Down in the village of Garganda la Olla below Mills’ place in the mountains live a young and growing community of Madrid raised folks who have moved out here to the country to start a new life. The Agrandas have chosen their name (the town name is “the mouth of the cooking pot” to “make the cooki...

With water on our minds we headed north once again, set for Tamera where Sepp Holzer has been working alongside the community here to create a water retention landscape capable of carrying a large community into an abundant future whilst providing a blueprint for how intelligent earthworks and re...

  Heading North the sun is keeping Humbug sweltering at night.  We stopped in to see our friend and one of my original Permaculture teachers Mill Millichap up in the cool air heights of the Sierra de Gredos Mountains.  Sitting at 1300m the days are as hot as below, but the nighttime temp...

http://www.rpc2012.com/en/conference/ Istanbul is getting ready to host another Permaculture Design Certificate course on 30 June-12 July, 2012. From climate to shelter, food to energy use, this 72-hour course will cover everything concerning sustainable human settlement design. Mustafa F. Bakır...

This is a project we want to do for some time, the reason for the delay is we wanted to ensure a stable supply of water for irrigation. Also we need close the fence to keep out animals. After solving these problems (we’ll talk about them some day) we started with this “mandala garden” but using t...

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After many "spontaneous learning opportunities" (formerly known as mistakes), our chicken system is starting to work Really Well. I still buy them some wheat and corn, mainly for psychological reassurance, but also as an energy boost, and to keep the chickens well fed if I'm away for several day...

Our abundant bean stalk The reason we decided to get cows initially, was to use their beautiful manure. However, Tom found that he was not using the manure, because it was too hard to get it from the paddocks. So he started bringing the cows into the cow yard (an enclosed space) every ...

Our abundant bean stalk The reason we decided to get cows initially, was to use their beautiful manure. However, Tom found that he was not using the manure, because it was too hard to get it from the paddocks. So he started bringing the cows into the cow yard (an enclosed space) every ...

Eco Ola’s mission is to break the cycle of resource depletion and poverty plaguing the Peruvian Amazon through the implementation of permaculture in conjunction with the local communities. The destructive cycle starts with logging; uncontrolled slash and burn; followed by cattle grazing; then ab...

Majors Way Sustainable Living Tour EARTHBAG HOME CONSTRUCTION June 16, 2012 July 14 , 2012 August 11, 2012 September 15, 2012 9:30am-11:00am $8 adults, kids under 12 FREE ROCKET STOVE CONSTRUCTION Sept 15, 2012 noon-5pm  $40

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We kick off on Friday 4th October and go Fridays and Saturdays and conclude on Saturday Nov 10th 2012 Classes are 9 - 5pm, there will be some assignments between classes Where: various locations in and around Katoomba, NSW 2780 Cost: $800 if you pay before July 30th, $1000 after that. Thi...

It's early days yet, having just moved onto the land a little while back, but progress is coming along quite nicely.

Imagine a PDC WINTER! Here in the Hive 06 to July 15 PERMACULTURE SEA LAKE DUNES sambaquis

Our mission is to create a Permaculture Demonstration Farm and Children & Adults Learning Centre that empowers individuals and communities through re-establishing the connection with nature. The Permaculture ethics and principles are utilized as guidelines in realising the project aims of spr...

With winter coming on our main focus has been to arrange for a water tank to be installed so we have measured the shed guttering and decided where the tank is to be located, now we just need to to order the tank and to arrange for sand to be delivered for the base. During the Foundation Day long...