Shoveling the sawdust into the dam We are lucky to have a local sawmill, where we can always find an abundance of sawdust for use in our garden. We also have a friendly neighbour, who has a large pile of rotting sawdust on his property which we have access to.  Our recently dug dam has a slight...

After reading a recent post by one of the other members of this forum (Nam-Ha Quach), I thought I'd share my attempts at changing the "system" from the inside... I am also a secondary school teacher and since the full concept of Permaculture is still a bit "fare out" for many people, I thought...

Rural, cooperative based lifestyle, land-care development project

To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is the marriage of the wisdom of the mind and the kindness of the heart that can mend our hurt. Eco Ola's embodies this bond by combining ecological permaculture farming and a secure market with compassion and passion for the rainforest and its peoples. Through t...

3 Chickens now call Growing Wild home. What started out as an elaborate chicken tractor has become a fixed coop that is integrated into the back permaculture garden. The coop is constructed 2 x 4s and leftover sections of t 1-11 and some metal roof. Although heavier then I intended, the chicken t...

I've just (an hour ago) returned home to Amman, having completed a PDC at Al-Jawfa, near the Dead Sea in Jordan, with Geoff and Nadia Lawton. Although my "aha" moment came some years ago, and I'd been reading about permaculture principles since then, I feel that 72 intensive hours of study and di...

A chance to get an internationally certified PDC training with INTEGRALPERMANENCE during a very busy series of workshops with various experts from around the globe for the awesome SUMMER OF SOIL series... Our courses are highly regarded around the world and internationally certified by PRI (Aus)...

A unique new course format to support PDC graduates to take their work to a more professional levelIntegralpermanence is offering 7 day Advanced Design Intensives with extended individual course work over 1 month to complete the training. This course will cover advanced permaculture design techni...

Integralpermanence is offering 7 day Advanced Design Intensives with extended individual course work over 1 month to complete the training. This course will cover advanced permaculture design techniques and skills, mapping strategies, digital design, client interaction and project management meth...

The brittle landscapes of the Mediterranean are in a slow desertification process.  Dryland design is primarily focused on water management, soil development and intelligently integrated animal and plant interactions.  In this specialist design intensive we will cover the strategies and tech...

Forest Gardening represents the most sustainable form of food production through utilizing perennial crops on multiple layers. Not only does this allow us to stack crops vertically on any given site, by applying forest ecology principles we can also achieve the resilience, abundance and diversity...

Integralpermanence is offering 7 day Advanced Design Intensives with extended individual course work over 1 month to complete the training. This course will cover advanced permaculture design techniques and skills, mapping strategies, digital design, client interaction and project management meth...

Dahl, with potato bake and a green garden salad with a nasturtium and avocado dressing. Lentils keep very well for a long time, providing it is stored in a air tight container and pests cannot get to it. This recipe can also be made with pigeon pea. Put 2 cups of red lentils into a pot and add ...

Terrell House Permaculture Living and Learning Center has become a reality! We are transforming this beautiful, passive solar, university-owned house into an inspiring space indoors and out for community, learning, food, music, and more. The house had been sitting unoccupied and is in need of rep...

This work-shop involves 3 visits in the valley of Rosandra national park and is reccomended for teachers and others who wish to learn teaching methods of a forest school. The first visit takes place on thursday, 8th of november, the 2nd 28th and the last in the month of january. Please write for...

We are faced with a whole series of global environmental problems that are harming the biosphere and human life in ways so alarming that may soon become irreversible. The great challenge of our time is to create sustainable communities, that is, social and cultural environments in which we can sa...

The farm offers vocational learning for farmers, students and families in the field of social synergic farming, irrigation, water harvesting and seed saving. To apply: write to [email protected]