Perma-Thinking
Kenyan Regenerative Agriculture Project Report
Mkulima Sasa, a Syntropic Agroforestry education and demonstration centre near Lake Victoria, Kenya, has significantly expanded its impact thanks to an AUD$2000 grant from Permafund. This funding facilitated the growth of demonstration farms, enhanced training...
Permafund works with a mangrove restoration project in Zanzibar
Last year Permafund funded a project in Zanzibar, Tanzania that combined a permaculture course with a mangrove restoration project. The applicants, Up with Community, demonstrated a good understanding of the ecosystem services provided by mangroves (including erosion...
WOMENS PERMACULTURE FARM in KENYA – NOURISHES BODY AND SOUL
Article by John Champagne Domestic and sexual violence against women is a global scourge in every country and in places like Kenya, support networks can be difficult to find. Agatha Amani House is an NGO and Kenya’s first women and children’s safe house for those...
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...
Listening to the Land
- Regaining Eco-literacy Summary of talk at a forum held at Lawson by BMET in October 2023 By Rosemary Morrow As we take on more and more technology, everything from our phones, cars, sports, meetings online, and work at home, we also are teaching our children to be a...
The Permaculture Edge
Written and Photography by Rosemary MorrowSundry thoughts about the cutting edge, or the unrecognised edges of permaculture. No. 1. Decolonising designs for Zone 1 kitchen gardensSpending time with refugees in sub-standard crowded housing in camps woke me up to the...
TedxPermaQueer – Cultural Solutions to Climate Change
Tackling our ongoing climate crisis means adjusting the behaviours, attitudes and relationships we hold with the environment and with each other. It's not just tech solutions we require but deep cultural shifts. It won't be a single action but the collection of many...
The Politics of Permaculture – Terry Leahy
PA's Kym chats with Terry Leahy, who has been involved in the permaculture movement for more than 40 years, about his new book. The Politics of Permaculture is one of the first books to unpack the theory and practice of this social movement that looks to challenge the...