In 2013, Guy starts a new initiative with Marc Zischka: PermaSpère, a website offering Permaculture training and services. Their idea is to professionalise Permaculture in France and to make the courses of some of the best international teachers available for a french audience. They are currently...

Stinging nettle is one perennial plant we have more than enough of on our smallholding. It likes damp soil - a constant in the West of Ireland - and elevated levels of phosphate and nitrogen which it finds in and around livestock paddocks and wherever significant amounts of nutrients accumulate s...

     

We have constructed 4 new building with natural building techniques and natural materials such as adobe, wood and stones. We generate all our electricity from the sun & the wind. We have constructed a pond and all water collected from the roofs & grey water from the buildings get filter...

Before and after shots below.

My first permaculture design, to be implemented at Townline Design in Waukegan, IL.

One has a choice: 1) To use chemical-laced products for effective but often detrimental environmental and health results. 2) To use organic, natural solutions. Eco Ola's favors the second choice and it is why everything we apply to our permaculture plantings comes from the environment rather than...

This is just a brief update.  As I am off to search for new lands to practice permaculture in, namely I am currently in Bulgaria to find new challenges, we have passed on the care of our project to two good friends who will continue what we started in the same vein.  I shall get my good friend Ma...

Creation of a natural habitat for grapes so no chemicals are needed to ensure harvest.

Creation of a garden of abundance.

Designing a permaculture residence for future living

Glad we installed our permaculture swales on the property a couple of years ago. The recent 4 inch rains have shown how well the swales work and some required additional digging due to the heavy run off. Also great to see how happy many of the plants we planted on the berms are.

the Communal Sustainability Workshop in Tivon is an open workshop that aims to promote a culture of D.I.Y, mainly in the field of practical sustainability.

We are looking for a Permaculture Coordinator who is a natural leader, inspiring teacher, innovative designer, community cultivator and visionary seeking to expand your capacity and experience working in the tropics. The Chaikuni Institute is a Peruvian non-profit organization which focuses on r...

The Chaikuni Institute is a non-profit organization integrating design, education, experimentation and community outreach to promote regenerative development for the Amazon Rainforest.

The colder winter the season just past fully cooked the huglekultur beds at RCO. You should get your hands into the soil now! What a nice feel to it. Have a new manager for the project who lives right in the neighborhood. This is a great blessing as I've more projects around Joliet. It is great ...

Self sufficiency on our Rock Island