The road led eventually south, bypassing our home turf and moving down into Devon where we came to stay with old friends Adam and Jess living in their beautiful yurt outside Totnes.We went off to the beach to enjoy the early spring sun and Grace had a lovely sand sandwich and danced and ran and s...

Just down the road from Martin Crawfords forest garden our old friend Adam runs Fungi- Futures, also on the Dartington Estate.  Adam started a small enterprise Woodfruit growing gourmet edible mushrooms in shipping containers with a small clean room he built to propagate spawn.  Over the last cou...

    A wonderful weekend at the first Lammas eco village Tir- y- Gafel where we visited four families on their plots and met others living and visiting the site.  Tir- y – Gafel is a beautiful piece of land subdivided into 9 family plots of a...

I will be the first one to admit that when we moved back onto my parents property all I could think of was ... YES! 5 acres of space! The next though was ... OMG I've moved back home and we (my hubby and son at the time) will be living right next door to Mum and Dad *sigh* To my parents' credit,...

Tom will teach an Introduction to Permaculture course in Norseman, Western Australia (click here for map), on Easter Monday, 9 April. It will be a full day course going into the evening, since he will try to cover as much information as possible in a day. The Introduction to Permaculture will d...

2 acre demonstration site in the heart of the Norfolk countryside.

I am currently working on my Diploma whilst travelling in the most sustainable and ethical way from the UK to Australia.  I am looking for a design opportunity for my fourth diploma output somewhere between Spain and Turkey.  I am happy to work on a volunteer basis but ask for some accomodation. ...

THREE weekends of permaculture living! Introduction to Permaculture: Friday to Sunday April 20-22 Friday 20th at 7 pm to Sunday 22nd at 5 pmSpend a weekend at Bellbunya Community and immerse yourself in learning about growing your own food the permaculture way. You'll be introduced to t...

In the spectrum of alternative fuel sources, biofuel made from algae is perhaps the most easily mocked.   How could the slimy green muck that grows in your aquarium and washes up on the beach be a future cornerstone of American energy independence? So when President Obama stood before th...

Thank you for your interest in our Permaculture Design course to be held here at Permalógica, Tábua 16th -30 th JUNE 2012, with experienced teacher Steve Jones. http://www.sector39.co.uk  This course is 72 hours and certified by the Permaculture Association. Costs: 450€ including all vegeta...

Located in North Eastern Thailand. Working with rural rice farmers. Making a positive contribution to the farming communities through social and environmental projects as permaculture techniques and philosophy, composting, aquaculture, efficient systems, water harvesting and management, in the vi...

At the base of the Surrogate trees a circular border is made of an old cut up tree. Within the borders is dumped approx 2" of limb cuttings then approx 3-4 " of leaf matter. A mixture of different beans and radish are then spread across the top of the leaves and the use of a water hose is ...

There are still some very mature trees on this lot so I've decided to use them as Surrogates for new trees being added so I let the Surrogate decide when it is time to add a new tree too its care. As the larger limbs fall they are collected and used to build a makeshift frame/nest along th...

Formal French Vegetable Gardening combined with permaculture and native zones.

I was lucky enough to be able to collaborate with Danny on this demonstration project, which showcases his "LSB" (Lighter Simpler Building) methods as well as a variety of alternative and appropriate technology elements. There is a simple web site with a write-up, some pictures and some videos he...

We will be hosting for the second year a construction but diversified workshop for two month in France (near Poitiers 86) at La Courdémière.  The organisation will be shared with the participants, making all of us co-responsible for themoments we'll spend together. We will be making bread, cook,...

From a very early age in modern society we are taught that we are not responsible for things that happen to us. In kindergarten and day care facilities, and even in parks playgrounds have to have a bouncy soft floor to minimise injury. The equipment has to have certain size restrictions and eve...

Waste is an unused resource, and our concept of “waste” creates pollution.  Every year, billions of gallons of untreated sewage spill into the ocean, as a result of no treatment, or treatment plant failures due to power outages and high storm flows.  Over 3 million people die each year ...