Month: April 2016

  • Food forest

    The Food Forest is an organic farm using permaculture principles and practices.

  • Sustainable Communities SA

    Sustainable Communities SA is a non-profit organisation which promotes sustainable living in a community context. In the NPSP council, they operate the One Planet market, which meets monthly. See their web page for One Planet market times, location and contact details: http://sustainablecommunitiessa.org.au/projects/one-planet-market/

  • Re-earth the Cities

    Margaret RainbowWeb has been maintaining the Re-Earth the Cities website for many years. It is a rich source of information about permaculture principles based on personal experience and research. In particular, visit Permaculture Journey.

  • Let the drumming begin

    Since being involved in permaculture way back in 1995, permaculture gatherings came with a reasonable amount of drumming and chanting. There seemed to be a need amongst some participants to incorporate music and dance into the gatherings. Typically, the daytime would be taken up with presentations and demonstrations. As nighttime approached and after mealtime, out…

  • Adapting to urban heat island

    As the climate heats up, the urban environment heats up even more. Gerti Hatvani-Kovacs, one of John Boland’s PhD students,  will be on the Science Show on Radio National this Saturday at 12 noon, speaking on a topic : How to keep cool when the heat is on. If you miss the show, see the…