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Permafund Summer Lunch
It’s this time of year again. Can you believe it’s the end of 2021? What a year we have all had! As this El Nina ...
Permafund aids Community Regeneration
Permaculture for Sustainable Communities in Kenya has provided this report after receiving a Permafund grant of $2,00...
TedxPermaQueer – Cultural Solutions to Climate Change
Tackling our ongoing climate crisis means adjusting the behaviours, attitudes and relationships we hold with the envi...
PA’s Permafund supports a beekeeping project in Kenya
The team from the OTEPIC Peace Project, represented by Coordinator, Philip Odhiambo Munyasia, thanks donors to PAR...
Robyn Francis – new Patron of Permaculture Australia
“It is with great pleasure I accept the honour of being a patron of Permaculture Australia. I have been involve...
Greg Knibbs: permaculture solutions & building community resilience
“Communities and individuals can use permaculture to redesign the use of these resources to create sustainable self...
The Politics of Permaculture – Terry Leahy
PA’s Kym chats with Terry Leahy, who has been involved in the permaculture movement for more than 40 years, abo...
Bonnie Tuttle: building local economy & community resilience
“I support individuals, micro/small/family-owned business owners and people in not-for-profit or social enterpr...
Spotlight – New PA member & new member benefit
Welcome to new PA Professional member WaterUps, who are also generously offering PA members a big discount on their e...
The Good Life – with Hannah Moloney
“I love permaculture because it doesn’t just highlight what’s wrong in the world, but it provides t...
Fair Share Friday: Building community resilience with permaculture
Thanks to your generous donations, PA’s Permafund has supported 59 projects in 17 countries. Each month we̵...
Graduate stories: Designing for disaster & experiences from the bushfires
Ben completed a Diploma of Permaculture with Eltham College in Victoria. In this article, Ben shares experiences of u...
And the winner is – South Australia for 2023!
We are thrilled to announce that South Australia has been successful in their bid to host the 2023 Australasian Perma...
Fair Share supporting permaculture projects across the globe
A huge thank you to our generous donors to PA’s Permafund in the lead up to the end of the financial year. Here...
Reading the landscape, David Holmgren & Dan Palmer
You may or may not know about the Reading Landscape documentary film project. A collaboration between PA Patron Davi...
Announcing David Holmgren, Patron of Permaculture Australia
“Now as the PA Patron, I see my role as more actively contributing my conceptual and historical perspectives wi...
Samford Edible Garden Trail – May 2021
“My garden is an evolving work where I am constantly experimenting and creating. I love sharing what I have lea...
Change the story to grow a solutions-focused culture: Lis Bastian
“As we face what seem like insurmountable challenges, or what design theorist Horst Ritteldescribed as ‘wicke...
2021 Permaculture service awards announced
” You can’t unlearn this stuff “ Bill Mollison, 1995 This was part of the Permaculture Elders Award...
Introducing the new Board of Directors
The 2021 Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting was held on the 13th April 2021 at the Australasian Permacultu...
Building soil and saving Turtles
The Turtle Survival Alliance – India has a focus on conservation efforts with local communities to safegua...
Adelaide Edible Garden Trail celebrates urban food growing
“The Adelaide Edible Garden Trail celebrates the many ways Kaurna Land residents are creating food sovereignty ...
Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting
Our Annual General Meeting of Permaculture International Limited is coming up soon for our members on Sunday 14th ...
Permaculture Stories: Debbie Hunt of An Alternative Life Learning Centre
Debbie Hunt and Kieran Malone moved to Bungonia, NSW in 2012 to escape the city, lower their carbon footprint and liv...
Fair Share Friday – introducing three new Permafund projects
We had such a great response to our ‘February Fair Share’ promotion, that PA’s Permafund has alloca...
Fifty five projects supported by PA’s Permafund
Fifty five! Thanks to a generous donation from Permaculture Sydney North we are thrilled to fund another pe...
Bids open for next APC 2023
Permaculture Australia is seeking Expressions of Interest to host the 16th Australasian Permaculture Convergence, to ...
Northey Street City Farm – host of the 2021 APC
PA members Northey Street City Farm (NSCF) was founded in 1994 by a group of local residents to grow their own organi...
How to become a teacher of accredited permaculture training
“At the moment, very few permaculture teachers in Australia hold the qualifications to teach all accredited per...
Permaculture blooms in ‘semi arid’ climate, WA
“I’m a country girl at heart, enjoying the wide-open spaces around me. I love being creative and am always trying...