Penny Livingston, Rafael Aguilera, Geoff Lawton (Right to Left)

Penny Livingston, Rafael Aguilera, Geoff Lawton (Right to Left)

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS POSTED AT FB Group/Events Page: Liberation Permaculture at Sol Collective Recruit community volunteers and organize events. EARTH ACTIVIST SKILLS and STRATEGIES Workshops every first First Tuesday, 6pm at Sol Collective.

by Tim BarkerDuring our last workshop at the Koanga Institute, we built a rocket stove. Our design brief was very specific in that the stove had to be practical, easy to use and long lasting, whereas what is being built by most backyard experimenters like myself, while being fun to make and...

360 Litres of Bio Fertiliser, 160 Litres of pro-biotic (compost tea) and  2 1/2 cubic metres of compost was made, and tonnes of information was gleaned from the brain of this amazing teacher.  Like baking a cake: compost building Paul showed everyone his 1 (compost), 2 (pro-biotic), 3 (bio-fert...

300 acre property. Tea trea and eucalyptus forest. The farm is in its early stages with no fixed buildings. Aquaponics systems started and Superadobe building on its way, we need to have 2 volunteers to speed the project, if you are interested please contact through here or by email pepodib@hotm...

Sustainable farm in its early stages, in one of the cleanest places in the world.

"The degree of life which appears in a thing depends upon the life of its component centers and their density. Following are fifteen structural features which Christopher Alexander has identified as appearing again and again in things which have life.  Together, these fifteen properties identi...

Growing Wild includes roughly 2.2 acres of improved property that is half cleared and half forested. The initial development did not include a Permaculture plan. As we set out to remodel the existing structures, more and more sustainable concepts were included. The success of these ideas resulted...

The endless creativity of the Amazon Rainforest manifests itself in an outstanding array of fruits, vegetables, trees and animals of all shapes and sizes. At Eco Ola we not only safeguard these tropical treasures, but also propagate them through our permaculture and agroforestry practices. Here y...

In 2011 I startet my own project, a foodforestgarden with includes the element water. My big faforits in foodforesting are Robert Hart, my father Hans-Hermann Gruber and the chagga people from Mount Kilimanjaro in Tansania

Homestead demonstration site on marginal land emphasizing low inputs, with a carbon footprint around 10% of the US average.

  Pic. 1 - Long haired goats at home, compost starters. Humans work with goats to sustain themselves and our shared (goat)culture in the mountain, of which they are a intrinsic member. Because we don't have other way of taking care of them outside (our terraces mosaic patches are not properl...

Herb Spiral Update We got excited and took a trip to the nursery to buy a few herbs to enhance our herb spiral. These included mint, dill (an unusual variety that grows into a shrub), phak phai (an ingredient for the Thai dish laab), various kinds of basil, and even though ...

New Shelter for Volunteers! We built a new shelter for our volunteers using all natural materials. The poles are eucalyptus. The floor and roof beams are made out of bamboo from our land. The floor is made out of split bamboo. The roof is made out of straw and leaves. The roo...

New Shelter for Volunteers! We built a new shelter for our volunteers using all natural materials. The poles are eucalyptus. The floor and roof beams are made out of bamboo from our land. The floor is made out of split bamboo. The roof is made out of straw and leaves. The r...

Food Forest Update Now in Rainy Season, we’re experiencing some prolific growth. Here’s a shot of our one year old  food forest. Try to imagine, 2 years ago this land was completely bare. Now it’s turned completely green, full of shrubs, trees, undergrowth, vines – it really ...

Food Forest Update Now in Rainy Season, we’re experiencing some prolific growth. Here’s a shot of our one year old  food forest. Try to imagine, 2 years ago this land was completely bare. Now it’s turned completely green, full of shrubs, trees, undergrowth, vines – it really ...