Terraforming Planet Earth
Heard of ‘terraforming‘? That’s the technical term for taking inhospitable planets and changing the atmosphere and introducing life to make them habitable to humans. Kind of a sci-fi thing at this stage. And since...
Welcome to Permablitz Melbourne!
Doing the Maths of Blitz
You’ve heard of the Win-Win. Well how about the WIN to the power of WIN times WIN, fried in a wholesome batter of extra WIN. When you’re blitzing you’re learning by doing, while getting ideas...
Fruit and VEG in Altona (Paul in The Age)
Our Paul from the permablitz network and Very Edible Gardens and his partner Claire were featured in a full colour article in The Age today: "It’s a typical suburban backyard – about 70 square...
Happiness Squared.
“If you want to be happy in this life for one day, you get drunk, but if you want to be happy forever, become a gardener.” — Old saying Why not, we ask, do...
Report Back from Bega’s First Permablitz
We Blitzed it! Hello everyone, Just over 40 men, women,children and toddlers turned up to Meringo St in Bega to blitz Wendy Hunters block. Some stayed all day and others popped in to just...
You Can Have Your Environment and Eat It Too
Collaborate with nature. Then eat it. That’s the permaculture ethos in a nutshell. “And that’s a good thing?” you ask. Why, yes I say. You see as mammals we eat, we breath, and we...
Rebuilding After the Fires
An upcoming Bushfire Resistant Design Forum with Permaculture co-orginator David Holmgren and ASPO Australia’s Ian Dunlop
Saturday 21 March 12-5pm at Eltham College
Monkey Steals the Peach
What do you think of when you think of ninjas? Discipline, stealth like the wind, reserved fashion sense? How about barley wine, duck poo and mud? For they were, at least at first, a...
Permablitz #60 – North Dandenong
Over 40 people came to an incredibly productive, informative and inspiring Permablitz in North Dandy. We planted a tagasaste wind break, planted a banana, nectarine, lemon and apple tree and 2 currants, built 5+ grey water filtration...
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...
