Glyphosate toxicity – impacts on the environment and non-target species
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Jan
Jan
Video of Robyn Francis taking Polly and Pudge off to work to prepare the pig tractor garden for it’s third annual planting season…. see our pig tractor in action – they are having such fun!
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Dec
Dec
These stories tell how ordinary people have found the courage to enbrace the worlds problems and move beyond fear to make a difference and empower others with solutions and practical actions as inspired agents of change. This anthology is an inspiring addition to permaculture publications, and of interest to anyone concerned with social and evirnmental …
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Dec
Dec
This new publication from Gaia Education features over 40 authors, including Robyn Francis, Maddy Harland, Patrick Whitefield, Albert Bates, Declan Kennedy and other key figures of the permaculture and ecovillage movements. Edited by Chris Mare and Max Lindegger, the book is a great anthology, placed at the cutting edge of holistic, ecological design. PDF available now …
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Nov
Nov
There’s no such thing as waste Charie Jones got creative for his Permaculture Principles presentation during his Certificate III in Permaculture studies at Djanbung Gardens and wrote a song. It was an instant hit with the class and eventually evolved into this great video clip.
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Oct
Oct
Photo journal of a pig tractor garden Pigs are amazing biological ploughs – their snout is exceptionally strong and designed for excavating the earth in search of tasty morsels buried underground, especially tubers and roots, and also fungi and insects. In Permaculture there is frequent reference to use of pigs as tractoring animals and I’ve …
03
Mar
Mar
We are republishing this excellent article from Organic Federation of Australia Feb 2011, to bring factual information to our readers and subscribers. ABC, 30 August 2010 reported “Global biotechnology company Monsanto has begun an education and advocacy campaign to change the opposition many Australia consumers have to genetically modified food. Speaking at the NSW Farmwriters …
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Feb
Feb
Learn the art of faciltation—whether you’re involved in community gardens, Permaculture groups, transition initiatives, teaching or sustainable development work—you need effective facilitation skills and tools to harness community energy. Creative facilitation of participatory process, balancing challenge and conviviality is key to success. Through this short intensive course, Robyn Francis shares 3 decades of experience in …
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Feb
Feb
Are you involved in sustainable aid, development work, post-disaster relief? This course will develop specific awareness, knowledge and skills for being effective, appropriate and culturally sensitive in this important field of permaculture activism and education. Discover effective tools to work with communities to build resilience so they can better meet the challenges of a rapidly …
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Feb
Feb
The Australian permaculture community has been engaged in a dialogue and collective planning process for a national representative body. Building on discussions and participatory planning processes at national convergences over the past 5 years, 2010 saw a concerted effort from a number of groups to nut things out and make headway.