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:
Member Update – Ostii Ananda
Ostii lives in a sharehouse in Brunswick in Melbourne, Victoria. I have been privileged to stay in a spare room for 3 days in exchange for helping in the garden. Ostii is a sharewaste host i.e. he has compost systems and accepts others’ food waste. He has around 25 people who come and drop off […]
September lucky prize draw winner
Milkwood in Victoria donated the prize for September. Thank you! The prize winner was decided by random selection by two Board members. The winner is Siuchi Peng in Melbourne:
Member update – APT Courses From WA Now Available Nationwide
Candlelight Farm, in conjunction with Skills Strategies International, are now offering Cert I, Cert II, Cert III and Diploma Permaculture courses, as well as the Permaculture Demonstrator Skills Set for those who wish to teach CI and CII in schools or community organisations. CI and CII have been developed with VET in schools as the […]
Member update – 150 PDC milestone
Robyn Francis celebrated the teaching of her 150th Permaculture Design Course (PDC) that happened on July 7-21, 2018 at Djanbung Gardens in Nimbin. Permaculture Australia would like to add its congratulations. Robyn has taught 150 PDCs in 15 different countries, plus as many advanced courses in diverse areas of professional permaculture practices including Teacher Training; […]
Teacher Training opportunity
Rowe Morrow & Hannah Moloney will lead a permaculture teacher training in Ballarat from Saturday evening Nov 17 to Friday Nov 23, 2018. Rowe will also then be attending the Yandoit Shindig and PEG gathering on the 24th & 25th. Most of the regular permaculture teacher training events on the permaculture calendar are in NSW […]
Applications for the 2018 Permafund grant round are now closed.
Permafund grant round 2018 guidelines Permafund grants are available for amounts up to AUD $2,000 to community based organisations in Australia or overseas to support their work restoring and improving the environment and building sustainable communities. Grant applications over AUD $2,000 will be considered on the basis of their cost-effectiveness in comparison to smaller-scale projects. Reporting requirements might be […]
Member update – Milkwood’s new book
PA Organisation member, Milkwood, has recently released their first book called: Milkwood – Real Skills for Down to Earth Living. Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar have co-authored this and share their knowledge about 5 topics they are very passionate about: • The Tomato • Mushroom Cultivation • • Natural Beekeeping • Seaweed • Wild Food • The book is beautifully […]
Permaculture Education Offerings Past Present and Future
Calling all students and teachers of permaculture at all levels. Permaculture Australia’s Education Team is working on an interactive web page using this snail graphic: We hope to populate the page with an inventory of all courses past and present in all the categories on the snail. To do this we will need your help […]