Its Friday, 19th May, 2012; and the end of an action-packed penultimate week on PermaNegev; the permaculture design certificate in a fledgling Bedouin permaculture project in the Israeli desert. We have gone from 5 to 12 participants (approx) with the permaculture exchange students up from Lo...

Our Wwoofer's caravan is ready! http://www.theforestgarden.com/wwoofers-caravan-is-ready/ please see this page to help plan your stay: http://www.theforestgarden.com/contact-us/wwoofing-volunteering/ All the best Morag

Relax & unwindPhoto by bjearwicke (http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bjearwicke) When we mentioned to one of our interns that there is no work to be done on a Saturday on our property, she was amazed. She proceeded to say that she never had a day when she just did not do anything. She was always bus...

The small plot of land was to be a patio, I want to turn it into a mandala garden. But, contrary to all that I have read thus far in leaving the vegetation, all the grasses have to go because the grounds have to be leveled back. And the big rootstructure keeps us from doing that. At first I saved...

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Research on alternative food production and education in sustainable autonomous living... A Path to Abundance

The Crossing Land Education Trust near Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW are hosting their 5th Permaculture Design Certificate Course. This course is specific for those wishing to reside or work in temperate regions.  PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE The Crossing - Bermagui, NSW. Se...

KISS is in short how to live like a King on the income of a pauper under the canopy of Overarching Natural Law

Design and implementation on 120 Acre existing forest and fallow cropland valley. Integration of sustainable and independent plant and animal species. Many water features including a 3 acre pond.

http://www.richsoil.com/permaculture/1769-158-diapers/

The ROLE Foundation in a NGO working to create a more sustainable future for Bali through Environmental and Social Education. ROLE's Island Sustainability Education Centre is located in the hills overlooking Nusa Dua, in the Bukit Peninsula, Bali. The Foundation is seeking volunteers ...

Greenroof eco-construction workshopDivulgaçãohttp://permaculturaportugal.ning.com/events/constru-o-de-telhado-verdeOficina de Eco-Construção de Telhado VerdeUtilização de materiais locais, naturais e de baixo custo.O Programa de trabalhos vai decorrer fora das horas de maior calor, entr...

The first heat wave of the year hit us last week, with scorching sun blazing at us day after day. And when it was my turn to cook lunch, it inspired me to adjust the location of our solar cooker, which spent the winter as more of an ornamental element by the wall of the dining hall. I had alrea...

Jean Pain (1930–1981) was a French innovator who developed a compost-based bioenergy system that produced 100% of his energy needs on his small holding.  He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating through coils in the pile.  He also ...

  ChilliChoko Sauce, with ingredients Choko and Chillies under the chilli bush in our garden   Starting at 8.30 in the morning, I peeled around a dozen chokos, cut the heart out and chopped them into medium size pieces and put them into a large pot. Then I cut the stems off the chillie...

This june in Brazil we will be doing an urban bioconstruction course! For all those who live in the cities!!! See more... www.ecocentro.org

Well Permaculture chums ..... we got our land!!!! We will start in earnest this September - WATCH THIS SPACE !!!! Oh ..... it's in Portugal not France. It's so similar, but better, than my ADFASS design project site; with river, woodland and usable buildings.

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