Lismore City Council has achieved significant milestones in its ambition to be a model of sustainability. Two key areas of recent success are in recycling and recovery initiatives for waste reduction, and in energy efficiency. In November 2014, Lismore became the first council in Australia to achieve organic certification for compost made from collected kerbside …
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – Last chance for APT full-time courses with Robyn Francis at Djanbung Gardens 2015 will be the last year that PCA at Djanbung Gardens will be offering full-time accredited courses for the Certificate IV and Diploma of Permaculture. This has not been an easy decision, and we hope that anyone who’s been procrastinating …
You’re invited to our special information and open days in November to visit the gardens and find out more about the accredited training for 2015, enjoy a guided tour of the gardens and student facilities, and participate in some short afternoon workshops on practical permaculture. 2015 will be the final year for PCA to offer …
We live in uncertain times with the converging pressures of energy, environment, resources, financial crisis and climate change. How will this effect us locally and what can we do to mitigate the impacts are some of the questions Nicole Foss will explore at her presentation at Djanbung Gardens, Nimbin on Sep 15. Australian’s barely experienced …
Nimbin is an extraordinarily resilient community. This past month of August, 2014, has seen big changes of a kind that many communities would find crippling and disheartening., but in Nimbin community spirit and resilience is irrepressible. Three weeks ago a fire obliterated several iconic Nimbin landmarks in the heart of the village, and our beloved …
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.
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 Ecovillage Pioneers selling 10,000 copies around the world. …
Costa Geordiadis, host of ABC’s Gardening Australia, enjoyed experiencing a number of ‘first-time’ moments last weekend with his first visit to Nimbin and Djanbung Gardens, first cafe opening, first permalympics and no-dig garden relay, first time judging scarecrows and was the first time he’d had a ‘Costa’ balloon crafted and presented to him. Sharon Shostak …
The full Program for the 3-day celebration at Djanbung Gardens SATURDAY 7th June • Earthling Expo & Garden Party with Costa 10am gardens open 10.30 Welcome by Costa 11-3 Cafe open for refreshments & lunch 11-11.30 Workshops: Worm Farming • Village Foundation • Animal systems tour 11.45-12.15 Workshops: Zone & Sector Planning • Soldier Fly …
Our annual Open Day is something special this year to celebrate Djanbung Gardens’ 20th anniversary. Join Coster, Robyn Francis and lots of permie friends for an inspiring day of workshops, displays, demonstrations, tours, stalls and entertainment. The day will commence at 10am with a welcome to country and official opening of the Earthling Expo, then …