Permaculture - PacificEdge

A new kind of public park

How do you combine an area of boring, low quality lawn, a gas barbecue and a few tables and bench seats and a couple council education courses into a cohesive area of public open space? The answer: create a new kind of public open space...

Social permaculture for a troubled land

What positive things can we take from the experience of others to improve what it is that we do in the world? That is the question that arose when watching a new film about the work of Rosemary Morrow in Afghanistan...

Meeting helps Leichhardt develop community garden policy

A hot, sultry and sticky night didn't deter 45 people coming together to help Leichhardt Council develop their policy on community gardening...

Understanding readiness for change

Behaviour change is now the focus for sustainability educators. Understanding an individual's readiness to make changes in their lives that move them towards sustainablity thinking and behaviour makes for more effective education programs and workshops...

THE PERMACULTURE PAPERS — 1: Introductory notes

The Permaculture Papers — 1: An introduction... a personal history of the Permaculture design system...

THE PERMACULTURE PAPERS — 2: The dawn

The Permaculture Papers 2... It's the dawn time for Permaculture as it emerges from the social churn of the 1970s to offer something intellectually invigorating and to promise a different future...