Reuse, repair, recycle. Well, I reckon that there is a fourth “R” word: Maintain. Yeah, alright sure the word “maintain” starts with the letter “M”, but that probably is the only real reason why that particular word wasn’t included along with the original three. Just because it doesn't fi...

Green Hats Farm in the mountains of North Georgia is an educational and demonstration site in development, as well as a working homestead in the making. We are interested in helping people create resilient, abundant living systems.

Overview of trip  Dakar I spent just under two weeks in Senegal, leaving Melbourne on Thursday 21st March and arriving in Dakar Friday 22nd March at midnight.  I spent two days looking around Dakar, before leaving on Monday 25th at 6 am to head to the village.   Upon arriving in Dakar I c...

A recycled, sustainable and educational garden border is being designed for a corporate client in Abu Dhabi

Weathering change is an art-form. So much has happened in the seventy years since the end of WWII, and communities here in Italy have become virtually unrecognisable from one generation to the next. Once close-knit communities built on a core trust are now more often than not peopled by strangers...

 

I have been accepted into an apprenticeship program at The Farm near Summertown, TN from the end of May 2015 until the beginning of August 2015.  The focus for the program this year is natural building using fundamentals of permaculture design and ecovillage master planning.  There will be plenty...