The concept of ‘sustainability’ is too often misused to suggest that with only minor adjustments to our modern rich-world lifestyles, we can enjoy indefinitely the extraordinary benefits of economic growth and extend these to more and more people in the poor world. In particular, because economi...

Photos by poxin.org taken in the Heart Gardens.

Building a collective permaculture toolset means developing templates for sharing and evolving the teaching practice of all permaculture teachers. Here is the advanced model I have been working with to offer next step permaculture work for my PDC students in the form of integral support for doin...

The frontier of permaculture is arriving at last! This website is an expression of the vast global network of a truly planet wide movement. I am honored to give my first post in celebration of this historic moment in the journey of humanity. Currently I am co-facilitating two courses modelling m...

A permaculture education site focusing on plants with a history of use by British Columbia Coastal First Peoples. http://gaiacraft.com/heart-gardens-campus/

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I found this soil foodweb link on Doug Weatherbee's profile @ soildoctor.org, it's a very nice primer on understanding the conditions we want to create in the soil.  Creating the soil foodweb is totally in line with permaculture thinking in terms of "letting the life do the work"- we encourage so...

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It was a little while in the making, but the structure is completed.  I'm just waiting for the soil to settle a bit and for a bit of the guinea pig manure + bedding to accumulate.  The only steps that remain are to apply compost and this guinea pig mulch, then plant! Materials were taken from th...

A Permablitz is when people come together to achieve the following: * Create or add to edible gardens where someone lives * Share skills related to Permaculture and sustainable living *Build community networks * Have fun

If you are a Permaculture Teacher or Organization and need help with getting a domain name registered or a website online and marketed, please contact me. I will do what I can to help you with recommendations on the best of open source (free) software or getting the software installed and u...

Knoxville Permaculture Guild is a ‘loose federation’ of individuals and groups that come together to share, experiment with, and build good ideas that will help our community adapt and thrive during the emerging energy-descent era.

The Local Growers Guild creates a local foods system that provides quality food to communities through direct markets and retailers; preserves the viability of family farms; improves the quality of life for growers; makes food issues visible; and promotes practices that preserve and protect the E...

Interview with Craig Mackintosh - Sacred is Our Inherent Right to Live Free and Gloriously   http://permaculture.org.au/2011/02/08/sacred-is-our-inherent-right-to-live-free-and-gloriously-interview-with-craig-mackintosh/ or complete interview on Planetshifter.com Magazine http://www.planetshi...

I built an open-sky shower. there's nothing quite like bathing under a canopy of sky!. Base built of rustic stone, the natural rock is abundant in the construction site. Walls and the entrance arch are of adobe bricks, the wall is protected with a cover and undulating organic form made with t...