by Robyn Francis | Team Blogs
Robyn Francis reports from teaching a PDC in Shenzhen, China, October 2014 It’s a concrete jungle here in Shenzhen, development on steroids, endless high rise towers at all stages of construction and occupation. Freeways, the persistent hum and honking of traffic and...
by Robyn Francis | Team Blogs
In April, 2014, PCA and Djanbung Gardens in cooperation with Earth Passengers of Taipei, hosted a group of twenty two Taiwanese for a ten day program visiting permaculture, sustainable and community projects in Nimbin and the Northern Rivers bioregion. The group,...
by Robyn Francis | Team Blogs
Margrit Kennedy passed away on Dec 29, 2013. She was one of the first generation of permaculture pioneers, and an important mentor and role model for me as a young permaculture teacher and designer in the 1980s. I write this in honour of her work and considerable...
by Robyn Francis | Articles, Team Blogs
Robyn Francis and Melian Fertl, representing PCA and Djanbung Gardens, joined over 420 delegates from 47 countries converging in Cuba for the 11th International Permaculture Convention, November-December 2013. Robyn reports on the experience. Salsa and Rum – Welcome...
by Janelle Schafer | Team Blogs
Janelle has returned from a trip through NSW where she had the opportunity to attend an evening presentation -at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence (Eora Centre) at George St Redfern- by Dave Jacke , US Permaculture Teacher Designer and developer of an in...
by Robyn Francis | Articles, Djanbung Gardens, Our Permaculture Systems, Team Blogs
Wildlife is welcome here but not cats or dogs…. It was twenty years ago that I made the momentous decision to take on a 5 acre degraded cow pasture and restore it to biodiversity and abundance as a permaculture education centre and wildlife sanctuary. I remember...
by Robyn Francis | Team Blogs
As a result of the course a South France Permaculture Network has been established. Here participants report on the Limoux PDC “In Limoux (Aude, France), during the second half of August, 2010, forty-four students-apprentices have attended an outstanding...
by Robyn Francis | Team Blogs
Initiating and developing community gardens, transition towns and community sustainability programs is a people-oriented process that requires not only organisational skills but a diverse ‘tool kit’ for inclusive community facilitation. Permaculture...
by Robyn Francis | Team Blogs
Another First for Permaculture in Tawian After successfully hosting the first Permaculture Design Course in Taiwan in 2008, Earth Passengers, an environment group based in Taipei, has forged ahead breaking new ground. This year’s PDC was the first to be hosted by...
by Robyn Francis | Articles, Team Blogs
Target ONE EARTH – Living Within Our Footprint and What we can Learn from Cuba Robyn Francis reports on her visit to Cuba to experience ‘first hand’ the only nation on earth living within its ecological footprint. We can live better with less – Cuba...
