Vandana Shiva is one of my favourite grassroots activists, having written such notable titles as Earth Democracy and Monocultures of the Mind. She is an articulate voice in defence of traditional cultures and ways of being, community empowerment, and true sustainability. Vandana will be awarded t...

A future Residential and Micro Eco-turism Permaculture demonstration site.

The Strawberry Fields Konso trip was a mixed-bag - not recommended. Meanwhile, an exciting news announcement -- The first PDC in India, since Bill Mollison's inaugural PDC in Hyderabad 1987, will start Januaty 30, 2012 ...   Highlights The PDC Plus program includes PRI's standard 72-hour...

The LivinginPeace Project: www.livinginpeace.com Is looking for a passionate permaculturalist who can take charge of the permaculture facet of the LivinginPeace Project.  The farm is pretty much a blank canvas for a permaculture designer who is looking for some land to develop. Please contact ...

Design and plan to implement permaculture solutions across 180 acre rural proeprty on the great dividing range

About 17 students, all quite versed in Permaculture philosophy and from different walks of life, converged upon Stelle, Illinois at the end of August, 2011.  The tiny community of 110 residents are largely pro-Permaculture and it was a real pleasure to see non-lawns, a community garden, a wonderf...

We just added a minature donkey to the 2 Llamas my brother got a month ago, out on the farm. So far they are not getting along but we will keep them in pens beside each other for a week to see if they settle down.   The Llamas are very tidy in their droppings, tending to keep it to one zone or ...

  In this 10 day intensive workshop we will learn how natural, unprocessed materials such as wood, straw, clay and sand can be transformed into a beautiful, fully functional, healthy, safe, affordable and durable house, designed to offer an exceptional living   While giving special emphasis on...

This 10 hectare (25 acres) property will provide a self-reliant lifestyle for an urban couple retiring from city living. When purchased in 2006 it was part of a recent subdivision of 40 hectares, with a history of cattle grazing. The project is to establish a rural residential site, which can be ...

The urbiculture project is integrative eco sociology in our urban neighborhoods.

http://vimeo.com/28411529 This one day event was facilitated by Centro de Convergencia and made possible thanks to 150 international volunteers/Volunteer Summer Summit 2011 and the Amoreiras people and local organisations partnership. Altogether about 200 people involved, with support from the ...

2011. kew gardens have adopted Design by Nature 1987/88 policy document for genetic conservation called the Cornflower Response. published by Sabdro Cafolla of Design By Nature Sowing the Seeds of UK Biodiversity: Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank launches UK Native Seed Hub 17 August 2011 The R...

Mindfulness and Permaculture towards a peaceful and abundant future

Having spent the last few years doing Open University studies and other courses, I had come to the point where I could no longer dedicate energy in my busy life to learning things which felt of little relevance, or offered not much in the way of practical application, that weren't...

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With the southern spring approaching, we are getting ready to increase our annual garden space and boost our production based on a system I've developed over the last decade. Here are some details: http://ecothriftydoup.blogspot.com/2011/09/low-maintenancehigh-productivity.html

'Honeymoon"As part of the TrustNature  "food for free" initiative, i would like to share with you the following recipe. This recipe was shown to me by Paul Taylor (www.trustnature.com.au), who originally learned it from Eugenio Gras (http://COAS.com.mx). Many thank...

Unfortunately, the garden was allowed to die while I was gone for five weeks. Nothing was watered, many of the perennial berry bushes we planted are now gone and we have grass going to seed in the garden. We've done some work to clear out the grass (as it'll just choke everything). I made a coupl...