Broadscale Permaculture at Millpost Farm
by Judith Turley and David Watson In the hills east of Canberra, down a dusty lane that passes racehorses dozing in thick phalaris, and wild apple trees and thickets of…
The permaculture design principles
Principles and Pathways updated for eBook
An extract of David Holmgren's prologue from the newly released eBook edition of Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability The world has changed radically since Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond…
Presenting 12 more images illustrating the principles
Twelve fresh images illustrating the principles now feature on the website. These photos were submitted from people around the world and were selected to feature in the 2015 Permaculture Calendar.…
Aquaponics in permaculture design
Co-founder of foodqube Australia Rob Armstrong shares his insights into the challenges and rewards of backyard aquaponics systems Aquaponics is a growing technique that combines elements of both hydroponics and…
A new collection of permaculture images and stories
Twelve new permaculture images now illustrate the design principles on the website, you might recognise them from our calendar. Each year a new collection of images that captures exciting projects…
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…
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…
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…
