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Permaculture Visions 35 years Online
Great trainers are sharing, motivating and supportive. They demonstrate Permaculture by practicing what they teach with a wide range of examples. And they give ideas for other situations beyond their own. They understand other cultures and environments. 35 years...
Permaculture Week: From Local Roots to a Growing Movement
Permaculture Week began as a simple idea in the Yarra Valley (Victoria, Australia): create a shared moment in the calendar where permaculture could be visible, accessible, and celebrated beyond individual sites and courses. Initiated by Permaculture Yarra Valley,...
Heartfelt Gratitude for Permaculture Australia Permafund grant support for ASUS, Bangladesh
In 2025 Permaculture Australia awarded eight small grants to organisations in South East Asia and the Pacific. When the grant round was launched permaculture teachers and groups helped spread the invitation to apply. One of the successful grant recipients was...
Neighbourhood networks: Permaculture in Action
By Will Power, Maplewood Permaculture NSW Gatherings have always been part of permaculture. Before newsletters and acronyms, people met around kitchen tables, the backyard fire pit, in the shed, or garden. Nothing new needed to be invented; it was simply about...
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...