Thirty three-plus partipcipants from all parts of Taiwan, Beijing, Hong Kong, USA and Canada are unleashing their creativity in facilitating participatory community processes. The course is being conducted in the coastal village of Dulan near Taidung on the east coast of Taiwan with Robyn Francis...

  It has been a month since my last post and a lot has happened in that time. The Go Sethas played more than 15 shows in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania including a great weekend at The Port Fairy Folk Festival. The Fallen Fortunes Tour is now over (for me) as of last Saturday night...

To all who are interested I have a new website which will function as a blog and in the near future a business as well. Stay tuned. The address http://evanyoung.com.au.

Designing a food program for a community can be a challenge and a blessing.

A mixed micro-farm on the outskirts of an urban area created using permaculture and biodynamic principles.

We blog regularly on the project. Check out the latest here:   http://ecothriftydoup.blogspot.com/2011/04/transitions.html   Peace, Nelson

Our local Transition initiative is around 6 months old and hopefully we can soon be an official TT...

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i am not a writer. i need a good writer though if anyone has an extra. lol We have 5 guys living in the bush in a tent in Zambai that desperately need some help. funding has all been done out of my personal funds which are now gone. anyone with any ideas please feel free to contact me at bhaghan@...

The 12 day course on offer at Nature's Gift ia a wonderful multicultural experience. This centre was established in the run up to IPC9 and has rooted firmly in the soil. The design is growing into Zone 3 and 4 implementation, and your practical and theoretical learning takes place in an environem...

Starhawk: Community Permaculture and the Sacred Seeds. Interview byWilli Paul. Co-Sponsored by CommunityAlchemy.com & openmythsource.comhttp://www.planetshifter.com/node/1852Starhawk: "Permaculture has three basic ethics: care for people, care for the earth and care for the future. This is an...

Starhawk: Community Permaculture and the Sacred Seeds. Interview byWilli Paul. Co-Sponsored by CommunityAlchemy.com & openmythsource.comhttp://www.planetshifter.com/node/1852Starhawk: "Permaculture has three basic ethics: care for people, care for the earth and care for the future. This is an...

Starhawk: Community Permaculture and the Sacred Seeds. Interview byWilli Paul. Co-Sponsored by CommunityAlchemy.com & openmythsource.comhttp://www.planetshifter.com/node/1852Starhawk: "Permaculture has three basic ethics: care for people, care for the earth and care for the future. This is an...

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I finally managed to get out and get some pcitures of the finished greenhouse.  As a bonus, the new entry path which I constructed by reusing the stone facing of some old apartments they were renovating in my neighborhood is now in.

Jiwa Damai is a socially responsible, hands-on permaculture farm and retreat center on Bali, Indonesia. We practice sustainable biological gardening, grow organic fruits and vegetables, water preservation and recycling.