22 acres of rural residential property on the Hastings River. Emphasis on restoring fertility and constant experiments with plant and animal systems. An on-swale food forest is the largest system we've installed.

Development of a sustainable agriculture and agritourism project involving pristine water and land resources where outdoor activities including trophy fishing, dog training, trap and skeet shooting, hiking, climbing and others are available on-site.

Redesign of school garden of Teachers College (Fontys Lerarenopleiding Tilburg - FLOT)

We've finished harvesting the half hectar rice plantation and began threshing it by hand with a century old treadle thresher. All the hard work and mistakes for our first harvest will be carefully noted for next year's improvement. Quoting Bill : "Work", is a failure in "design" ...         ...

This course has enabled me to identify many of the incredible native plants we have in Sydney and many of the environmental weeds that threaten the bush. Walking in the bush is now such a richer experience. I've learnt a lot about our natural environment and the history of Wolli Creek, a rare n...

I'm quite excited that Annie Leonnard is coming to Sydney to give a three talks. I'll be a two of them. She is an excellent comunicator of the problems we are facing and always inspires me to continue on my Permaculture journey. http://www.transitionsydney.org.au/tsevent/talk-annie-leonard-stor...

I'm beginning a multli-year research project on the permaculture movement. These are my central questions: 1. Extent. How big is the network? How many have been trained, how many centers, how many are active? 2. Social Impacts. What happens to people after they take a course, or participate in ...

 

Unfortunately many PC students have been taught that permaculture design is for some kind of garden/landscape design...Well, here's a demonstration of how we used it very differently: http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest117333-1225517-pc-principles-applied-for-event-management/

Facilitators: Rhamis Kent, Tichafa Makovere, Alex McCausland Dates: December 5th to 18th, 2011 Location: Konso, South Ethiopia Venue: Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge Cost: US$1000 Includes: Course fees, food and accommodation for the period of the course Excludes: Transport, accommodatio...

a small compilation slideshow illustrating the build up of a edible garden North of Antwerp, Belgium shortened link: bit.ly/M4e85u    

The Panya Project has a visiting schools program offered as a fantastic opportunity for students to learn about permaculture and sustainable design from a very hands-on perspective. Here is a picture I came across recently of my buddy Ben and me leading a session on the 18-day Berkeley composting...

Dates: Monday November 28th – Monday December 12th This two-week program is designed to give participants: 1) An integrated experience living at an intentional community 2) Experience in natural building 3) An introduction to Permaculture design   Participants will t...

This last september 2011, we had the chance to go teach a certified permaculture design course in Romania. A freshly formed teaching team, a beautiful quartet of three people, Pascal depienne (france), Sam Trousdale (UK) and myself were hosted at the beautiful ermitaj Malin,north-eastern Transylv...

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