Perma-Thinking
Changeology
IT WAS LATE SUMMER when thirty or so people gathered at the Randwick Community Centre for day one of the two day Changeology course with veteran social change educator, Les Robinson
The last day — Living Smart
SATURDAYS during course time at Randwick Sustainability Hub there’s buzz about the place… the buzz and movement of people doing things.
Councillor's mention of permaculture evidence of its acceptance
Russ Grayson writes… THIS WEEK I attended the Think.Eat.Save event on World Environment Day at UNSW and learned that having someone else do your communications is a useful thing.
Placemaking a suitable tool for permaculture
LANDSCAPES WITHOUT PEOPLE are spaces, not places, but in the permaculture design of shared facilities such as community gardens or sustainability education centres, we strive to build places, not spaces.
Permaculture Australia — ideas for a rebirthing
HOW DO WE re-create Permaculture Australia (PA) as a viable, go-to organisation for the design system in Australia?
Permaculture Australia — plotting the future
How can we improve the practice and reputation of permaculture? How can we make Permaculture Australia a viable and vital organisation to do this?
Notes from recent visit to Afghanistan
Just had a PIL/PA Directors meeting and I spoke about recent trip to Afghanistan, suggestion came that I offer something on this on the PA site, so here goes…
Local economy key to resilient cities, says economist Shuman
Addressing a meeting called by Transition Sydney at the UTS, Michael spoke of the value of locally-owned small to medium business to the cities they work in.
Reflections on APC10
I arrived home yesterday exhausted and exhilarated from the 4-day
Australasian Permaculture Convergence in Kuranda.
… reflections by Robyn Francis