The last two days ofour Appropraite TecnologyWorkshop is a brain storm of a group of people to come up with strategies and tecniques that could work in  NZ for those of us wanting to build legally, very cheaply, using local materials aad mostly unskilled labour. We have Graeme North (earth build...

We have Graeme North NZ's well known Earth Building architect, Peter West, an inspiring and supportive engineer, Zac a builder who no longer wishes to work in the industrial building scene, but who wishes to  support the team to create legal, local, simple cheap and beautiful ( indigenous) buildi...

The trasnformation of a derelict traditional North Wales smallholding, into a world it once new.. A vibrant, productive and sustainable life.. Come and join, enjoy, learn and help us with this transformation...

Our choko harvest with the vine in the background. This incredible vine has come into abundance! Beautiful, large and heavy chokos are picked off our vine which drapes over our water tank.  Chokos are on Isabell Shipard's list of survival foods, they can be eaten raw, steamed, roasted, pickled a...

A permacultural and agroecological interdisciplinary space to research, experimentation and teaching in a Public Federal University.

Bill Mollison and David Holmgren developed permaculture through a combination of years of study and observation, many late nights discussion and practical testing in the field (in fact it was a garden!) What has emerged since is a powerful n...

Third Millennium Alliance is a nonprofit organization working to preserve the last remnants of Pacific Equatorial Forest in coastal Ecuador, and the wide range of endangered and endemic species therein contained.

Lately I've been helping Nicole and Nick in building a cubby house (military fortress) for the kids in their backyard, out of  sand, gravel, clay, and bags ! It is such an interesting building method, because 1st of all, its fun, well it is tiring, but because you are working with a group of peo...

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This collaboration marks the first time my name has been put forward as someone who knows about permaculture. I am using the opportunity to help the garden and to gain some more experience through our shared hugelkultur experiment. It will be great to see if and when the mushrooms grow, and als...

HPC is a grass roots organisation implementing integrated community development programs in remote and marginalised regions of Nepal. It works farmer-to-farmer providing demonstration and training in sustainable agriculture and appropriate technology.

I have a lot of this weed in my garden and I think a lot of people have so I thought it would be helpfull to share my experiences. If you really want to get rid of it you have to cover the whole patch with darkcoloured plastic or ground cloth during a year. This will wear the roots out and the p...

Observation, research and planning have been occurring here since mid-2006. We live a three and a half hour drive away, and visit on average once a month. For the first year, we thought we had bought a hill that was just dust and rocks - no ground cover or grass of any sort. It was DRY! A two-wh...

Episode 1 here for international Permaculture Day!05/06/20120 Comments  Well its been over 6 weeks since we embarked on our adventures, and what better way to celebrate International Permaculture Day than to share with you the first part of our trip!  We've got Episode 1 up here finally aft...

18 Day compost For people who are aware of the need for change in the world, the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast is an educational facility that encourages change to a sustainable, self reliant and abundant lifestyle to benefit self, others and the earth. PRI-SC’s Permac...

Além de produzir alimentos, retmoar o velho hábito de cozinhar em casa é uma postura permacultural e autônoma. No blog da Casa da Montanha mostramos o passo a passo do processo de fazer requeijão em casa a partir de leite fresco.

Permaculture design course in September will feature Thailand’s traditional agricultural systems, sustainable living and edible forest gardens A two-week permacultural design course will be held in Thailand from 23 September to 7 October at the organic farm of the award-winning eco resort Fa...