On April 25th 2015 a massive earthquake struck Nepal, deeply affecting the country and its people. There were a series of earthquakes over several days with the most devastating one reaching 7.8 on the Richter scale. As well as numerous small tremors, a further large earthquake of 7.3 magnitude hit on May 12th. These earthquakes […]
Rosemary Morrow became the first Permafund ambassador at the Intentional Permaculture Convergence in London recently. Her long permaculture career has taken many journeys from education and publication to aid and development work, across the globe. Rosemary’s work in countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Uganda, Bosnia and Afghanistan, highlights why we felt she deserved the recognition […]
Alanna Moore has been a long time advocate of tuning into the subtle energies found in nature to enhance her practical permaculture design. She applies her learning from ancient and traditional cultures, with their grounding in caring for the earth and connection to spirit, in ways that challenge the way we see the physical world. […]
The seeds of life are not what they once were Mother Nature and God don’t own them anymore So belts out the veteran singer songwriter Neil Young with Promise of the Real on their title track from his latest album, The Monsanto years. What is the old protest rocker raging about? Monsanto and the war […]
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 level and good for the economy. This article was originally posted on her website: A properous way down, and is reproduced with permission There have […]
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 apply? How can we know that people we support in business share our values? As consumers we can choose products that are labeled ‘Fair Trade’, […]
