Ideal ethical gift to welcome in the New Year
If you haven't already seen the Permaculture Calendar you can't appreciate the amount of information and the motivational content in it. Each month a permaculture principle is highlighted. The calendar…
An interview with Permaculture Pioneer Robyn Francis
A little bit about Robyn From a background in organics, sustainability and community activism, since 1983 Robyn Francis has worked throughout Australia and internationally as a permaculture teacher, designer,…
Care for the earth – ethics and values as codes for living
In this guest post, Mary Logan from Anchorage in Alaska, writes about how adopting ethics into our lives to take better care for the earth is rewarding on a personal…
Driftwood playground for Dad and verti
Embracing sustainability through changing times
In this guest post, Nelson Lebo from Whanganui in New Zealand, writes about how the birth of his daughter has furthered his resolve to live more lightly on the earth.…
Permaculture Calendar winners announced
Last month we ran a competition for some creative comments explaining why readers would like a copy of the Permaculture Calendar. Congratulations to Beck, Anri, Justin, Charlie and Liz. You'll…
Permaculture Pioneers eBook release
Melliodora Publishing is proud to announce the launch of the eBook edition of 'Permaculture Pioneers'. The personal stories of 26 very different permaculturists give you an insight into the people…
The 2014 Permaculture Calendar
[threecol_one] Practical The calendar uses easy to identify symbols to help you get in sync to the lunar rhythms at a glance. While the moon appears differently depending on where…
Tune your fork - Photo by Michael Conlin
‘Tune your fork’ – a moon planting guide
Over the centuries diverse cultures have observed that planting during certain phases of the moon has affected the germination and growth rate of plants. The tilt of the Earth’s…
Principles are rockin’
The Formidable Vegetable Sound System are turnip’n up the radish beets and rocket’n the planet with their indelible ditties & rhymes illustrating the 12 principles of permaculture in various musical styles ranging from ‘climate-change reggae’ to ‘peak-oil polka’.
After touring the US Charlie and the crew have hit Europe and the UK with a number of gigs and workshops before their biggest gig yet… Glastonbury, with the Rolling Stones and Nick Cave amongst others. Then there’s the Shambhala music festival in Canada in August and plans are in motion for an event later in November in Cuba for the 11th International Permaculture Congress. You can find out more about upcoming shows and what he’s up from their website.
Eating the school gardens
Students are continuously sharing the food from their school garden which they designed and built with the school community. We have a harvest celebration, a bringing together of all classes to harvest the fresh organic produce, cook and share a meal together, a meal full of health, colour, flavour and students’ pride. Everything we do within the Edible School Gardens program is integrated - it is all in a cycle, nothing wasted, all systems supporting each other. Leonie Shanahan
Expose your Permaculture project in 2014
Would you like the opportunity to feature as an example of one of the 12 design principles on the Permaculture Principles website and in the Permaculture Calendar? Note: Submissions for…
Permaculture Ethics in Business
Those of us who have embraced permaculture apply the ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share, into our everyday lives. When permaculture people engage in business, do the ethics still…
Rob Hopkins
Applying the Design Principles in Business
After conversations with David Holmgren, Rob Hopkins, co-originator of the Transition Network, put together some thoughts about how to apply the permaculture design principles in business. Business, Resilience and Transition…
