Using succession agroforestry techniques to rehabilitate degraded lands and return them to diverse native species assemblages in leeward Hawaii.

Demonstration of Living Fuel Break Concept to protect community from wildfire while also regenerating endemic species.

North Kohala, Hawaii Island: 20-acre project to transform a current pasture into Hawaiian dry forest hybridized with crops of human utility utilizing a successional agroforestry strategy.

I just love these plants and their simplicity

The transformation of the orchard began in 2005 with the planting and regeneration of the soil.

A garden of 1000 m2 for a local production and seed production.

Started the project in October 2011. Now we're in late December. So far we built the first swale at nothern part of land, constructed 4 ponds, built a wind barrier to protect land from hot summer winds, planted about 300 young trees on northern parts of land to turn into natural & diverse for...

A %100 sustainable permaculture farm. Permaculture activities: natural building design, soil regeneration, water catchment, food forest, recycling...

Not sure of many details yet, but I have finally been able to rearrange my life, shed commitments, and head back to work with Geoff and Nadia as well as with my fellow internship friends Tim Barker and Byron Trismegistus at Zaytuna.  My new life mate Bobbie and I will be heading out sometime afte...

A place to demonstrate Permaculture principles where we can learn, share, experiment resilience, transition, personnal growing etc...

I've reflected on the previous post on Pattern Languages and the book I'm currently reading, Holistic Management by Allan Savory.   It didn't occur to me at the time of writing the post on Pattern Languages: Links between Lesson Plans, Individual Dreams, and Community; evidently, I was usin...

  Sketch Up is a free tool provided by Google that can be used for landscape design as well as designing 3D models for architecture, innovations and more. This one tool can be used to do a basic site that is perfectly scaled. You can also use it to draw trees, add layers to do your multi...

  Sketch Up is a free tool provided by Google that can be used for landscape design as well as designing 3D models for architecture, innovations and more. This one tool can be used to do a basic site plan that is perfectly scaled. You can also use it to draw trees, add layers to do your multis...

If it weren't for these winter hibernation days I don't know how I would be able to sustain the necesary energy and morale for this "little" farm project. During this time my body can rest, my creativity can turn to other things and my well of inspiration can be recharged. The FedCo seed catalog...

1. To add an herb spiral, kitchen garden and food forest among other beneficial features. 2. To introduce rainwater harvesting, solar power, and other sustainable energy systems to the home 3. To host Permaculture teachers and courses and take advantage of the resultant synergies 3. To ...