I've added a number of new features to the Permaculture Principles website including an RSS feed, search function, tour icons, posts with the ability to comment and a new improved shop. I've removed the photolog and replaced that with quality examples of the design principles in action on the...

   

With more than 365 mosques, centuries old adobe architecture, and remnants of ancient food forest systems running to this day, it is understandable why it was declared the Capital of Islamic Culture in 2010 - and it makes for an exceptional location for this course and new institute. The first o...

Our germinating permaculture and beekeepin colective has welcomed Spring participating in a local products Fair in Ourém, Portugal. This was our first public event. Quite surprising buzz-word recognition and interest in permaculture from local farmers, urban residents and other.          

Project Soalheira is a family scale permaculture project, attempting to implement its principles in our livelhood, becoming as self-reliant as possible in water, food, energy, shelter and beyond. We also are promoting a local permacultor / ecofarmer network in cooperative activity to spice up the...

In this picture, looking towards east, we see the relative location of the snowed Star Mountain, highest mountain range in Portugal (granitic stone and soils), whose springs and winter snow feed the River Mondego, and the southern Colcurinho Peak, that belongs to the Goshawk Mountain ...

Dolce Verde is an experiment in turning a historic brick home on 1/10 acre in downtown Phoenix, Arizona into a thriving food forest complete with water harvesting features, passive solar adaptations and community involvement.

It's that time of year when my cool season crops are fading and it's time to plant warm season crops. Yesterday we cut down the sugar snap peas that have kept me and a dozen others stuffed with goodness for the past couple of months. Each year, the sugar snap peas seem to get sweeter and sweete...

Themes: Winter, rain irrigated crops Rain water harvest at home Self-seeding lettuces Snail control5 finger broomEarth worms for fishingOnion nursery and kitchen garden trees and names Plum harvest and share of surplus Pest repellant plants "Non chemical" pest traps Kitchen garden duck as...

Agroforestry systems on contour using nitrogen producing canopy trees, cold-hardy cultivars of fruit and nut bearing trees, vines, bushes, root crops and perennials Alley cropping of annuals Apiculture and promotion of multiple other pollinators Aquaculture of cold-temperate plants, fi...

A one of a kind course in the US combining two amazing Systems approaches--Holistic Management and Keyline Design.  I'm very excited to be on the teaching team and to be part of a course hosted by one of our graduates. Check out the website for all the juicy details: http://www.montanawholefarm...

We specialize in Edible and Multi-Functional Plants Suited for Living in the Hot-Cold Nevada Desert At Loping Coyote Farms, we focus on growing useful plants which add to the local ecological resource base.  We strive to provide access to unusual and practical plants which will grow in Northe...

The machete is an essential tool here in the Amazon as it is a non-polluting way to shape timber for sustainable construction and clear brush for plantings. Quite often you will see both men and women walking down the street with the blades because our community works and lives in the rainforest....

Documentation of urban backyard food production from the average suburbia backyards using permaculture principles.

Earn your Permaculture Design Certificate  at a Farm dedicated to Permaculture. More information here  

Practical Permaculture Research Institute is located on the Sunshine Works Organic Farm, a demonstration Permaculture Farm with a Permaculture school.

Finca Vista Bella is an organization focused on practices of sustainable and permaculture practices. The farm is located on Utuado and haves 20 acres, where 7 acres was previously used for the commercial café farming and are been adapted to the permaculture practices. The small amount of café pro...