Charie Jones got creative for his Permaculture Principles presentation during his Certificate III studies at Djanbung Gardens and wrote a song. It was an instant hit with the class and eventually evolved into this great video clip. A PDC participant put Charlie in touch with a friend to do the animations - don't you just love the connections that happen here... serendipity !!!

Eyes were opened and options were broadened on the weekend when two PCA Students presented at the Brisbane Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Along with their inspirational co-panellist Alison McDonald, Green Architect and Lecturer and Sustainable Design Co-ordinator at QUT, Permaculture Diploma Students Sofi Krige and Toni Robinson showed examples of permaculture in action and presented some hands-on solutions for an eager audience of 'youth', ages ranging from 12 to 30 years old.

'And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger' God

Such a simple solution to the declining wholesale price for broad-acre crops: Skip the middle man and connect directly with the consumers!

Working 'off farm' is no longer a necessity for Frank Boyle, local Goolmangar organic farmer. His family owned farm, a previously depleted corn field, has now been regenerated into productive fields of healthy dry-land rice and pecans and his life's path and passion has been saved due to the simple, one on one exchange at Farmer's Markets.