3.4 acre site on the edge of the village of Whalley.

Eco Ola's own land possesses stands of trees, acres of plants and seemingly infinite creatures that even we have not explored given the density of the rainforest. When you reflect on this photo the boundlessness of the jungle is quickly emphasized. How many species of plants do you recognize? Wha...

  A Permaculture Design Course is a 72 hour intensive hands-on course (total of 10 days) that equips you to learn and practice how to design your land and life using permaculture principals. Ours will focus on dryland strategies and give you the opportunity to practice many hands-on activit...

So within a month of puttibng in our swales , We received 404 mill of rain in 3 days... I started to worry the swales may overflow onto the berms and upon investigating and  some passive pickwork to move 2 swales into a different direction, the swales worked perfectly. The swales stayed full for...

It has been a long and pleasurable journey, growing with Chaitraban. From the arid (but at the same time, fascinating) land that it was, Chaitraban has flourished into a retreat providing a peaceful ambience while feeding us with chemical free and delicious bounty of fruits and vegetables! Permac...

This is the first season in five years that any of my hives experienced a classic 'colony collapse'. It is also the first year that there was a substantial corn crop planted within a quarter mile of the apiary. This has led me to suspect that the corn seed they planted wa coated with the neonicot...

In order to utilize the vernal pond in the back yard I explored cold tolerant rice growing. Takeshi and Linda Akaogi put out a manual for growing rice in the Northeast US several years ago. Germplasm was acquired from the National Small Grains Collection, Susan McCouch at the University of Cornel...

Chaitraban is a new project taken up a couple of years ago. It is currently an experimental permaculture homestead. We hope to move towards being as self-sustained as possible while making it into a calm retreat for ourselves and for other people.

I returned to Thailand in late November of 2012 after 3 months visiting friends and family in my home state of Texas. Following a brief respite, getting grounded and recovering from the disorienting 33 hour journey and 13 hour time difference, it was time to start designing my travel itinerary. W...

Permacultura Mediterránea is an association that promotes regenerative systems, permaculture design and other tools for a better and more sustainable life in Mediterranean bioregions. We support individuals and groups who are designing, sharing and implementing permaculture. We offer activities, ...

Our efforts to present Permaculture and the transition to people who don't necessarily feel concerned by our ecological crisis, or who feel disempowered my its magnitude, is continuing to meet with success. Each presentation of our show "conciliabule" is well attended and appreciated by the publi...

Recherche interessant. Complexe mais simple, et encore un raison pour préserver/planter des forêts. En gros condensation de l'eau en vapeur = baisse de pression = vents. Déjà constaté mais en général considéré comme un effet miniscule et pas trop recherché. Ces chercheurs propose que c'est un eff...

Merci à Hervé pour se lien http://www.gurumed.org/2012/04/27/relation-symbiotique-des-bactries-se-joignent-aux-insectes-dans-leur-guerre-contre-les-pesticides/Le rôle des microbes est souvent bcp plus important qu'on pense. Par exemplehttp://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23127-abnormal-gut-bacte...

We are looking to get involved in another project in Bulgaria this spring / summer, so we need someone to look after our project in Italy.  You can rough it and stay in a caravan on the site, which is currently without electricity or you can stay in our house 10km away from the land, which is ele...

Join me and Amadeus Decastle at silkroadpermaculture.org I Partnering with Amadeus Decastle, teacher and friend, trying to get our own demonstration farm up and running. Moving slowly but surely. Website in construction www.silkroadpermaculture.org.We working on legal issues in the country we ar...

Urban Permaculture in a cool temperate region.

La naturaleza es tan sabia "Antes nosotros hacíamos muchas intervenciones en este lugar... Un plan de manejo de plagas, de monitoreo... Y todas las buenas prácticas de la agricultura orgánica... Nos dimos cuenta que la naturaleza es tan sabia y tiene los procesos tan claros que al momento que ...

Permacultura 2.0 en America Latina "Hay que aprovechar lo que el sistema nos ofrece y estar transformando desde adentro… Las posibilidades están disponibles… Y tenemos que hacerlas útiles para nosotros. Este es el proceso de transformación de la permacultura. Yo creo que en este instante la perm...