Permaculture
A community that never was
May 29, 2016 | Russ Grayson | One CommentQuestions remain unanswered. Experiments are left undone. So it was with Cooplacurripa… Read More
Workshop introduces renovating the permaculture way
October 1, 2015 | Russ GraysonUsing permaculture principles as a guide to home renovation was the theme of a community workshop at Randwick Sustainability Hub…Read More
Permaculture course too expensive? Let’s add up the real costs
September 23, 2015 | Russ Grayson | 3 CommentsDo educators offering permaculture design courses overcharge or do those who say so miss the hidden costs? Read More
Liberation Permaculture: a response to Nicole Vosper and Graham Burnett
August 28, 2015 | Russ GraysonThis is a response to an article about what Nicole Vosper and Graham Burnett call ‘Liberation Permaculture’ in their article on the UK Permaculture magazine website…Read More
Learning to create our new nature in the city…
May 31, 2015 | Russ GraysonAS THE COURSE PARTICIPANTS ARRIVE for the class they open jars containing soil samples from their gardens. These they tip onto small, white plastic panels. Opening a bottle of dark purple reagent, they squeeze a little onto their samples and, using … Read More
Towards Permaculture 3.0
March 9, 2015 | Russ Grayson | 2 CommentsIs is time, then for a new version of the permaculture design system so that it can continue to offer the solutions we need?Read More
In the Anthropocene… What role for permaculture?
March 5, 2015 | Russ Grayson | 2 CommentsI STARTED WRITING this paper as a background handout for a group direction-finding session planned for APC12 (the twelfth Australasian Permaculture Convergence)…Read More
Submission: Victorian Greens Animal Policy Review 2015
March 1, 2015 | Russ GraysonFollowing is a submission to the Victorian Greens Animals policy review as invited by email circulated in February 2015.Read More
Small and slow solutions: a principle too little, too late?
February 11, 2015 | Russ Grayson | 2 CommentsSMALL AND SLOW SOLUTIONS… permaculture principle or shibboleth?
A bit of both, I think. A good idea some of the time, but what about other times? Small of slow solutions might work when we’re establishing an ordhard, but in these … Read More
The household economy: time for reimagining?
February 11, 2015 | Russ GraysonI KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING when she got the big drum out from the back of the cupboard.
“I”m going to bottle those cherries we got yesterday”, Fiona said. “So I’m cleaning up the kitchen first to make space. … Read More
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