Permaculture Australia News
2024 Annual General Meeting
Dear Permaculture Australia member, As a current financial member, you are invited to the Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Saturday 27th April 2024, 1pm EST (Melbourne / Sydney Time) online via Zoom. Links for associated documents are...
What is sociocracy, and more importantly, why is PA looking at implementing it as a governance model?
“Sociocracy is like permaculture for people”- Erin Young Article by Alex Aguilar - Board Member I think back to my first corporate experience as an intern for a prestigious company in Mexico. Although the pay was great and the work was relatively easy, I quickly...
VET Permaculture: Shortages and Opportunities
Did you know: There is a shortage of VET (permaculture) teachers and assessors *1 Several longstanding permaculture VET teachers have retired in recent times and many are happy to provide advice/assistance to new teachers Permaculture units and knowledge is included...
A review of Permaculture Australia – the AGM that wasn’t…
When the last minute cancellation of the Permaculture Australia AGM was announced by the board, a quick decision was made to not lose the opportunity for a gathering of great minds in creating a vision of the future. Graciously facilitated by Meg McGowan, the 40 plus...
Introducing the nominees for the 2023/2024 board
To read more about our fantasic nominees, simply click on the arrows under their names. The Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Sunday 28th May 2023, 4pm AEST via Zoom. Online voting will OPEN at 7am Friday 26th May and will close when...
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...
Are we there yet?
Unfortunately, we are not … quite … Post-COVID. The COVID-19 pandemic has turned out to be a contentious issue in the Australian permie community. As we are approaching the biennial Australian Permaculture Convergence (APC), a gathering celebrating all...
APC Commemorative Mug – all profits to Permafund
Attending the 2023 APC in Mt Barker? ORDER NOW to pre-purchase your mug for $45.00 - the earlier the better as numbers are limited It can be picked up at convergence from the Chai Tent. You can also purchase the mug during the convergence from the Chai tent for $50.00...
Introducing the 2022/23 Board of Directors
The 2022 Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting was held on the 23rd April at Research, Victoria and online. Congratulations to the following Board of Directors who have been appointed for 2022/2023: Toad Dell, QueenslandDebbi Long, VictoriaJohn...