Another month has passed and the polytunnel/hoophouse is getting seriously crowded, at least with vegetative growth, flowers, and insects. I had described the set-up and planting here and the first month of growth here. The weather in July was hardly any better than in June. It continued to ...

Our hosts were Gastwerke community (twenty people plus children trying to live in a non-capitalistic way) and volunteers from German Summer Academy, who managed to create a beautiful place in heart of nature, with a few large tents for the programmes, mobile kitchen, compost toilets, showers, a b...

VALE DAS AROMATICAS – HEAL THE SOIL PORTUGAL : A once in a lifetime chance to be part of the pioneers in establishing a Permaculture Demonstration Farm and Children & Adults Learning Centre in Portugal. You will have the opportunity to play a crucial role in this interesting 1...

NZ Heritage Potatoes in Danger!   Over the past 20 years it has become increasingly apparent that our heritage potatoes are deteriorating (far smaller crops from each potato planted with far more evidence of disease and pest issues), and since the introduction of the psyllid, (which bri...

For 30 years our family has been actively involved in breeding heritage chickens. We were lucky enough to have begun this project whilst there were several old time “chicken men” still around in Northland where we lived then. These guys were the judges at poultry shows and were all abs...

Biodiversity  We are so thrilled at the ever increasing biodiversity on Merri Bee Organic farm.   It is easy to grow a  food forest really  and with some water gardens you can make a  happy place for yourself and many other creatures. Lots of new birds are being heard each year and amazing insect...

Recypher our traditions for the now time. It is essential that we reflect on past traditions and how they relate to modern living. We work with the current struggles and concerns of our time, leveraging technology & the resources accessible at this moment

Charleston Permaculture Guild is a coalition of individuals learning, teaching, and implementing permaculture in and around Charleston, South Carolina.

Thorny Croft is an 8 hectare ‘small farm’, being established by Bob Corker and Kay Baxter, together with Taiamai and Franzi Corker. It is ‘Thorny Croft ’ because of the hawthorns which we love, and it is a ‘croft’ in the traditional sense of the word,  in that it is it is a diverse and...

Tashigar Norte is a project linked to the International Dzogchen Community founded by Namkhai Norbu who teaches Tibetan Buddhist courses, along with Yoga and Dance courses. We have a vision of sustainable development that incorporates agricultural projects and tourist activiites. We also offer...

This sounds interesting - does anyone around has more details. I send an invite to all PCs in Egypt to get together to explore how we may bring our resources to contribute towards the non-profits' goals. Please do write in. I am also keen on sharing PC information I have collected http://www...

ZERO BUDGET COMPOST TOILETsimple Compost Toilet made from local recycled materials and natural materials from our farm like wood paletts,scrab wood,pine tree wood and canes.   Money Investment = 0 Ecological Impact = 0 Waste Water = 0 Benefits = Infinite   Heal the Soil and your Soul!  

Welcome Eco-Pioneers! Over the course of the past few months, my blogsite, along with much of my personal life, has been through a wealth of transition. If you are close follower of my blog,  you may have noticed that my posting has become a bit sparse and irregular. At the same time, if you s...

Food forest inspired market garden.

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 has develo...

Here is my diploma report presented to Bill Mollison and the Permaculture Academy. http://gaiacraft.com/free-books/

So much of the permaculture information and news is international in nature and while this is great, I have found that it is difficult to actually get a good grasp on what is going on in just the midwest. I would like to start with aggregating the information coming from Indiana and Illinois and ...

We encourage everyone to check out the new permaculture sustainability and social change crowdfunding site. www.WeTheTrees.com The site was dreamed up and created by the Panya Project's founder, Christian Shearer, so we are really excited and proud of Panya Projects connection to this site...