In September Michael had the privilege to speak to a wonderful community group, the Emergence Community Arts Collective, in the inner city of Washington DC regarding “Urban Permaculture for Food Security”. Permaculture as a design science is applicable no matter the terrain or climate . By using ...

Natural reserve, homestead and farm following Agroecology and Permaculture principles.

I'm giving a talk at the Leeds Permaculture Network Social about the permaculture design I've done for our OrchardyHaven. Called 'Building on the Soil', the talk will focus on our strategies for building amazingly rich and productive soil that will in turn make an amazingly rich and productive ...

We have applied for a 6-month incubator program sponsored by the Chilean government entitled "Start-up Chile". The Chilean government hopes Santiago to become a "Silicon Valley" to the world, but with special emphasis on start-ups that have a social impact. As ours is a cooperative global social ...

“Onchenda” is phonetic Mandarin for “safe” or “secure” (adj. 安全, pinyin Ānquán de). Onchenda Open Global Food Co-op’s mission is ending poverty and world hunger organically through regenerative technologies and methodologies.

  PERMACULTURE AT THE ITALIAN SENATO by Andrea Minchio On the 1st of October 2014 a delegation of the Italian Permaculture has been received at the Italian Senato (the italian senators vote the laws). For the first time in Italy a very great opportunity. After a brief presentation of the ...

I working with The Artizen School - http://artizenschool.com/ on a 5 acre orchard in Malibu, CA. We welcome anyone and everyone to join in our efforts. There are many lemon and lime trees planted, an aquaponics setup, and some garden space, but much loving is needed. If you interested in helping...

  Course Outline -How to use machete - How to make simple utensils and tools by using machete, such as bamboo plate, cup, chopstick, spoon, and etc. -Introduction to Permaculture -Permaculture Ethics and Principles -Methods of Design -Patterns -Gardening and Farming -Eco Garden Design -...

In this coming October, we are building a hut made from natural material on our land. The main construction material will be mud, wood, bamboo, and leaf. We try to preserve the precious traditional knowledge from our ancestor, but at the same time we also inoculate suitable new technology, such a...

NORTH OF THAILAND. THAI HILLTRIBE. ORGANIC. PERMACULTURE. CULTURE. LOCAL. TRADITIONAL. BAMBOO. BANANA. YOGA. MEDITATION. PEACE. NATURE. QUIET. LOVE. SIMPLE LIFE. FARMSTAY.

Re-design of land and urban spaces for a community garden. Main users: elder and people with disabilities and accessibility challenges. The garden was designed in October 2013 but still has areas in need (for which I am the main designer): these areas will include a gazebo and sitting/eating/meet...

October 13, 2014 Today I received my first PDC certificate in the mail. I completed the final capstone design project exercise back in mid-August and Geoff Lawton and his staff must have been swamped with exercises to assess. Anyway, the trailhead is now marked and the journey has begun....

Falling Water is a demonstration permaculture homestead that does community outreach, workshops, consultations, and will have a barter CSA next year.

Located within a deed-restricted community, this serves as an example for local residents that permaculture can be practiced with an aesthetically pleasing design.

Every now and then the soil releases another strange artefact to show that I’m just another in a long line of humans that have been traversing this land for many millennia. The other day I tripped over a strange old rusted heavy duty chain. The chain was in the middle of the path between...

 The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month holistic learning experience that aims to deepen and empower the connection with ourselves, with each other and with nature as well as encouraging the confidence and the skills for sustainable and community living. The design of the program is ba...

Creation of an organic garden in suburban New Jersey starting in 1998. At first 6 raised beds were created, then 5 more. In 2009 I've become a master gardener and in 2014 became a permaculture designer. My suburban garden now feeds many families with delicious, nutritious and healthy produce.

I am building a small swale to keep the water in the field. It is more tricky than I thougt.   When rain falls a huge amount of water goes downhill. I am trying to keep it in the fields with our orchard.