Compost Heat Generator is a very low cost technology for harvesting sustainable energy from plant biomass without any combustion process. All you need is to form a compost pile around an acummulation tank and introduce a spiral made from plastic tubing. The one below was made in September 2012. T...

Apples, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, wild grapes, wild rose, black elderberry, tons of firewood, mushrooms, maple sap, herbs and wealth of green 'weeds' for salads :) And protection against summer heat and winter frost for your house. Forest garden produces everything by itself, while recyclin...

Simple to make, cost effective and energy (fire wood) saving - Portable Rocket Stove. This one was made during first permaculture workshops held in PPRI.

Polish Permaculture Research Institute is a demonstration project of TRANSFORMACJA Foundation (http://transformacja.org/pl/). The scope of this project is to collaborate with local communities around the concept of establishing new forms of sustainable economy and agriculture through the developm...

Summer is almost over, and the garden is still in a full bloom!

We've got mushrooms. This spring a bunch of morel mushrooms popped out on the surface of straw mulch. These were delicious

We've started with desert (photo 1) Now it is green and alive!

The Permaculture Mandala Garden 'Circles of Nature' is an example of how much can be achieved through permaculture design in a very short time. Already, in the second year from the establishment of the garden/TF-Test Site, it provides fruits and vegetables for a family of five.

In my last post, I showed a picture of a wood powered water heater, so well roll up our sleeves and get into how this was designed. But first a warning! Boiling water is easy to do, boiling water in a closed container and not blowing yourself up is much trickier, in fact I've heard it said that t...

This is just me trying to find a sustainable way of life and teach others along the way. I especially want to help the poor have access to better information and options especially concerning food, energy, and housing.

The soil we have to work with is very shallow and poor quality. During our annual review of direction the core group decided that soil improvement was our priority for the year. I had a soil test done at EAL in Lismore to discover what we were deficient in, what the organic matter levels and calc...

Food forest edible species planted: apples pears plums hazels peaches blackberry blueberry currants raspberry sea buckthorn. Will do the support trees in the spring (will be black locust, couple of elaegnusm native alder and willow, and native forest shrubs. Chickens doing OK, free ranging in t...

Eco Ola is situated in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest where ancient trees, minerals and oil reside. These, unfortunately, are often extracted toxically and unethically by large companies who pay little regard to the wonders and peoples of the forest. The results of this exploitation include p...

So where do I begin! To say the very least, I enjoy a good challenge and a thrilling adventure, but my visit to Barbados was a magical journey beyond my wildest expectations. But before I get there, let me take you back a bit. My career has mostly been an entrepreneurial one, but there came a...

The Master Plan for the Caribbean Permaculture Research Institute (CPRI) has been endorsed by PRI Australia, and the Agricultural Ministry of Barbados, but now it needs to assemble a dynamic PRI team in order to make it materialize. A qualified PRI Teacher and Administrator with strong admin sk...

These videos are made to be done at your own pace and at your own convenience. To get the best benefit of how to use SketchUp, I highly encourage watching the videos in order. Enjoy. SketchUp Basics 1. Introduction and Installation 2. Navigation 3. Drawing Tools 4. Selecting, Grouping and...

PORET Trust works with the community to address hunger, malnutrition, and poverty through Permaculture Facilitation. We use the 3 Circles of Knowledge, a facilitation technique, in all of our work.

The three sisters companion planting as seen in the Americas by tradition and now used widely sees the corn grown with beans and squash for mutual benifit. This year, due in part to the lack of water available, we have grown corn and squash ( mainly zuchinni) in the mandala beds. The beds are...