Articles
Featured articles about all things permaculture, stories of projects, recipes, food for thought and what’s happening to planet earth. Includes he most comprehensive collection of writings by Robyn Francis.
What would happen to the animals if everyone went vegan?
Robyn Francis asks 13 important questions regarding the polarized debate of a vegan society, what about the animals, and are there better ways to solve the world’s food, farming and environmental problems.
Vale Rob Swain 1955-2017
An unsung hero leaves a giant legacy - tributes to Rob Swain Rob Swain passed away 13/8/2017 in Ravenshoe, Far North Queensland after being diagnosed with late stage melanoma five months ago. He was only 61 years of age. We have lost a very special man, friend,...
Student posts
Reports, news and projects by our PCA students
Integrating Biochar in Permaculture
"The movement to integrate Biochar into our soils must be localized in scale, and by preferably utilizing the waste products of other systems as to ensure any wider environmental damage is minimized." Integration of Biochar Into Existing Permaculture Systems -...
New Life in Shenzhen
The big industrial city life has seeding and flourishing life... Imagine yourself in the thick of smog that limits your vision to only three unit blocks standing at 10 stories high away, humidity pressing onto your shoulders and chest, people absolutely everywhere and...
Team blogs
From PCA staff and Djanbung team
Salvaged solar powers Artisan Workshop
Imagine a stand-alone solar power system that costs nothing created completely from salvaged hardware. It’s amazing how much waste there is in the solar industry.
Report from IPC in India 2017
It was 30 years ago that I accompanied Bill Mollison to India to teach the first full Permaculture Design Course (PDC) there in 1987. This year I returned to India to honour the anniversary as a keynote speaker at the 13th International Permaculture Conference (IPC),...
Graduates Stories
See what our alumni graduates and former students are doing
Salvaged solar powers Artisan Workshop
Imagine a stand-alone solar power system that costs nothing created completely from salvaged hardware. It’s amazing how much waste there is in the solar industry.
Permaculture Open Day June 2018
Join us at Djanbung Gardens on Saturday June 9 for an inspiring day full of fascinating workshops and talks on practical earth-friendly living, traditional crafts, forgotten arts and permaculture ideas.
Videos
Djanbung Gardens and our favourites videos about permaculture and sustainability
Robyn the Activator – on ABC Open
ABC Open tells peoples stories in film. Producer/film-maker Jeff Licence visited Djanbung Gardens in June 2014 to make a short film about Robyn Francis for the 'Unsung' series, titled Robyn the Activator. http://vimeo.com/100972877...
Djanbung Gardens features in ‘Living in the Future’
Living in the Future began as an exploration of community and low impact living through film. In 2005, Living in the Future’s director, Helen iles, made a series of 12 programs about the history of ecovillage development in the UK which turned into a 50 minute film...
Dganbung Gardens

Djanbung (pronounced with a hard ‘j’ and silent ‘d’) means platypus in the local Wiyabul dialect – the name was given by senior Bundjalung elder and lore keeper, Uncle Eric Walker.
Discover more about the indigenous significance of the Djanbung.
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