Things happen. Thing we intend to happen. Things we do not intend. Unintended things happen so often they have a law to describe them: The…

Aug 15, 2019 / 5min read. Read More

SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED in permaculture since its invention a little over 50 years ago that selecting ten outstanding initiatives will…

Jul 14, 2019 / 7min read. Read More

Many of us will be familiar with the SWOT method of analysis. It is the widely used technique to assess Strengths, Weaknesses…

May 21, 2019 / 14min read. Read More

THE FIRST SATURDAY in May proved the best for International Permaculture Day at Randwick Sustainability Hub in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs…

May 05, 2019 / 4min read. Read More

In early 2019, permaculture design system co-founder, David Holmgren, made a public apology to the succeeding generation, his so-called…

Apr 24, 2019 / 15min read. Read More

WE ALL KNOW this scenario: you have been called to a meeting and now you sit there, increasingly bored as the discussion wanders all over…

Apr 14, 2019 / 5min read. Read More

Permaculture designers working with teams and communities often have the same needs as field workers in international development…

Mar 30, 2019 / 4min read. Read More

Originally published in 1999, this is the story of how a permaculture educator went about designing and building a suburban garden in…

Mar 18, 2019 / 15min read. Read More

Continuing Permaculture 3.0’s case studies of public place design at Randwick Sustainability Hub

Mar 12, 2019 / 12min read. Read More

Take a town in the mountains, a suburban brick house, some permaculture knowledge, an infusion of motivation and a strong do-it-ourselves…

Mar 01, 2019 / 7min read. Read More

International Permaculture Day at the Hub — a celebration

THE FIRST SATURDAY in May proved the best for International Permaculture Day at Randwick Sustainability Hub in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs…

May 05, 2019 / 4min read. Read More

The apology: A response to David Holmgren

In early 2019, permaculture design system co-founder, David Holmgren, made a public apology to the succeeding generation, his so-called…

Apr 24, 2019 / 15min read. Read More

ON TECHNIQUE: ORID — strategic questioning that gets you to a decision

WE ALL KNOW this scenario: you have been called to a meeting and now you sit there, increasingly bored as the discussion wanders all over…

Apr 14, 2019 / 5min read. Read More

Walking the transect

Permaculture designers working with teams and communities often have the same needs as field workers in international development…

Mar 30, 2019 / 4min read. Read More

Designing a small urban garden

Originally published in 1999, this is the story of how a permaculture educator went about designing and building a suburban garden in…

Mar 18, 2019 / 15min read. Read More

DESIGN NOTES: How clever landscape design turned one oval into two

Continuing Permaculture 3.0’s case studies of public place design at Randwick Sustainability Hub

Mar 12, 2019 / 12min read. Read More

Review: A Good Home Forever

Take a town in the mountains, a suburban brick house, some permaculture knowledge, an infusion of motivation and a strong do-it-ourselves…

Mar 01, 2019 / 7min read. Read More