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Permaculture Australia (PA) is the national permaculture member organisation and peak body. Our mission is to support...
Permaculture for Refugees
A small team of permaculture practitioners are developing culturally appropriate permaculture resources, with a focus...
Growing it forward – a guide to permaculture and rental properties
Have you ever wondered if you can implement permaculture principles in a renting setting? Yes, you can! Read more abo...
Urban Revolution – Permaculture graduate stories
“As more emphasis and urgency is placed on the need for sustainable living due to the Earth’s health, through...
Permaculture study opportunities
“Permaculture offers a simple, joyful and ethical way of life and making a living” Morag Gamble Permacult...
TEDx PermaQueer – Responding as a community to climate change
Spring has sprung with the action from communities towards this giant we face that is climate change. While in lockdo...
Art as Activism: permaculture solutions
Congratulations to our wining artists for the Permaculture Australia T shirt design competition. The below three desi...
Waterwise growing in the community
“We get so much from each of the projects we’re involved in and meet some amazing people – I guess the best...
The Great Stretch Jean Challenge
Hands up if you know what this strange looking item is? These remarkable images are from our PA member Meg McGowan, P...
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Earth care, People care & Fair share
Permaculture Australia is registered as a charity with the ACNC operating as Permaculture International Public Fund...
Art, activism and permaculture
What does art have to do with permaculture you may ask? Well quite a bit actually! The old saying ‘a picture ca...
“Grow food and grow farmers” – permaculture stories
“Jeff concluded years ago that growing soil and growing food would be the most important skills for humanity in...
Are you PA’s next featured artist?
Permaculture Australia is seeking collaboration with the artists in our member-community to design a limited edition ...
‘The Local Yum’ – food, community connections & greyhounds
“These are the interactions with people who live so close to us, yet I doubt we would have chatted if not for o...
Memory Patterns + Permaculture: with Lynne Kelly + Charlie MGee
What an incredible interview filmed for Permaculture Australia with Lynne Kelly (author of The Memory Code & Memo...
Tasmania school garden filled with wildlife and community
“We should never underestimate the capacity of a community garden to meet the needs of individuals. By spending...
From “frustrated farmer” to permaculture educator – Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson is a PA professional member who teaches Certificate III Permaculture at the South Regional TAFE in A...
Competition time
Thanks to the fabulous folks at Permaculture Principles we have copies of the beautiful 2021 Permaculture Calendar to...
Putting the ‘fun’ in fundraising
Jed Walker is a PA member and volunteer with PA’s Permafund, coordinating the small grants program that support...
Giving Greens – Permaculture careers
Martina Hoeppner from the PA Education team chats with Western Australia based James McDonald about finding permacult...
Permaculture grants close Sunday 30th August
PA’s Permafund has run five grant rounds since 2012 – funding 38 permaculture projects in 14 countries ar...
Keen to learn more about permaculture?
It’s been a bumpy start to 2020 for many to say the least. A silver lining – PA and our members have received...
What permaculture can offer in a time of instability: Kerrie Anderson
PA Professional member and educator Kerrie Anderson chatted to PA volunteer Julia, in our first video story! She chat...
Permaculture & PA members in the news
Each month we’ll highlight some of the great activities our PA members are up to & where permaculture has been ...
Guest post: Permaculture and Ethical Investment
Miles began his career in 1968 at Perth Kings Park and Botanical Gardens WA, before completing a PDC in 1983 with Bil...
Marrying horticulture and permaculture: graduate stories
Lisa Passmore is a third generation Horticulturalist and has worked in the production and retail horticulture sectors...
Permafund welcomes micro grant applicants
Do you represent a community organisation in a region recovering from the past year’s many natural disasters and ca...
Guest post: Mask and Miracle Makers
Virginia Solomon is a permculture elder and one of the PA Board of Directors and fundraising team volunteers. In her ...
Permaculture Stories – Delldint Megan Fleming
“Learning permaculture is one of those cyclical patterns, each time you go round it’s like a year: every summ...