Permaculture 3.0 - PacificEdge

Participatory approach introduces new methods to growers

PTD — Participatory Technology Development — is an approach that encourages farmers to try out new techniques, to monitor results and to make decisions about adopting new farming techniques.

Byron backroads

It's magic country, those rolling hills of the Byron Bay hinterland, and dotted here an there among their folds are people who have moved from city to country in search of a new life...

Community supported agriculture has potential study finds

Community supported agriculture has a future in Australia but farmers must have skills other than farming, a report finds...

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...

The man who brought ethics to investment

First published in Green Connections in 1998. AFTER MORE THAN 20 years in the world of money, Damien Lynch wants more of it. He wants it not for selfish reasons, but to bring to life a project which would combine both profit and environment. Damien’s project, August Ecoforests, is the culmination of more than 18 […]

A new ecological restoration to feed people

This 1997 article describes a model of edible ecological restoration for the far north coastal region of NSW, as proposed by local bushfood and sustainable landscape designer, Peter Hardwick...

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