Permaculture Australia News
Accredited Permaculture Training
VET Circle Update - June 2025 If you are not sure, Accredited Permaculture Training (APT) is permaculture education accessed through Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and is a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification – just like your plumber,...
Welcome to the new Permaculture Australia Board.
The Permaculture Australia 2025 Annual General Meeting covered a range of important topics, including the annual report, strategic planning, and governance discussions. The meeting also addressed financial matters, constitutional changes, and the election of new board...
2025 Annual General Meeting
Dear Permaculture Australia member, As a current financial member, you are invited to the Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Sunday 6th April 2025, 1pm EST (Melbourne / Sydney Time) online via Zoom. Links for associated documents will be...
National New Zealand Permaculture Hui
8 - 10 November 2024 - Jed Walker As a returning Aotearoa resident from 40 years in Australia, I was delighted to find the equivalent of a Permaculture convergence was due to occur within two months and 10 km of where I’ve resettled in Taranaki - North Island, west...
Big Bang for the Buck in Malawi
One of Permafund’s assessment criteria for small grant applications is “Bang for the Buck”. Daniel Chibwe, a permie of great entrepreneurial spirit in Lilongwe, central Malawi, delivered 192 newly qualified farmers for the first stage of a newly funded project at...
Permaculture Australia welcomes the launch of Growing on Country course
Our thanks to Dominique Chen, Managing Director of Yuruwan for this report, “Growing on Country is an online course for anyone in any field (from permaculture, regenerative agriculture, syntropics, horticulture and nursery work, to backyard pottering) who wants to be...
2024 Annual General Meeting
Dear Permaculture Australia member, As a current financial member, you are invited to the Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Saturday 27th April 2024, 1pm EST (Melbourne / Sydney Time) online via Zoom. Links for associated documents are...
What is sociocracy, and more importantly, why is PA looking at implementing it as a governance model?
“Sociocracy is like permaculture for people”- Erin Young Article by Alex Aguilar - Board Member I think back to my first corporate experience as an intern for a prestigious company in Mexico. Although the pay was great and the work was relatively easy, I quickly...
VET Permaculture: Shortages and Opportunities
Did you know: There is a shortage of VET (permaculture) teachers and assessors *1 Several longstanding permaculture VET teachers have retired in recent times and many are happy to provide advice/assistance to new teachers Permaculture units and knowledge is included...