News & Stories
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...
GARDENS FOR GRANDMOTHERS IN UGANDA
SUPPORTED BY PERMAFUND’S DONORS Thanks to the generous contributions made to Permaculture Australia’s gift fund, Kitgum Permaculture Practitioners Association was one of the 20 organisations that received a Permafund grant in 2024. Their community is in the Alango...
Saving a cultural tuber in Zimbabwe
In the Eastern Highlands in the Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe, cyclone Aida came through several years ago and destroyed much of the cropping varieties along the swamp drainage lines feeding local villages. One of these was the staple tuber known as...
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...
Permaculture Australia’s 2024 Permafund Grants
The Permafund 2024 grant round attracted a large number of applications from community organisations around the world including from Australia & seven other countries. After the assessment process, these 15 applicants have been selected to receive seed funding of...
2024 Permafund grants support 20 projects
Due to the fantastic financial support by donors to Permaculture Australia’s Permafund grant program, 5 more community organisations have received a grant of AU $2,000. This brings the total number of community environmental and permaculture education projects funded...
2024 Permafund grant round closed
Permaculture Australia’s 2024 Permafund grant round has closed. Dozens of applications have been received from organisations in Australia and around the world. Permafund Chair John Champagne reports ‘We’ve received many more applications than we have funds available...
Permaculture Week 2024 a Success!
By Peter Veeken, President – Permaculture Yarra Valley As I write this, we are nearing the end of Permaculture Week 2024 and have had a busy schedule of events to promote permaculture to the wider community. This is the fifth year Permaculture Yarra Valley has run...