Our Mission: The NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program introduces youth to career pathways in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M.) by teaching them how to convert transferable farm and market management skills into civic leadership, social entrepreneurism, environmental ste...

The one herb that has given me unexpected lessons in 'know your element' is Silybum marianum, Wild Artichoke, Milk Thistle.  I should have known better; it's a thistle, for goodness' sake! It has powerful medicinal properties and that is why we chose to buy it. However, it's benefits are probabl...

What do you want to achieve in life? You probably feel there's more to it than WORK, BUY, CONSUME and DIE. Break out of this destructive cycle and be free. Permaculture shows you how you can live an independent empowered life. Permaculture isn't just about food and gardens. It's a way...

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Last weekend we spent planting some more trees to add to the forest garden.  Having a very steep slope, the only thing to do really is put tree cover on it.  The advantage of course of a slope (average 40 degrees incline), that the sun gets an angle to get into the understorey.  The land is east ...

Feeding the chooks and collecting eggs first thing in the morning. Matt ended up following Tom around the property for 2 days and shot lots of photos in the process (he also did our new head shots, thanks Matt!)I do not know how he would have been able to just find 15 photos, I am having troub...

Go to itunes and searching for HS432.   It's free, just have to download the itunes software which is also free.

The Permablitz Sydney Designers Guild exists for two main purposes. The first is to have a pool of PDC qualified permaculture designers who are able to do a design when a blitz host would like a volunteer design done instead of a professional one. The second is to allow an opportunity for designe...

The Permaculture Volunteer Programme at Camp Muhaka is part of the organization’s efforts to establish itself as a permaculture demonstration, research and education site on the coastal region of Kenya. Together with the Permaculture Research Institute of Kenya (PRI-Kenya), Camp Muhaka ha...

Family run vacation rentals on 450 acre Ranch moving away from traditional ranching toward a permaculture lifestyle.

The First Annual Florida Permaculture Convergence will be held at The Wallaby Ranch in Davenport, Florida from January 11th - 13th, 2013! Primitive camping fees start at $40 for the weekend. To learn more and register visit http://www.flpermacultureconvergence.com/index.html   The First Annua...

The world's most famous bard, William Shakespeare, insightfully noted: "And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." Eco Ola believes in the creative non-fiction of farming; that our story is written...

  Insights and Observations I realize more and more everyday the importance of the work we are doing as activists and designers. Over the last few months I have began to understand this as I have taken a step back to observe and acknowledge the scale at which the problems we face are at now...

  The crew assembled at Tom and Ling's place in Merrylands to work a food forest and keyhole bed that were part of a design for their backyard. The VERY early arrivers are pictured above!       The permablitz process works in stages - after a designer or design team helps the h...

One action that produces many ripples and spreads in all directions. When your backyard gets blitzed by a group of fellow enthusiasts a whole lot of things are happening. You get a food producing system up and running in a day. Growing your own food means you are contributing to food secu...

Making the suburbs edible enough, such that should food become unaffordable, we don’t even notice!

If you need assistance in building a geodesic dome greenhouse, please let me know. I offer a simple, low cost design, which can be incorporated into your garden, adding a possibility for all year long vegetable production. See photos below: