Pdc ProjectMeasurements and statisticsKlimate: Mediterranean Sub TropicalPlot size : 322.165m2Distance to the sea: 2.30848 kmLongitude 36 23969 - Latitude -5 3404Average temperatures: Summer,max 40C min 9C Winter, max 25C 2CHumidity Summer, 75% Min Winter, 80%Wind direction: may to nov South east...

I am participating in this EU funded project for permaculture teachers in Europe The objectives of this Partnership are the following: To support teachers in practising teaching methods and in enhancing their    teaching quality; thus to improve the professionalism of permaculture educati...

This year has set a record for the amount of rain in September so as a result many of our recent earthworks swales and ponds are filling up and the cover crops are in full swing. Here are a few new photos of the progress.

Series of swales and nutrient rich water harvesting earthworks projects with hugelculture and food forests being planted.

I posted the update under my personal page here so I will put the link here:   http://permacultureglobal.org/posts/4215

So after a much needed holiday, I have the Polar garden back online and in full production. I left in August to complete my PDC course in Vermont with Ben Falk, so now I brought back many cool ideas that I have been trying out here in Longyearbyen. I have to admit that before the course, I was so...

Um elemento útil para a agricultura em Chão Sobral, mais frequentemente usado para acolchoamento do solo entre batateiras. Pine tree needles are often used, in Chão Sobral, to mulch the soil in between potato plants. Heaps of needles stand aside the crops, mulching takes place once the plants...

Right here in Central Florida! http://bigsmallfarm.org/news/whole-farm-design-advanced-permaculture-course-jono-neiger-january-2014/

Nestled against the virgin rainforest of La Cangreja National Park, Rancho Mastatal Sustainable Education Center has been teaching, exploring, and promoting techniques of living harmoniously in the landscape since 2001. Renowned for it’s natural building and delicious culinary spreads of fresh ho...

I’d heard that Allan Savory would be visiting Australia.  Having learned of his success through Holistic Land Management many times, as well as the positive start to controlled cell grazing on my friend Penny’s farm down near Canberra www.caroolafarm.com.au, I was keen to learn more about H...

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Restore and recapture native woodlands and prairie of the area, incorporating basic PC ideals and techniques, common or shared living areas and sustainable food sources.

all the steps are in the diagram except that it should be at 55 degrees Celsius in three days (taken with a thermometer from middle of pile). If it is above 55 degrees before three days add high carbon material in the first turn. If it is not at 55° ad high nitrogen material in the first turn. T...

For those of you who read my last update, you could see I was initially demorilized about the methods of producing biochar. It had required high input of fuel, and material that some people might just not have the sources for. Although the end product was of high quality, it didnt seem worth it t...

 hand built with the aids of dodge 3/4 ton, shovel, pick, & great neighbors!  Huglebeds were built just slightly off contour to slow drainage of the land.  These beds were installed directly beneath the 'turf' layer.  The turf was shell-scraped and set aside for later use.  Hurley wood logs w...

For the internship at PRI Zaytuna Farm, Australia (Winter 2013) each student has the mandate to carry out an independent project. I chose to make an ‘Insect Hotel’ or a ‘Bee Hotel’. This has been given a place on the border between the kitchen garden and the adjacent food forest. On the farm th...

This would be the second PDC that I would be teaching in! Exciting! The first one, taught along side Upendra was awesome. Now, 9 new people are interested in learning how to design for ecological sustainability and some students from the former PDC also wanted another one.. so, here we go! Anothe...

PDC Plus is a 72hr 'Permaculture Design Certification Course' for beginners. Will be accompanied with a participating 'flying team' of practitioners who already hold permaculture certifications. Part of the funds raised is used towards creating a 'Social Business' involving local villagers. HTS i...