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Facelift feedback?!

Richard Perkins
We decided to give the website hub a makeover to make it more sleek and less cluttered, based on feedback we have received.  What do you think?  We would appreciate thoughts and feedback to keep refining our work!   Gratitude
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Step 1 Complete

Haydn Fletcher
With around 30 other participants, I completed the Permaculture Design Certificate course with PRI at Zaytuna farm.  Going into the course I thought this was going to be a great opportunity to get away from the cold winter Melbourne weather, relax on the farm and learn a bit more about Permacult...

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Awhi Farm Centre of Sustainable Practise

Awhi Farm Centre of Sustainable Practise
We are a group of permaculture graduates and teachers, working together with others to develop a Centre of Sustainable Practise.
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Eleventh Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC11)

Joanna Pearsall
Five days of networking, inspired by speakers, presenters, and workshop facilitators.   Hosted by Permaculture Aotearoa, in cooperation with Permaculture in New Zealand, Living Economies Trust and Transition Initiatives NZ.   Open for Registrations see www.permacultureaotearoa.co.nz   This...
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Becoming a Community

Chief Phillip 'Cloudpiler' Landis
Among the Nemenhah we have a moto, "It is good for us to be here!" We say this when things get tough.  When we respond to challenges with a positive affirmation, miracles really do take place.  But, one guy standing in a garden crying, "it is good for us to be here!" just doesn't have the same i...
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Last week to help (IM)PERMANENCE film project

Richard Perkins
We have raised over $11000 from some very generous folks around the globe, supporting our efforts to make free resources available to all in this time of transition. Please step up and contribute a $ or more to help us reach our target for making this project happen.   It would be great to see...
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Permaculture Pioneers book launched

Richard Telford
  These stories represent the scope, depth and diversity of Australian permaculture. They explore some of the influences on those who have embraced it, record milestones and highlight recurring themes. The editors’ contributions and afterword by social ecologist Professor Stuart B Hill f...
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Permablitz Istanbul

Permablitz Istanbul
Our focus is to create edible & medicinal gardens while raising awareness about food sovereignty and biological diversity in an urban environment. We aim to get urban-neo-permies involved in soil and create opportunities to implement permaculture techniques whereby they can gain hands on expe...
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How can we intergrate WWOOF onto this network?

Jack Wagner
I was just thinking, it'd be cool if we could get WWOOF set up on here somehow, like "couchsurfing.com" but for Permaculture Farmers.   Any ideas?
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Simple Food

Simple Food
We have been practicing Permaculture at this site since spring.
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Zone 2

Diane  Falvey
The roof of the barn was repaired within a week of moving here. Neighbours came up my driveway to introduce themselves, shake my hand and say, "I've been looking at that hole in the roof of that barn for 20 years, and you've repaired it! Thank you." They also mentioned that most of them have migh...

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Zone 0

Diane  Falvey
First area repaired was the foundation. The previous owners had recently dug a 9 ft basement which was not very well constructed and moisture damage was the result. A "moat" was dug around the house, revealing endless rot and ugly conditions. 1/3 of the basement walls were removed entirely and re...

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Rocklyn Yoga Permaculture Design Certificate

Hamish MacCallum
15 day Residential course, Sunday 4th September to Sunday 18th September 2011 This course is designed to give a solid understanding of the principles and practices of permaculture, specifically for cool climate settings. It draws on a wealth of local experience and knowledge in permaculture from...

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Satyananda Yoga Ashram

Satyananda Yoga Ashram
Permaculture Master Plan for the Satyananda Yoga Ashram, with David Holmgren
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Week 8 – Eco-building in the Pyrenees, from earth bag foundations to plastering

Carly Gillham
This post will actually cover the progression of Pierre’s projects in the Pyrenees over a 2 week period as we would like to use the last post, week 9, to share Pierre’s experiences of hosting volunteers for his projects. During my last 2 weeks at Pierre’s, we completed the ceiling insulation (se...
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Cultivating Compassion

Cultivating Compassion
Via my work within Tibetan Refugee Settlements in south India, I am presently developing a documentary film depicting projects and intentions.
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Bio vital composting PART 1 -Paul Tatylor

Paul Taylor
    A specialist composting process where we use composting as the medium for growing a high diversities of beneficial soil organism.Soil organism rebuild degraded soils and reduce the need for water and fertiliser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAB3KP0KLj4 Hope you enjoy, please leave a com...
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