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  • 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…

  • Review: How to power the US with solar

    Elon Musk gave a talk at at the University of Paris Pantheon Sorbonne (Elon Musk, 2015) during the Paris Climate Change conference in December. During the Q and A, Elon suggests that entire US could be powered by installing solar renewable technology in a ‘little corner of Nevada or Utah’. Elon Musk just made a…

  • Using domestic greywater

    So much of our domestic potable drinking water is consumed in the kitchen for washing dishes, in the laundry in our washing machine as well as in the family bathroom for taking showers. Grey water is the result of all this activity. The use of greywater in South Australia is governed by SA Health. The…

  • Where to get permaculture training?

    Training sites for permaculture are located around Australia. The main location for obtaining training in South Australia, including the Permaculture Certificate, is the Food Forest. Please contact the Food Forest via the web site contact webpage.

  • What is Permaculture?

    Permaculture is a term created from two words: permanent agriculture (permi-culture) and is a design or pattern based way of developing sustainable living for the Planet. Permaculture was cofounded by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. David is very much active in the continuing development and provides a synopsis on his website: Holmgren Design > About Permaculture.

  • We’re back…

    After a hiatus of a year, we’re back on the Internet. I apologise for the delay. Originally, we were set up as a Drupal site. I wasn’t able to get the hosting correct. The site crashed about this time last year, and I wasn’t game to start up again. WordPress is a much easier way…