Last week, my parents moved in to a small house sitting in a 476 square metre garden. It located in a small city (Crolles) near Grenoble (France). A retired person lived there for quite a while and was a keen gardener. However, I did find some chemicals and pesticides in his garden shed so it is ...

In order to bring change to a local community there has to exist a movement from the bottom up - many people who realise that there is need for change team up and develop new views and alternative techniques to solve problems. But there also has to exist a parallel movement from the top downward....

It's been 1 year and a few weeks after I've laid my hawthorne hedge. it's growing well, there's new shoots everywhere and the cutting wounds are gradually growing over with callus wood. I still have to deal with sceptical neighbours and passers-by, though. They call it sheer luck that the hedge i...

Cultivation of microalgae can be done in open systems (lakes, ponds) and in controlled closed systems called photo-bioreactors (PBR). Open cultivation systems use ponds or lakes with added mechanical equipment to grow microalgae. Open ponds were the first cultivation technology...

A Permaculture Sanctuary

Background:     I have been gardening on my patio for about five years now.  Two years ago however I had to dismantle the garden as there would be no one to look after it while I was overseas for an extended period of time.  The image at the bottom shows what it looked like just previous to...

Developing systems to be implemented in the restrictive space and legal parameters of a Japanese city environment balcony that will enable the production of food, the recycling of waste, and the maximization of catching, storing, and recycling energy.

You may have completed a Permaculture Design Course or read around the subject, and now you want to get hands-on training with guidance from an experienced teacher. Gardening or permaculture experience is not required but you must be keen to contribute and to learn. The Awakened Life Project i...

In one of our recent articles I wrote about companion planting and the specific plants my husband and I have grown successfully together -or not- when growing our seasonal food crops.  This time I’d like to write about the function and use of plants grown in polyculture and how each plant spec...

Here are some photo's of my dead hedge :

  par Steve Read Le tour à perche, tour à bois médiéval, sans électricité, sans bruit. En expliquant comment marche se tour à bois Steve parle de l'état de notre monde actuel et comment chaque entre nous peuvent agir pour crée quelque chose un peu mieux. Steve exposent ces connaissances de la p...

écrit et joué par Chloé Decaux et Steve Read Nous avons crée une rencontre entre un ‘vrai’ conférencier permaculteur et le personnage de Catherine Perrot. L’enthousiasme du public nous a encouragé à poursuivre dans l’avenir cette formule qui se situe entre la conférence et le spectacle, comme ...

After much hard work, we have constructed our large zone 2 beds 2 x 2mx20m beds and another 2mx10m bed (a forth in the works for next year).We have some more fruit trees for zone 1/2, tomorrow we'll be planting 6 Bush lemons, 2 Tangelos and a "Miracle fruit" tree.For pictures check out https://ww...

1) Lifecapacity workshop presents the concept of safeguarding a safe operating space for regional communities as the basis for growing a common future.  Specifically it addresses zones 4 and 5, often beyond the scope of most permaculture endeavours, yet crucially important for stepping up, engagi...

Aproveitar os espaços físicos e temporais ociosos para a construção de espaços pedagógicos alternativos, envolvendo a cooperação, o cuidado com a Terra e o autocuidado, buscando solucionar problemas ambientais, de convivência e de ensino/aprendizagem encontrados na escola, através dos saberes e f...

We have temporarily put our solar panels on the roof of the workshop, because the building we eventually want to put it on is not there yet. However, there was an issue with some trees blocking the sun in the early morning from autumn equinox to spring equinox; the panels were only registering ...