The Southwest Florida Permaculture Guild had its first permablitz in which we established a food forest. Good times were had by all! Click here for more detail.

Going to be looking at the following (6/19): - Orientation - Structures - Slope (measure)   Discuss elements of interest with the client: - Water flow and settling - Plants - Animals - Human interactions - Aesthetics - Legal issues  

REALIZZAZIONE DI UNA VASCA DI FITODEPURAZIONE di Andrea Minchio This is the construction of the second passage of our waste water after the septic tank the black water from the W.C. is going in this bog garden. Then it is going in a long feeder channel that brings the waste wa...

REALIZZAZIONE DI UNA VASCA DI FITODEPURAZIONE di Andrea Minchio Durante il corso di PDC svoltosi a Scagnello in giugno (2013) si è praticato un laboratorio di autocostruzione (Permablitz) di una vasca di fitodepurazione per una casa di 5 persone (2 adulti e tre bambini)....

As is the case more often than not at PRI Zaytuna Farm, the farm has its own schedule for you. I was intending to lime render the rocket stove earlier in the day, but didnt get to it until after 3pm which coincided nicely with the wwoofers finishing for the day and wanting a hot shower. So not ...

Beautiful Permaculture Property for Rent in Pai, northern Thailand   This 3.2 acre property located just 3 kilometers outside of the small, alternative town of Pai, has been regenerated using permaculture design and principles.   Due to the owners’ desire to further her own education it is ...

Beautiful Permaculture Property for Rent in Pai, northern Thailand   This 3.2 acre property located just 3 kilometers outside of the small, alternative town of Pai, has been regenerated using permaculture design and principles.   Due to the owners’ desire to further her own education it i...

We are excited to announce that the Cleveland Seed Bank—in THP’s very own hometown— will be launched this summer, 2013, to provide and preserve the vital resource of local seed for our community. We will offer educational activities, seed saving workshops, seed swaps, and outreach to organiz...

The India Biogas project is spearheaded in Lucknow, India by Surhabi Argarwal, THP’s newest staff member. During their travels to India in late 2012, Chris and Marilyn had the good fortune to meet Surhabi, a young woman with big heart and amazing fire who has independently completed a comprehe...

After all the wonderful work that Stella and Faan contributed to this project they have moved on to work on their graduate degrees.  We wish them many blessings for their future. This leaves us with a vacancy for a new Permaculture Manager & Volunteer Coordinator for our site outside of Iqu...

Universite de l'Avenir is a global educative, health, agro-ecologic, cohousing intergenerational and environmental project of Saillans (center of Drome Valley, between Rhone river and the old roman town of Die).   See www.universite-avenir.com

In march 2013, I moved definitly to Menglon en Diois, in the higher Rhone Valley;   this area, called by European Union and Rhone Alpes Region the "Biovallée" has an impressive projects concerning environment and new school schedules for teenagers or children.  I hope, as a paedagogist and eco...

The Living Soil Saves Lives project empowers individuals and communities to be more self-reliant and regenerative through organic farming methods. We provide training for rural Indian farmers on the soil food web and various composting techniques with the goal of assisting their transition ba...

Our first successful Living Soil courses were taught at an organic farm in northern India that forms part of the international organization, Navdanya, which is directed by Dr. Vandana Shiva, a renowned scientist and organic activist. Navdanya is devoted to reducing dependency on GMO seeds, tr...

Daraja Academy is the first free secondary school in all of East Africa providing Kenyan girls an education that would otherwise not be possible given their economic situation. By creating a model of sustainability and self-reliance and instilling in every student a sense of environmental res...

TinaLuna and I are doing a lot of good with these 100 acres of beautiful diversity we call Singing Earth Farm (pasture, pinion/juniper hills, old oak grove, garden, straw bale home), near Boulder, Utah. But we know that with a few more of us, fullhearted land lovers, we can turn this place into a...

The minga (quechua mink'a or minga "collective work done for the community"; minca minccacuni Quechua "request help promising something", or mingaco) is a pre-Columbian tradition of community volunteer work with a socially useful purpose or with a reciprocity character. This way of collective wo...