From the Ojai Foundation, Ojai CaliforniaOctober 2012 O.U.R. Ecovillage

The Art House: A Project in Socio-Ecological Regeneration

Days 4 and 5 of the PDC we are teaching in the Eastern Province of Rwanda saw us giving lessons on all things trees, from pruning to food forest to agroforestry. Before we did this though, we finished off the hillside that we had begun to swale, terrace and use other water strtegies o...

All Day Workshop   –   Sunday, April 14th   –   at Midwest Permaculture, Stelle, IL Price – $95 – Includes Workshop and Lunch.                                            Register Here – Limit 24 Standard wood stoves waste much of the heat and wood energy when they burn, with much of it going ...

What you can expect when… Taking Your PDC in Stelle   These are the PDC Courses Hosted in Stelle - See our Schedule of all Trainings for Additional Dates 2013   Click Below to Register Extended Work/Study Internships April 27-May 4 Spring  Open -    $1,295   Stay on 5 w...

March 16th Open House That Spring Chicken Thing March Open House Features "Ethics: The Basics of Raising Chickens Workshop" It’s almost springtime, when chicks will arrive here and in many first-time chicken owner families throughout the country.  Join us for and discover why keeping chickens is...

Utilizing the Whole Systems Research Farm permaculture site in Vermont's Mad River Valley, a new 175 acre site we recently acquired in central Vermont, our design studio resources, and a team of leading facilitators, Whole Systems Design offers a one-of-a-kind skills-based resiliency training exp...

This project represents one of the largest public projects in the region and we were brought in to help ensure regenerative stormwater practices are implemented and that a human scale streetscape results. 

Ricks update below Just about sums up day 1..... I really enjoyed giving a lesson on small intensive systems, most villagers only have a very small plot to work with and an extra intensive kitchen garden is what is required!! Day three. Dealing with the effects of climate change. The w...

What do you really need   I asked a friend who has two children what she really couldn't do without and she said three things : a sling, a relax-chair and plenty of underwear (bodysuits and all-in-ones that can be easily and frequently washed). I can say now, Roos being nearly 12 weeks now...

About consumption and use of resources   It starts when your pregnancy begins to show : “Are you allready furnishing a babyroom? Do you allready have a pram/bed/carchair... or wich one are you going to take? Are you having a gift-list on the birthcards?” “Euh, I was thinking about washable...

To have kids or not to have kids?   Do I want children? No? Than don't have them and enjoy your life on this planet. There are enough people allready but still a lot of beauty and mystery to be experienced. Look for it! Don't wait behind your tv. Yes? But... is it responsable to have t...

Full Permaculture Design Course (PDC) "Aiming at food self-sufficiency for the communities of Planes (200 houses) and Villanueva (80 houses)."This significant project happens to be in a remote village: Villanueva Honduras. The people lost their dignity when ''coffee growers'' colonised the market...

Here are some photos... It's hard to get a sense of landscape when plants are closing in! I must experiment with a movie sometime. 

I moved to a house on a suburban block in a country town 2 hours south of Sydney in 2008. Promptly turned over grass, added cocopeat, chicken composted pellets, blood and bone, by 2012 beginning to be a jungle that can be shaped.