

I compiled this for my PDC class and thought people on this list might find it useful. Any feedback and additions to strategies and resources is always appreciated. 'At last Class, a question was asked about salty soils. We discussed that there are only a few options for treating salty soils, whi...

Peter Brecknock from Allyn River Permaculture Farm will be co-teaching a permaculture design Certificate with Penny Pyett at the Permaculture Sydney Instute at St Albans NSW date, 7th to 19th January 2013. All details of the course can be found at: www.permaculturesydneyinstitute.org

Hi all,   Please comment, correct, and update this thread.  It is meant to be a work in/for progress.   Thought I'd start a thread with info on drinking rainwater. one of the highest quality water sources out there. much better than groundwater if collected and stored properly. upwind contami...

Allyn River Permaculture Farm is a being developed as a permaculture demostration and education centre. At a scale to illustrate permaculture principles and techniques at a scale appropriate fo both urban and rural visitors

These spicy peppers are some of the most delicious in the world and provide a great kick to your day. Eco Ola plants charapitas in raised beds and then harvests them for the local community or for use on sacha inchi seeds as a healthy snack. The charapita is part of Capsicum frutescens family and...

This year I've had many exciting opportunities to take my knowledge of permaculture, ecology nad botany all over the states, teaching workshops in Colorado, Pamama, Hawaii, and Florida. I'm excited for my next project in West Palm Beach, FL where me and my friends Drew Wilkinson and Elizabeth Dun...

Shoveling the sawdust into the dam We are lucky to have a local sawmill, where we can always find an abundance of sawdust for use in our garden. We also have a friendly neighbour, who has a large pile of rotting sawdust on his property which we have access to.  Our recently dug dam has a slight...

Shoveling the sawdust into the dam We are lucky to have a local sawmill, where we can always find an abundance of sawdust for use in our garden. We also have a friendly neighbour, who has a large pile of rotting sawdust on his property which we have access to.  Our recently dug dam has a slight...

After reading a recent post by one of the other members of this forum (Nam-Ha Quach), I thought I'd share my attempts at changing the "system" from the inside... I am also a secondary school teacher and since the full concept of Permaculture is still a bit "fare out" for many people, I thought...

Rural, cooperative based lifestyle, land-care development project

To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is the marriage of the wisdom of the mind and the kindness of the heart that can mend our hurt. Eco Ola's embodies this bond by combining ecological permaculture farming and a secure market with compassion and passion for the rainforest and its peoples. Through t...

3 Chickens now call Growing Wild home. What started out as an elaborate chicken tractor has become a fixed coop that is integrated into the back permaculture garden. The coop is constructed 2 x 4s and leftover sections of t 1-11 and some metal roof. Although heavier then I intended, the chicken t...

I've just (an hour ago) returned home to Amman, having completed a PDC at Al-Jawfa, near the Dead Sea in Jordan, with Geoff and Nadia Lawton. Although my "aha" moment came some years ago, and I'd been reading about permaculture principles since then, I feel that 72 intensive hours of study and di...

A chance to get an internationally certified PDC training with INTEGRALPERMANENCE during a very busy series of workshops with various experts from around the globe for the awesome SUMMER OF SOIL series... Our courses are highly regarded around the world and internationally certified by PRI (Aus)...