Stories from our network
Permaculture Stories: Cecilia Macaulay
"For me, permaculture is finding people's best selves and putting them in a position where their best selves can flourish" Cecilia Macaulay is a PA member, permaculture educator, designer and Declutterer Extraordinaire, specialising in "life design", She runs classes...
Permaculture Stories: Callie Brennan
PA member and former PA Board member Dr Cally Brennan is a permaculture designer and educator based in Canberra, and founded Canberra Permaculture Design. Prior to working in permaculture, Cally held roles in academia and in the public sector, working in energy and...
Permaculture stories: Janene Price on permaculture’s popularity
PA member, educator and permaculture design consultant Janene Price chatted to PA volunteer Julia about the lessons she's learnt from lockdown, how we can effectively inspire people to take up the cause of permaculture and its popularity under the new normal (plus...
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 societal norms, economic drivers and (hopefully) legislation, people will turn to learning from and employing those with permaculture skills." Jo Bussell’s...
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 part of my job is seeing the transformation of the land we work with to produce healthy and happy plants that in turn contribute to improving and contributing...
‘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 our little stall... I can't even describe how nice that feels. It's somehow... hopeful." Koren HolbigThe year of 2020 has seen a renewed interest in a growing...
Putting the ‘fun’ in fundraising
Jed Walker is a PA member and volunteer with PA's Permafund, coordinating the small grants program that supports permaculture projects across the globe. In this guest post, Jed shares the success of local fundraising for Permafund in the Blue Mountains, bringing...
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 featured in the news. Here is a selection of our favourites below – noting there are many more! If we’ve missed you or you’ve got some stories to share,...
Marrying horticulture and permaculture: graduate stories
Lisa Passmore is a third generation Horticulturalist and has worked in the production and retail horticulture sectors in Perth, England and New Zealand. Lisa’s twin passions of Horticulture and Art led her to create her own landscape design and consultancy business in...