Teaching and Learning
“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 the next thirty years – a conviction that hasn’t changed since. Asked whether he thinks that permaculture and regenerative farming skills will become more...
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 time in the great outdoors, meeting like-minded people, keeping physically fit and connecting with community, it's a wonderful meeting place where people...
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 Albany, Western Australia. Martina Hoeppner from the Permaculture Australia Education team chats with Andrew about teaching accredited permaculture at...
Giving Greens – Permaculture careers
Martina Hoeppner from the PA Education team chats with Western Australia based James McDonald about finding permaculture in England, microgreens, and the link between permaculture studies and small scale urban farming enterprises. Can you tell us a little bit about...
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 *thousands* of queries related to permaculture. Folks are asking in droves about backyard food production, living more sustainably, and how to prepare their...
My motto? “Be nice and grow things”
Rod Hughes had been working in environmental management for nearly three decades, including half of this time in his dream job running the Swan River Trust before moving into permaculture. After leaving work to study a Diploma in Permaculture with Ross Mars at...
First Victorian High School to Adopt Certificate II Accredited Permaculture Training
Templestowe College (TC) in Melbourne will be the first high school in Victoria to offer a Certificate II in Permaculture from 2021. TC is a progressive school specialised in individual learning plans for each student. They follow a Montessori adolescent program,...
New permaculture education offering in Australia & China
"I believe that permaculture is the only way to save our land and our planet. We don’t have much time left to amend our past actions. We must promote permaculture to people all over the world and motivate them to act now before it is too late." Exciting news with a...
“To anyone thinking about studying permaculture, I would say, Go for it!” – Yvonne Campbell
My permaculture journey started way back before my consciousness of what permaculture is - began. At my Nana’s knee in fact. My grandmother was a classic Depression gardener. Everything left over, spare and not needed went into her garden. As a child, I delighted at...







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