January lucky prize draw winners
January’s prize draw for new members featured Outdoor Classrooms donated by Janet Millington: which was won by an elated Leonie from Merbein in Victoria! The second prize was a 1 litre bottle of EM-1 (effective micro-organisms) kindly donated by GroundGrocer.com: which was won by Gemma in Newton, Victoria!
Member update – Goshen Watts
Goshen is a Professional Member of PA and is fully immersed in the Permaculture way of living. He lives in the suburbs in Geelong, a city in the state of Victoria, southwest of Melbourne. He gives to his local community by being the editor of the Geelong Organic Gardeners newsletter, and secretary of the local Transition […]
APC15 — Date Claimer!
Australian Permaculture Convergence (APC) 15 — Date Claimer! An entry for your diaries/calendars: Sunday 19th April 2020 – Permaculture Festival at Northey Street City Farm (Brisbane, QLD) Monday – Thursday 20-23 April 2020 – Australian Permaculture Convergence at Redland Bay, South Moreton Bay (35 mins from Brisbane – accessible by public transport). Tours of Northern […]
December lucky prize draw winner
December’s prize draw for new members featured a composting thermometer kindly donated by GroundGrocer.com: This is a useful tool for making high quality hot compost at home! The fortunate winner was Lisa in New Zealand. Here is where she will be putting it to good use:
Accredited Permaculture Training VET Programs
There is great opportunity for teachers and high schools to adopt new Cert I and Cert II Permaculture courses into Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs for Years 10, 11 and 12. Permaculture is a framework to enable the design of resilient systems and to create sustainable, living, integrated systems based on ecological principles and […]
November lucky prize draw winner
November’s prize was a double pass to Woodford Folk Festival in Woodford, SE Queensland: The Woodford Folk Festival is held annually and more than 2,000 local, national and international, artists, musicians and presenters put on over 438 acts to an audience of an estimated 132,000 people. This year will be the 33rd Woodford Folk Festival […]
Permaculture teachers training – reflection from Ballarat
Posted on November 24, 2018 by [email protected] in (Re-posted with permission by PA) It’s amazing how life leads you on particular paths – whether you call it destiny or a calling or a simple twist of fate. Halfway through my Permaculture Design Certificate course I realised that teaching this “stuff” is one of the things I would like to […]
Member Update – CERES Community Environment Park in Melbourne
CERES are excited to host some powerhouses of Permaculture in Spring 2018. Robin Clayfield will be visiting over two days in November to share her skills and experience in facilitation and group dynamics. Robin has pioneered social Permaculture and dynamic decision-making around the world and brings her passion for creating deep change through effective, dynamic group […]
A Gift from Timor-Leste
The Tropical Permaculture Handbook by the Permatil (Permaculture Timor-Leste) NGO in East Timor has been completed after years of dedicated work by a team of authors, editors and content contributors, led by Ego Lemos and Lachlan McKenzie, working together with East Timorese illustrators. Other partners involved in the production are xpand Foundation (an Australian social […]
October lucky prize draw winners
Permaculture Principles donated a set of 3 calendars for the October draw – Thank you! and the winner for this was Jillian from Melbourne area. The other prize was a set of greeting cards and a children’s eBook about bees donated by http://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/ Thank you! This was won by Craig in NSW: