Word from Uganda’s Permablitz #1
Uganda Permablitz #1 was held on February 28th at the home of Mathias and Ted and their four children, in the village of Ssanje. Ssanje is less than one kilometre from Sabina School and...
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Very Edible Gardens
On February 20th Very Edible Gardens (or VEG) was launched – a collaborative project between four keen Melbourne permablitzers. VEG is focused on helping Melbourne’s transition towards sustainability, which includes edibility, and hence more...
Permablitz hits Uganda!
We’ve had some exciting news from Kim and Clive, Melbourne Permablitzers currently spending a year volunteering on the Sabina Permaculture Project in Southern Uganda: “Uganda Permablitz #1 will be in Ssanje at the home...
Bushfire Resistant Design
In 1983 permaculture co-originator David Holmgren responded to the tragic Ash Wednesday fires with a project called The Flywire House. After many years out of print, Holmgren Design Services has now fast tracked the...
Eat The Suburbs: Gardening for the End of the Oil Age
A film by Tanya Curnow, 2006. EAT THE SUBURBS takes the oil debate from the bowser to the backyard and follows Melbourne’s “permablitzers” as they prepare for the end of the oil age… one...
David Holmgren: Thoughts on the eve of the 50th Permablitz
We’re honoured to have the following thoughts on permablitz from David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept. The political and environmental activism of the 1960’s & early 70’s focused on resisting injustice, environmental destruction...
Rob Hopkins: Out with the lawn and in with the salad!
50th well wishes from Transition Network orginator Rob Hopkins in the UK [For my money the Transition Network is the most exciting environmental movement in the world right now. It offers a permaculture inspired...
Blitz? Yes you can!
The latest crunchy and nutritious permablitz newsletter. Have you ever tried smiling to make yourself feel happier? It may take a while, but once you force your cramping and convulsing cheeks through the pain...
Permablitz Intro to Permaculture Course #5 June 14-15
[The course is now booked out, we'll announce another one soon :)]
Excellent article by Michael Pollan
Check out this article from April 20 by Michael Pollan in the New York Times Magazine . Here’s a snippet: “But the act I want to talk about is growing some — even just...
