Permafund News
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,...
The Multiplier Effect of Permafund Small Grants
Thanks to generous donations to Permaculture Australia, Mlatho Farms and Agri-Learning Hub in Malawi was one of the organisations that received a Permafund grant in 2024. Daniel Chibwe, the Founder and Managing Director of Mlatho Farms has sent us this update on their...
APC Circle – 2025 Summary
The APC Circle was formed after the intended Kangaroo Valley event was postponed in August 2025. It was important to reach out to the movement and engage in many conversations to identify how to proceed, ensuring that we were designing an event that was true to the...
Building National Permaculture Pathways through VET
The Work of the Permaculture Australia VET Circle Permaculture in Australia is rich in practice. Across backyards, farms, schools, community gardens, and regeneration projects, people are applying permaculture principles to real-world challenges every day. From food...
Permaculture Australia Celebrates its 100th Permafund Grant
What better way than to stand on a stage surrounded by 38 young shouting Timorese to celebrate that they are the 100th recipient of a Permafund grant since we started handing them out 15 years ago. We were attending the first International Permaculture Youth...
Add your voice to plan the next APC!
You can meet hundreds of permaculture people at the national Permaculture Convergence [APC]! We welcome permies from all over Australia and the Australasian region. Different local groups have hosted in different parts of Australia. We plan an event that brings the...
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...
2025 Permafund Grant Recipients announced.
Eight organisations in the Asia Pacific region were awarded Permafund grants in the 2025 grant round. Recipients came from countries around the region including Timor Leste, Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. The wide range of projects shows...
VET Course Industry Validation
The Vocational Education Training Circle of Permaculture Australia has designed a Certificate II Permaculture course for delivery to high school students. They are in the final stages of gaining approval for a pilot delivery of it, and they would really like some...