Permafund News
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...
Finding the Permaculture Path
By Pru Saimoun While I pawed through and pored over, the alternative ideas in my parents’ Earth Garden, Down To Earth, and similar magazines, in my teens, I have only recently put some of the permaculture principles into the creation of an abundant oasis. A year ago,...
PDC for deaf students in Kitgum Uganda
Thanks to financial support from individuals, families, businesses and fundraisers, in 2023 Permaculture Australia’s Permafund funded community projects by nine organisations around the world. The Kitgum Permaculture Practitioners’ Association in Uganda, East Africa,...
WaterUps Oasis 1680 Wicking Bed review
By Julie JohnsNorthern Rivers, NSW. I purchased three WaterUps Oasis wicking beds after pricing a DIY option and realising these are quite good value and probably easier to construct.My husband put together the raised bed component, the first one took longer than the...
Permafund support for hospice gardens
In their successful application to the 2023 Permafund grant round, Anam Cara House in the Australian town of Colac, Victoria, described its main purpose as “To provide the South West Victorian community with excellence in respite and end of life care...
Thank you and Goodbye to Ross Mars
This month we lost a Permaculture elder, author, teacher & educator. Dr Ross Mars was many of those thing’s but he was also a husband, father, pop, brother, uncle, friend and mentor to many. Not many people know, but we actually have Ross’ wife Jenny to thank for...
WAND Philippines project at the one year mark
Elmer Sayre of Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation in the Philippines has given us WAND's one-year-on update. The project is in Naawan Highlands, Mindanao (the large southern island of the Philippines), where the aim was to establish a 3000...
Permafund Supports Congo Project
The Democratic Republic of Congo remains one of the richest in terms of natural resources yet is still one of the poorest countries in the world. Its colonial history was savage. There was a failure to hand over any semblance of administrative and executive...
Strawbale Gardens
By Simon Gibbins. http://www.strawbaleveg.co.ukSome time ago we inherited a very large garden. I was not a gardener but strangely enough I come from generations of farmers. So, I learned fast. I also wanted a method that would suit my wife who was injured in a car accident...