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PermEco Inc.
PermEco Inc.
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Commenced:
01/03/2012
Submitted:
25/03/2012
Last updated:
28/10/2020
Location:
93 Golden Gully Road, Kin Kin, QLD, AU
Phone:
0754854664
Website:
http://permeco.org
Climate zone:
Sub tropical





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PermEco Inc.

Project Type

Rural, Community, Philanthropic aid, Demonstration, Educational, PRI Master Plan

Project Summary

Education for truly sustainable living to affect world change.

Project Description

PermEco Inc is a Noosa Hinterland (Queensland, Australia) based organisation promoting permaculture, sustainability and self reliance education. It runs accredited Permaculture Design Certificate courses and Permaculture Life Skills training.

PermEco Inc operates on a picturesque property on the Sunshine Coast, only 40 minutes from Noosa and 25 minutes from Gympie. The site is a permaculture demonstration site (see project Maungaraeeda) and a working permaculture farm.

Due to the size of the farm, and to ensure each student gets maximum benefit, PRI-SC has capped their PDC courses to 20 students and their Permaculture Life Skills Practical courses to 8 students.

There are many projects still to be done and/or finished on the property; natural building and water management courses will be held here as part of the practical courses, and possibly also as stand alone courses.

PRI-MSC is modelled after PRI Australia and is very proud to be part of the PRI family!

Updates

Back to simplicity

Posted almost 9 years ago (0 comments)

Crossing the line: a PDC story

Posted about 9 years ago (1 comments)

Video: Stationary Chook Tractor

Posted over 9 years ago (0 comments)

Video: Permaculture Edge

Posted over 9 years ago (1 comments)

Video: A Permaculture Niche

Posted over 9 years ago (2 comments)

Students Feedback

Posted over 9 years ago (0 comments)

The Humanure Bank, Vault 1

Posted over 9 years ago (1 comments)

The next stage of the Bio Digester at PRI Sunshine Coast

Tom Kendall talks about what the next step is for the Biogas Bio Digester at his Permaculture Demonstration Site "Maungaraeeda", which is the location of the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast.

Posted almost 10 years ago (0 comments)

Creating a forest floor through chop and drop

Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast talks about his plans for the swimming pond which was dug 2 years ago. Support species are establishing growth, but after a big rain it is time to do some chopping and dropping.

Posted almost 10 years ago (1 comments)

What happens in a PRI Sunshine Coast PDC course?

An overview of what we do during our Permaculture Design Certificate course here at PRI "Maungaraeeda", Sunshine Coast.

Posted almost 10 years ago (0 comments)

Certificate and Diploma courses now PRI accredited

The Certificate and Diploma courses will now be PRI accredited, with a new name.

Posted about 10 years ago (0 comments)

Permaculture Certificate and Diploma courses

The PRI Sunshine Coast will be running Permaculture Certificate and Diploma courses. These career courses are not government accredited, but are fully sponsored by PRI Sunshine Coast.

Posted about 10 years ago (5 comments)

Permaculture in Vanuatu

We recently went to Vanuatu on a sponsored trip to initiate a long term permaculture project there.

Posted about 10 years ago (2 comments)

PRI Sunshine Coast Update July 2014

An update of the happenings at PRI "Maungaraeeda", Sunshine Coast

Posted over 10 years ago (0 comments)

PRI Master Plan Sites

The benefits of being a PRI Master Plan site...

Posted over 10 years ago (1 comments)

Eating for health and environment

Zaia talks about their style of cooking and eating at PRI Sunshine Coast, and how her history brought her here.

Posted over 10 years ago (1 comments)

Permaculture - a lesson in patience

Article written by one of our Permaculture Design Certificate course students, who also volunteered with us.

Posted almost 11 years ago (2 comments)

Onwards in 2014

The Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast is preparing for what may come and showing others how to prepare.

Posted almost 11 years ago (0 comments)

Food Forestry with Tom Kendall

Tom Kendall talks about the Food Forest he is creating at Maungaraeeda, home of the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast. He also answers the question what Permaculture means to people and nature.

Posted about 11 years ago (0 comments)

August Update for PRI Maungaraeeda, Sunshine Coast

Earthworks, Urban Permaculture, Biogas project and Soil Management... Back to back courses in August!

Posted over 11 years ago (0 comments)

Problem: pollution - Solution: Biogas

In this polluted world there is good news. We can create energy from some of our waste!

Posted over 11 years ago (0 comments)

July Update for PRI Maungaraeeda, Sunshine Coast

An update on the happenings here over the past month and a glimpse forward.

Posted over 11 years ago (0 comments)

May update for PRI Maungaraeeda, Sunshine Coast

An overview of the happenings and projects at our Sunshine Coast demonstration site.

Posted over 11 years ago (1 comments)

Biogas project update March 2013

On the 18th of March we started our Biogas project. This project involves making a bio-digester which will turn manure into methane gas for cooking and other energy needs.

Posted over 11 years ago (0 comments)

Large swale in action

Tom Kendall shows the large swale at Maungaraeeda, home of the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast, in action, after heavy rainfall filled the dam. The dam overflow goes into the large swale and Tom describes the action and purpose of the swale

Posted over 11 years ago (0 comments)

Picking from the outside in

Conventional growing and grocery shopping dictates that we buy a whole lettuce. A nice looking big round thing with all its leaves on. When shopping in your garden, it is quite different...

Posted almost 12 years ago (0 comments)

Biogas project at PRI Sunshine Coast

For some years now we have been looking at minimising our energy consumption, and at alternative forms of energy creation in order to produce the energy we need. We have decided on a Biogas system.

Posted almost 12 years ago (0 comments)

Permaculture first: regenerating a mine site with a food forest in Laos, by Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor was in Laos in January, working on regenerating a mine site by focusing on soil improvement and planting a food forest. Here you will find his photo diary of the steps they went through to achieve this.

Posted almost 12 years ago (0 comments)

Prepared for disaster

After being flooded in again recently (an at least once a year occurrence), this time with PDC students and volunteers on the property, we are very happy we are somewhat prepared...

Posted almost 12 years ago (0 comments)

Rock bottom wash house

This past week Tom has been labouring hard, laying the rock floor in our rock walled bathroom.

Posted almost 12 years ago (0 comments)

A day in the life of Tom Kendall

We recently had a photography student named Matt on our property who had chosen us as his project for an assignment at Uni. Matt needed to portray “A day in the life of…” with 15 photos.

Posted almost 12 years ago (2 comments)

Natural pest control

A nightly visitor keeps our pest population under control...

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Talking Teds

Using a safe deterrent for bush turkeys...

Posted about 12 years ago (1 comments)

Sawdusting the dam

Shoveling sawdust into the dam to establish soil and plant life.

Posted about 12 years ago (1 comments)

Dahl

Although not made from homegrown ingredients, our dahl is so popular with the students, I thought I would post the recipe here.

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Superstorm Sandy; the new normal?

Ponderings whether this type of weather will be the new normal, and how we can prepare ourselves.

Posted about 12 years ago (3 comments)

Last PDC for 2012!

SPECIAL RATE FOR THE LAST PDC OF 2012!! Book for the PDC running from 11 - 23 November 2012 and only pay the early bird rate of $1450! And we have capped our student numbers!

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Message from an 11-year old

Here is a message my 11-year old son gave me when he got inspired to write something at the "Let's Connect" day in Beerwah.

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

New additions to our goat family

After a pregnancy of around 4 months, our grumpy Saanen goat Marigold had two male kids, named Pheelix and Phanjo by my 11-year old.

Posted about 12 years ago (2 comments)

Tackling the Urban Challenge

Challenges and ideas for gardening in an urban environment...

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Naughty but nice gluten free double chocolate cake

Recipe for a gluten free double chocolate cake...

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Sustainable Soil Management

We had a wonderful week here at PRI Sunshine Coast, with Paul Taylor joining us on the property and teaching everyone about Sustainable Soil Management.

Posted about 12 years ago (1 comments)

New property addition

Created as part of the Earthworks course that ran from 24 – 28 September, the process of digging this dam displayed the challenges of creating a dam in shale, and took student through the whole process, from design through dig to rehabilitation.

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Not just dirt

It came to my attention recently that a lot of people do not understand the importance of healthy soil. This article attempts to explain the importance of soil health for plants and people.

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Learn to improve soil fertility!

Learn to improve soil fertility and make your own bio-fertilizer!

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

No more hot air with Epazote

I came across this interesting South American plant and decided to give it a go. One of the reasons it attracted my interest was that it claimed that South Americans added it to their bean dishes to stop flatulence…

Posted about 12 years ago (2 comments)

Getting prepared for the upcoming Earthworks Course

Some "groundwork" that needs to be done before the start of our Earthworks course...

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Roast veg salad with citrus avocado dressing

In the time of greens and citrus abundance, I thought I would post a recipe for a roast veg salad with a yummy citrus avocado dressing…

Posted about 12 years ago (0 comments)

Building community through music

An example of building community through the creation of a community music group.

Posted over 12 years ago (2 comments)

Coming up on Monday: Self Reliance course

As part of our 10 week Permaculture Life Skills Internship, but also open to external students (people not undertaking the Internship), we will be starting a 5 day Self Reliance course this coming Monday (10th September).

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Another PDC wrapped up

We were sad but glad to see another batch of PDC graduates go… Sad, because we all had such a lovely time together, and glad because they were empowered and inspired, and ready to go back into the world and share Permaculture.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Unexpected extra-curricular activities at the PDC course

Some of our PDC students were very happy to be asked to help get a donkey off the main road by our neighbour. It became a little adventure that was subject of many talks around the lunch and dinner table!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Open Garden Day on Sunday 30 September

Open Garden Day at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast, Permaculture Demonstration Site. Come and see what we do here and have some morning tea with us!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Start of another PDC

2 1/2 months of hard work is paying off with another PDC starting today.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Linseed Crackers

A cheap and easy cracker to make, low in carbs and yummy with duck liver pate, a soft cheese or by itself!

Posted over 12 years ago (1 comments)

Abundance in the garden: the backyard grocery store

Enjoying the sun and nature sounds, it is a wonderful experience to shop in your garden!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Beef and Veg Hotpot

A recipe for a beef and veg hotpot, a one pot dish easy and quick to make, which warms the belly on a cold winter's day...

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Gluten free strawberry pikelets

After a bout of rain we had fresh strawberries that were a little soft. They had to be used up, there were not enough of them to make jam, so I made some gluten free stawberry pikelets instead!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Wood fired hot water service

In this video Tom shows how to make a wood fired hot water service from an old beer keg.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Them bones

Recipe for a hearty beef and vegetable winter soup.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Upcoming Permaculture Design Certificate course on the 19th August

We are getting ready for our next PDC course and have made some changes on the property for the comfort of our students.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Vitamin C booster

Winter greens and citrus combine to a great vitamin c booster in a green smoothie.

Posted over 12 years ago (7 comments)

Tamarillo or Tree Tomato

This versatile little tree is great in the kitchen garden!

Posted over 12 years ago (1 comments)

Pumpkin Curry and Coconut Taro

2 lovely simple dishes, easy to make with your homegrown vegies and meat, and yummy for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Internship curriculum

We have our internship curriculum ready for our internship starting 3 September, including 5 specialist courses which are also accessible to external students (non-interns).

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Turmeric

Want to add some more healthful turmeric to your diet? Here is one way of processing your homegrown turmeric to include more into your daily diet...

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Chook poo hot compost

A happy accidental discovery of how to create a chook manure hot compost.

Posted over 12 years ago (3 comments)

Sweet pumpkin for breakfast

A recipe for a yummy gluten free warm breakfast using your own produce...

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Permaculture Design Certificate course 20 May 2012

A summary of our last PDC course, which finished on 1 June 2012. We would like to thank all our wonderful students, we very much enjoyed having you all here!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Gluten Free Sour Dough Bread

A recipe for making gluten free sour dough bread. Are you unable to handle conventional GF bread mixes? Can't deal with yeast? Would like a simple recipe for GF bread, which doesn't take long to make and still hits the spot? Here it is!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Swale and garden improvements

A swale dry rock wall built by wwoofers and revamping some garden beds.

Posted over 12 years ago (5 comments)

A romantic night in the kitchen

Warning: This article may offend or disgust some people... It discusses how we prepared goats intestines to use as sausage casings.

Posted over 12 years ago (1 comments)

Creating abundance

From cows, to cement and manure, to abundant beans...

Posted over 12 years ago (4 comments)

It's Choko season - part 3

Another choko recipe, AppleChoko crumble with yoghurt, to warm you up ready for the day!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Creatures of habit

We are all creatures of habit, animals are no exception! Keeping a routine with your animals creates happy animals AND happy handlers!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Superfood pudding

An abundance of bananas with some other ingredients is transformed into a healthy brekky!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

A weekly rest day

A day of rest for everyone once a week, gives you time to re-vitalise for the rest of the week!

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

It's Choko season! - Part 2

Once again, the chokos kept piling up on our harvest table. A big bowl of chillies was harvested as well. What to do? ChilliChoko sauce of course…

Posted over 12 years ago (1 comments)

Permaculture groups

The joy and importance of coming together as a permaculture group in your area.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

It's Choko season!

What to do with an abundance of Chokos. Here is a sweet recipe.

Posted over 12 years ago (2 comments)

Permaculture Design Course at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast on 20 May 2012

Upcoming PDC course with PRI accredited teacher Tom Kendall. This article reveals some of his background.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Wood stand for chainsawing multiple logs at once

A video of Tom using his homemade wood stand to cut through several smaller logs at once.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Saturday morning breakfast

Saturday is a special day for us: it is our only day off in the week and we like it being a family day. That is why I like making a nice pancake breakfast on Saturdays. This week our breakfast was made with mainly homegrown or locally grown ingredients.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Pending collapse of WA's breadbasket?

In our travels to Tom's old stomping grounds, we were shocked to find WA's breadbasket degraded, eroded and overtaxed.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Every job more than one purpose…

A number of issues had come up which resulted in some trees needing extreme pruning, to allow more sun for our solar panels and more space for future building projects...

Posted over 12 years ago (1 comments)

Introduction to Permaculture Course, Easter Monday in Norseman WA

Introduction to Permaculture course in Norseman WA, taught by Tom Kendall.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Personal responsibility and causes for consumerism

From a very early age in modern society we are taught that we are not responsible for things that happen to us. This article deals with how we can change that attitude.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)

Tom Kendall now heads Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast

We, Tom and Zaia Kendall of Permaculture Kin Kin Souls, were recently invited by Geoff and Nadia Lawton to be a satellite of the Permaculture Research Institute on the Sunshine Coast.

Posted over 12 years ago (0 comments)
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