This position is ideal for someone with training in agriculture and limited experience of farm management with some other experience of managing people in a working environment. A grasp of basic horticultural and farming techniques and their application is essential (e.g. budding, grafting, c...

-          Assistance with general maintenance of on-site facilities -          Assistance with logistical support for all aspects of project operation including the lodge, farm and Permaculture in Konso schools projects; ordering materials, offering technical support where possible, orderin...

Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge in Konso in the South of Ethiopia seeks an organic cook for its Permaculture kitchen. The position is ideal for some-one looking to spend time working in another culture and learning new things while teaching and contributing something back. SFEL project is a model...

JOB DESCRIPTION: Eco-Lodge Manager Internship Ø  Oversees implementation of roles of staff working in the Eco-Lodge, Restaurant and Reception: receptionist, waiter, cleaners, cooks, store-keeper and guards. Ø  Insures guests are receiving proper service - Deals with problems raised by guests...

Permaculture in Ethiopia stands on the edge of a sea of possibilities. This is a virgin land. The mighty plains of Abyssinia rise out of the Eastern Sahara, to become rolling fertile uplands, worked by farmers in the primeval mode that the modern westerner can only dream about nowadays, caric...

Permaculture in Ethiopia stands on the edge of a sea of possibilities. This is a virgin land. The mighty plains of Abyssinia rise out of the Eastern Sahara, to become rolling fertile uplands, worked by farmers in the primeval mode that the modern westerner can only dream about nowadays, caric...

Nosso próximo PDC começa este sábado!Durante os fins de semana de novembro e dezembro, os participantes terão a oportunidade de conhecer as nossas diferentes Estações Permaculturais nos arredores de Brasília.   Inscrições pelo site www.ipoema.org.br  

I will be up loading more photos & videos of what has been done so far & some information about what our plans are.   Blessings, Cheyenne

Hannah Thorogood will be leading a full PDC in Leicester over 6 months, starting in January 2012. The course will run over the last weekend in each month, from January to June. The confirmed dates are shown below:-  28/29 January (2012) 25/26 February 24/25 March  28/29 April 26/27 May 2...

Begining to design the workgroups and initiatives to begin the invitations for the great unleashing event in St Petersburg FL.   Join us at the UU church 719 Arlington, St Petersburg 7pm Monday Nov 7, 2011  

I did an interview with journalist James Brownsell of Al Jazeera a few months ago, and he has worked it into this great article about the tree planting campaign in Palestine that we are a part of: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/08/2011823152713716742.html Hope you enjoy!  

Over the past three plus weeks myself and 15 other cohorts have been fully engaged in farm life. And, although there are several aspects of this lifestyle that you might expect out of a typical farm experience (i.e. milking goats, turning compost, planting veggies, etc...) this is far from a typi...

I need to get info regardng compost heated greenhouses/hoophouses/polytunnels and also about aquaponics in greenhouses. Has anyone got experience with this? I would like to combine these two into one closed system. Grateful for any ideas and input!!! Thanks!

http://chaosobral.blogspot.com/2011/10/introducao-permacultura-com-os-ritmos.html http://www.openworldcafe.com/events/introduction-to-the-rythms-of-the-mountain-in-chao-sobral     Program   Permaculture Design Principles explained during the following subjects     During the morning, sta...

The thaw finally came in Michigan and I got outside to work on my first swale. Hand dug beside the house. More out of eagerness and experimentation than actual legitimate function. I learned some unexpected lessons about working in very sandy soils and was encouraged by my ability to solve the pr...

Please follow the link below to see Carly and Jean's latest blog entry about harvesting olives in Palestine (and hear some super-duper-hooper tunes while you do it.....) http://makingsenseofthings.info/2011/10/the-politics-of-olive-harvesting-in-palestine/

A training was given to technical staff of implementing partners of local NGOs were trained on Kitchen Gardening integrated with Permaculture principles. The presentation was a part of the activity already planned for Kitchen gardening. Participants took keen interset in Permaculture which is new...

The conversion of an entirely unused portion of land into a food producing system utilizing greywater and rainwater catchment.