Facing northwest on a gentle slope, in the centre of Chão Sobral, near a secondary valley where chestnuts used to grow, under cherry trees you find the "house of the people", that's the project "zone 0". About 49m2, 3 walls buried in the slope and the front wall as a garage door and a big wind...

3.5 acre permaculture demonstration and education site

The Newforest Institute is an educational non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the traditional balance between people, communities, and the land. Newforest serves as a northeast hub for permaculture and maintains a teaching and demonstration facility located on 300 acres of forests, fie...

  What is the indigenous economy anyway, and why can’t ecologists and businessmen, escape needing to learn about a nomadic hunter gatherer economy?   The obvious answer to the question of why anybody living in Australia, can hardly expect to escape learning the indigenous economy, is that ...

Individuality versus collectivism.   The issue of individuality versus collectivism in human society is one which has long been at the forefront of discourse about how we form intentional communities.  What is going to work, in what ways need we be more communal, and in what was need we be...

Who are we when we interact within indigenous culture?   Who am I to you, for me to think it could be beneficial for you to read my essay?  Who are you to me, that I wrote the essay with an audience of permaculture teachers in mind?  I am worth being who wrote this, am I more than just ano...

  Like with every culture, indigenous Australian culture is kept stable in its expressions, by basic good manners.   My basic premise in writing this essay, is that the answer to the question at the start, is that “yes” it is very important for all ecologist’s work to be in alignment with...

  Indigenous culture is not homogenous.            We can hear the chorus of voices, “but we never presumed that indigenous culture was homogenous”, and maybe nobody had.  Maybe nobody is to blame, for the fact that mainstream Australian culture, and all the cultures accepted in the main...

After I had already written most of this essay, I had a Dream, and in the Dream I had, about my essay, my father points it out to me, that perhaps this essay was too open to the allegation of contributing to worsening the general pre-existing false picture, in which too many people in the worl...

Howdy all, Here at Soneva Kiri we have had a batch of liquid compost brewing for about a week. I have just returned from the daily stir and felt inspired enough to share this wonderful process and recipe with you all. The following is an extract from a wonderful Tropical Permaculture Guide book...

Howdy all, It seems I have caught the Aquaponics bug! In January I was fortunate enough to co-teach at Milkwood's PDC in Sydney (thanks so much Nick and Kirsten). As part of the course we had Charlie from Ecolicious (http://www.ecolicious.com.au/) come along and show us all a thing or 3 about s...

http://www.realitysandwich.com/solutions_climate_change#comments   The link above is to the Reality Sandwich website, (of Daniel Pinchbeck), where there is a link to the website of Deepak Chopra, in which is a link to a video, of an interview Deepak Chopra made with Daniel Pinchbeck, and people...

The Paititi Institute for the Preservation of Ecology and Indigenous Culture is a nonprofit organization devoted to the integration of indigenous wisdom into every day life. We serve as an intercultural bridge supporting individuals and communities to live as activated, responsible and joyful hum...

The Couse will run from October through November   details will follow

Entra em contacto se tens interesse em fazer (em 2012) uma visita de estudo a projectos de permacultura em África. Get in touch if you would be interested in doing (in 2012) a study-visit, during one month, to permaculture projects in Africa.   Examples to consider: Exemplos a considerar:   ...

Community Forest Garden

Nativity Food Forest - first medium scale Permaculture Forest Gardening Demonstration Site in Central Oregon!

Thursday 1st September, 9.30 - 11am, Otago UniversityHow the Crime Of Ecocide Would Apply in National Jurisdictions - Especially New ZealandSeminar Room 5, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, Dunedinhttp://139.80.123.160/news/events/otago021191.htmlThursday 1st September, 12 - 1.30pm, Otago Univ...