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Permaculture Visions 35 years Online
Great trainers are sharing, motivating and supportive. They demonstrate Permaculture by practicing what they teach with a wide range of examples. And they give ideas for other situations beyond their own. They understand other cultures and environments. 35 years...
Neighbourhood networks: Permaculture in Action
By Will Power, Maplewood Permaculture NSW Gatherings have always been part of permaculture. Before newsletters and acronyms, people met around kitchen tables, the backyard fire pit, in the shed, or garden. Nothing new needed to be invented; it was simply about...
Permaculture in Practice: Designing Resilient Small Farms
By Brett Cooper, Limestone Permaculture We understand Permaculture as being an ethical & principled ‘Whole-of-Life’ framework, a regenerative design science and a way of seeing land, people and livelihoods as interconnected systems.Across the Hunter Region in NSW,...
Youth Ambassadors attend IYPC in Timor-Leste
Arrival in Timor Leste I arrived in Timor-Leste with a mix of excitement and exhaustion. At the airport, we were greeted by the most relaxed border officials I’ve ever met, smiling broadly, waving us through, and apologising for the 1990s computers that couldn’t quite...
Finding the Permaculture Path
By Pru Saimoun While I pawed through and pored over, the alternative ideas in my parents’ Earth Garden, Down To Earth, and similar magazines, in my teens, I have only recently put some of the permaculture principles into the creation of an abundant oasis. A year ago,...
WaterUps Oasis 1680 Wicking Bed review
By Julie JohnsNorthern Rivers, NSW. I purchased three WaterUps Oasis wicking beds after pricing a DIY option and realising these are quite good value and probably easier to construct.My husband put together the raised bed component, the first one took longer than the...
Thank you and Goodbye to Ross Mars
This month we lost a Permaculture elder, author, teacher & educator. Dr Ross Mars was many of those thing’s but he was also a husband, father, pop, brother, uncle, friend and mentor to many. Not many people know, but we actually have Ross’ wife Jenny to thank for...
Strawbale Gardens
By Simon Gibbins. http://www.strawbaleveg.co.ukSome time ago we inherited a very large garden. I was not a gardener but strangely enough I come from generations of farmers. So, I learned fast. I also wanted a method that would suit my wife who was injured in a car accident...
Looking back – to look forward
These reflections are my own of events that occurred in the lead up to the formation of the trading name 'Permaculture Australia'. It's intended as background information as we gather in Adelaide at Convergence that includes a really important AGM. Members of PA can...