Observation, research and planning have been occurring here since mid-2006. We live a three and a half hour drive away, and visit on average once a month. For the first year, we thought we had bought a hill that was just dust and rocks - no ground cover or grass of any sort. It was DRY! A two-wh...

Episode 1 here for international Permaculture Day!05/06/20120 Comments  Well its been over 6 weeks since we embarked on our adventures, and what better way to celebrate International Permaculture Day than to share with you the first part of our trip!  We've got Episode 1 up here finally aft...

18 Day compost For people who are aware of the need for change in the world, the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast is an educational facility that encourages change to a sustainable, self reliant and abundant lifestyle to benefit self, others and the earth. PRI-SC’s Permac...

Além de produzir alimentos, retmoar o velho hábito de cozinhar em casa é uma postura permacultural e autônoma. No blog da Casa da Montanha mostramos o passo a passo do processo de fazer requeijão em casa a partir de leite fresco.

Permaculture design course in September will feature Thailand’s traditional agricultural systems, sustainable living and edible forest gardens A two-week permacultural design course will be held in Thailand from 23 September to 7 October at the organic farm of the award-winning eco resort Fa...

Originally published in The Atlantic Magazine: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/the-green-intifada-how-palestinians-resist-occupation-by-planting-trees/254228/ Early last spring, Maher Abu Seba'a planted 240 olive trees on his plot of land outside al-Khader, a small Arab ...

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My wife and I founded a democratic school in Brussels, Belgium, some five years ago. Some basic principles of the school are freedom of choice, democracy, intrinsic motivation, interaction (more on this link). It's not funded or even recognised by any government because we do not, nor do we want ...

Have installed shed and tank ready for the winters rain hopefully 4000 litres will be enough to start making some progress with my proposed food forest. As you can see in pic tank is located top of hill so I'm able to set up a gravity fed irrigation system on a timer. This Sunday is National Pe...

As mentioned earlier we planted Acacia saligna around proposed Food Forest site to act as a windbreak and to help start fixing nitrogen as well as a possible mulching source. The dry hot summer down here is really harsh and only about 40-50% have survived so have ordered more this year and will ...

I have quite a few photos to update you all with! I will get to it soon but, you can have a sqiz on my FB Regeneration Nation page :)

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To celebrate International Permaculture Day on Sunday it's great to announce that we're reprinting the original Farmers' Handbook in Nepali. It came out in 2001 and in 2002 the English translated 40+ chapters went online (http://permaculture.org.au/2010/01/06/farmers-handbook/) and the 5 vo...

As part of a 3 week science inquiry program for grade 9 students, we employ an aquaponics system to test hypothesis on water conservation, and water filtration.

With winter coming up, Tom needs to fill our woodshed again, to ensure we have enough to run our woodstove through winter. Our woodstove cooks our food as well as provides warmth in winter.In the past Tom has had to saw smaller logs by balancing them on some other logs on the ground, with a large...

Santa Isabel do Rio Preto is a village belonging to the county of Valença, with a population of three thousand, that is located 170 kilometers from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and 50 kilometers from Volta Redonda and Barra Mansa. It is important to note that between Santa Isabel do Rio Pr...

The week started in the rhythm of the desert: "Shwai shwai" that's Arabic for slowly, slowly. We gathered back at the village after a nice weekend when we each had our own adventures around Israel and started our week with some coffee, tea and more spoken Arabic lessons. Then, after lunch we adde...