The Klien Karoo Sustainable Dryland Permaculture Projects is a not for profit company based on the farm Berg en Dal. The project focuses on education and training in the field of permaculture. We are located in the Klein Karoo - an arid inland area of South Africa. The entire farm is a living mod...

After presenting their reports on what they had learnt for the past year the students from Lao headed back to their home villages to celebrate the Laos New Year.  A team from HEPA including Eva Saldaña Buenache, Joni Chan, Dave Bauer, and Robert Gray went with the students to learn more about t...

  Our CSA has evolved during the last 6yrs. It started by word of mouth with people interested in eating organic food moving towards people wanting that and local with the just picked freshness that we are able to supply because we sell straight to the consumer. Previously we have offered this a...

Fungi from under our pine trees This afternoon I was walking around our few acres in casual observation mode with my dog Clayton. While walking under the pine trees that line our southern boundary I noticed a patch of red and white fungi that had popped up over night. Having never seen...

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New Myth #7: St. Francis Wood Permaculture Tribe, Post-Crash San Francisco, 2022. Earth Day Video by Willi Paul.

That's right, one of my chickens was a mother for the first time. Several things didn't go so well, some of the eggs didn't hatch, one of the seven babies didn't make it through the first night, and another was rejected by the mother, so I have him in my bedroom with a heating lamp. Anyway, all ...

An introductory course to PK held in Swedish, for anybody who wants to understand the concept and gain more tools to start living the permaculture-life ;) Two days of lectures, movies, discussions, group-projects etc... Me anf Emma took the PDC in Jordan kast year and are now experimenting free...

Actually, at Milkwood it makes sense to celebrate both rabbits and eggs at this time of year: we’re cherishing the last of the eggs for the season, and also cherishing that at this time of year the bunnies around here are fat, and ready to become rabbit stew. Read More »

We have 7 'german mounds' in our garden, to catch the snow melt-off / flood water. It's been hard to get rid of the weeds, as well as the slug invasion which has been eating all our vegetables the last 2 years.Last week we got 10 ex-factory farm chickens. After 2 days in such enclosure the moun...

We have 7 'german mounds' in our garden, to catch the snow melt-off / flood water. It's been hard to get rid of the weeds, as well as the slug invasion which has been eating all our vegetables the last 2 years.Last week we got 10 ex-factory farm chickens. After 2 days in such enclosure the moun...

Unas 50 personas de diferentes carácteristicas, pero con los mismos principios y valores, están cambiando su propia realidad a partir de la puesta en práctica de los diferentes módulos que estamos brindando en el PDC. Con una diversidad de proyectos interesantes que van desde el diseño de balcon...

The main feature of passive solar is from collecting and storing heat for comfort, so two parts, greenhouse panels or plastic form an essential part, and for a refugee camp, dirt for thermal mass. Taking a standard 3ftx8ft panel for walls, a 7-1/2ft wall section with a 3ft opening to a matchin...

After the PDC with Warren Brush at Badilisha in March 2011 I continued work with Evans Odula on making a permaculture design at Badilisha a reality. The vision is for a place of learning, promoting permaculture and traditional knowledge, a meeting place for the local community and internati...

I put a 'wanted' advert on Freecycle Brisbane, a mailing list of people who give and receive items without exchanging money. Tim and Maggie responded soon after with an offer of their shade house. A few emails with photos later, a troop of gardeners was assembled on Saturday morning. ...

I don't know why exactly, but the neighbour decided that the few trees in his back yard - a mango, a poinciana and a Chinese elm were to go. Ever the permie I saw a resource where others saw waste, and asked him if we could take the chips. When the loppers arrived I had them point the chipper int...

Recently I’ve been asking around amongst my esteemed permaculture collegues as to what they thought were the best school garden models they’d seen or heard of. Aaron Sorenson’s name kept popping up as a school garden designer and facilitator that really stood out. So I thought I’d bet...

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