The Irish climate can be a bit of a challenge. Even though one can come across palms, tree ferns, Eucalyptus, Arbutus unedo, figs and other frost-tender plants here and there in sheltered locations, town gardens, walled gardens and the like in this country, growing tomatoes, peppers, sweetcorn, b...

Eliopoli wants to show that a new life model that underlines the qualitative aspects of life can be realized focusing on human needs in a way compatible with business and environment. We will accomplish this by promoting social cooperation while creating “green business” and preserving the qual...

We will be installing two 1.6kw solar systems for schools with Yaaxche Trust. Anyone interested in participating should write me. We can use hands. Skill set would be nice, but sheer muscle would help too. This is a chance to help give two schools lights and electricity!  

We will be installing two 1.6kw solar systems for schools with Yaaxche Trust. Anyone interested in participating should write me. We can use hands. Skill set would be nice, but sheer muscle would help too. This is a chance to help give two schools lights and electricity!  

  After an interesting time in the North of Spain in the mountains we made a beeline all the way to the south of Portugal to the fledging Permaculture Institute being established at Vale De Lama, not far outside of Lagos on the Algave.  We decided to visit an old friend Seco here and...

Heading into the north of Spain, scooting around the Pyrenees, we headed for Lakabe.  This abandoned village was reinhabited by a community a generation ago and has become a model for utilizing the existing resource bases of abandoned villages in the area left when the dominant regime in the 70s ...

Chinampa Aquaponics   Foto CCRES AQUAPONICS   The Chinampas of Mexico Chinampa is a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.     Foto via Anthony Morgan a...

Permaculture Design Course Tutors: Bob Corker (Koanga Institute) Kay Baxter (Koanga Institute) Dan Palmer (Very Edible Gardens) Tim Barker (PRI Australia) Location: Koanga Institute, Wairoa.Price: $1900 Dates: February 3-15 Two weeks of immersive class room learning with...

    Koanga Spring Internship Livelihoods and Self-Reliance in Gardening and Nutrient Dense Food Tutors: Kay Baxter, Nathan Foote, Emma Cowan, Dan Palmer, Taiamai Corker, Bob Corker Location: Koanga Institute,Wairoa Price: NZ$4800 ($3900 for New Zealanders) Dates:...

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...

CCRES - ALGAE BIOFUELS AND AQUAPONICS   CROATIAN CENTER of RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES  (CCRES)   Algae, the Source of Biofuels, and Aquaponics  Algae can be used as important types of biomass materials from which the biofuels can be obtained. Algae absorb the energy from the sun in the pres...

This is just to let people know that Yaxche Trust and Maya Mountain Research Farm will be installing two 1.6kw photovoltaic systems in Indian Creek in June. Anyone interested in lending a hand, let me know.

Inspired by Toby Hemenway's description of Ianto Evans's Polyculture in "Gaia's Garden" I am trying it this year, albeit in our polytunnel. We are in the West in Ireland and this spring it has been unusually cold, except for a very warm spell in the week before Easter. It was still unseas...

This practical course will bring the possibility of significant and positive life changes. Although permaculture is most commonly thought about in connection with gardening & farming, its principles, ethics and design methods can be adapted and used in each individual's own work, interest...

) For those tempted by a trip to the beautiful Romanian Carpathians, the hermitage of Malin (www.ermitajmalin.ro), isolated farm in a small valley in northern Transylvania and Permaculture Design Course organizer of each September with Pascal Depienne (Brin de Paille) invites you to the c...

We have the house! We met the transportation guy at the builder’s this morning about ten o’clock. After the builder was paid, he loaded it up and moved it. Watching him load the building was incredible. He has a big pickup with a long trailer that jacks up. He positioned the trailer so that th...

Laughing Bird Farm is a 10 acre developing permaculture farm in rural Summertown Tennessee.

This is the first of a three-part video in which Bates discusses his book, "The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change (Sustainable Agriculture)," which he really wanted to title "Beyond Zero." Here's the link to the first segment:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPOcPwxrUqQ&featu...