The university's strudents who desinged and built the machine finished it last week, so now we will begin the contruction phase of the external access roads. We do  not have appropriate access to the land where the Permaculture Training Center will be built, so this is a major goal.      

We are developing a Permaculture Training Center in a rural location in Mexico. This project, along with a small Hotel-SPA, will improve living, working and health conditions of the people in the community we belong to.

I finished my PDC with Geoff Lawton. I'm just waiting to see if I passed ok and can receive my Certificate! This was a hard work but really interesting. A learned so much and I can't wait to put in practice. Several students from Mexico want to gather and share our experience. It was also very i...

The cold climate wild highbush cranberry crop is heavy this year and I loaded up. Picked two gallons of fruit, for the second time this year, in no time flat. This particular berry has a tart burst taste, and the juice works so well with honey when made into a jelly or syrup. The taste truly dan...

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The School's inception came out of our collective need for a venue, where we could share our knowledge and implement it right away in a practical sensible way. We wanted to offer a place and a way for people to get together in a supportive environment, to learn from each other and from our greate...

One World Permaculture and The Whole Life Learning Center are partnered in creating an educational center rooted in holistic education and permaculture design. Our beautiful community is thriving, growing and evolving daily. Please join our education revolution!

This year is truly the mast year for the local oaks.  The previous two years, I was easily able to gather, just from our yard and a few neighboring trees, enough for my own use.  I have worked myself up to eating acorns in something twice a day....usually as an acorn and corn bread (at a 50-50 ra...

Kitchen garden, food forest, orchard and poultry. Land that had no perceived value is being regenerated to provide abundance.

9th Annual Permaculture Design Course, February 10th through 22nd, 2014 February 10th through 22nd, 2014 Place: Maya Mountain Research Farm San Pedro Columbia, BELIZE Instructors: Albert Bates, Marisha Auerbach, Nicole Foss and Christopher Nesbitt with local guest instructors. Cos...

Permaculture Design Course, Ukraine, Lviv, December 10-22, 2013 Main teachers: Bohdan Popov (Ukraine) − a practicing ecologist, designer, teacher of ecology and permaculture, blacksmith, director of the School of Traditional Blacksmithing,developer and teacher of an original techniques in black...

Bonjour tout le monde Voilà le prochain film dans la série "Hervé Coves" :o) Le cycle du phosphore http://steveread.wix.com/steveread#!video-reel/couj kenavo Steve www.steveread.fr  

I had an epiphany yesterday.  I want to do winter gardening at my home, and not on my acreage that is my other permaculture project.  I have a 12ftX12ft trampoline in my back yard that must be disassembled every winter or it will catch too much  snow and weather it, possibly rupture the mat.  It ...

A cool climate rural permaculture design site. http://gaiacraft.com/heart-gardens-campus/

We collect the olives manually and make them press cold at the mill of Válor, the neighbouring village (which is also the nearest mill). The manufacture of olive oil goes through different stages: pressing, beating the paste, separation and decantation phase. The oil is then bottled and label...

Minutes of the first meeting, September 3, 2013 Attendance: 4 Venue: Coop du Grande Orme, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Qc. Permaculture definition: Providing for the needs of humanity while improving the health of the planet. The 3 Ethics of Permaculture: Care of Earth, Care of People, and Return of ...

During our annual Strata meeting, one owner complained that the lawns had too many weeds in it.  The management agent pointed out that Whislter does not allow herbicides so they do the best they can without the use of chemicals.  I took that opportunity and offered an alternative - relandscaping ...

The farm has started accepting volunteers and the first two have joined recently. We want to convert it into a demonstration Permaculture project to wean farmers away from the extremely destructive agricultural practices which is causing massive soil erosion.