THE PERMACULTURE PAPERS — 1: Introductory notes
The Permaculture Papers — 1: An introduction… a personal history of the Permaculture design system…
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Future scenarios — both scary and hopeful
With Future Scenarios, David Holmgren refocuses the permaculture design system on the big global issues but suggests a community-based response to addressing them…
Food for thought in Sydney — two days with David Holmgren
The winds of late October failed to blow away those attending a series of events with permaculture co-originator, David Holmgren. David left people with food for thought about our future and how we, as communities, might respond to challenging global trends…
Old wisdom for modern times
I remember it as one of those hazy memories from a distant childhood… it was at a football game in Maryborough (I later learned that there was another town by that name somewhere down south, but we Queenslanders knew those southerners like to copy the Sunshine State) and I was collecting discarded soft drink bottles Read more »
Great speakers, great company, great food, great conviviality
The 2007 Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network’s annual conference filled Collingwood Town Hall with people and great ideas…
A short and incomplete history of permaculture
An article on permaculture’s history – from 1972 onwards – supplied to the New Internationalist magazine by Steve Payne and Russ Grayson, 2007…
Four ways of reading the land
The ability to discern pattern and characteristics in the landscape through the use of a variety of tools enables better planning, according to David Holmgren…
