Land – The Permaculture Research Institute

Love of life is the guide and motivator of ecological healing on Earth. Next comes learning how to put that love into action. How do we do that for that most alive of all places, the Amazon? Char...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2020/09/07/the-cure-of-the-earth/

Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Many of us do not need to hear any more warnings from the IPCC, David Attenborough or climate activists like ...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2019/09/17/access-to-land-is-a-barrier-to-simpler-sustainable-living/

At the end of last summer, Emma and I finally found the property for which we’d been searching for about half a decade, and though it isn’t in Central America as we’d originally planned (it...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2019/06/15/finding-a-place-to-make-a-home/

In May 2018 I was invited to work in Western Australia, which was quite the milestone for me, as it was the last state in Australia for me to say I’ve worked nation wide in permaculture design ...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2019/01/11/constructed-wetland/

I’ve been teaching permaculture for the past decade, as I feel it’s one of the best ways to deal with the liabilities we’ve incurred collectively as a species. These problems include water ...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2018/12/07/three-free-tools-that-will-revolutionize-permaculture-land-design/

In the Northern Hemisphere, the balance of light is turning ever more towards darkness as we approach the Autumn Equinox. This is following a summer which in many places was unusually hot and dry...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2018/09/18/how-to-green-the-desert-europes-heatwave-and-some-holistic-suggestions/

Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas.  While the general area is not particularly challenging, the property itself was.  The three acre property has anywhere from 11 i...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2018/06/06/texas-food-forest-results-good-design/

Most people have an unconscious feeling that we can´t continue down the path we´re currently on. The supposed abundance witnessed on the shelves of our local grocery store might seem promising,...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/12/12/principles-designing-holistic-food-system/

Wetlands are some of the most important ecosystems on our planet harboring some of the highest rates of biodiversity in the world. They are fundamental for purifying the water we use and also for...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/09/21/benefits-creating-wetlands-farm/

You’ve just purchased your dream property in tropical Costa Rica. You want to grow your own food. You are anxious to get to work now, have bought some plants from a nursery you randomly drove b...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/09/15/8-tips-starting-tropical-homestead/

As more and more people learn about the problems that industrial agriculture (and industrial civilization in general) have caused the world, there is a growing interest in all things organic. Fro...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/09/01/permaculture-importance-landscape-design/

Rain is one of the leading causes of soil erosion. The problem isn’t with rain itself, but rather with bad land management practices and farming practices that aren’t designed to take advanta...

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/08/01/storing-water-landscape-swales-ponds-primer/