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Introduction

Permaculture is a design system based on ethics and design principles which can be used to guide efforts made by individuals, households and communities towards a sustainable future.

The permaculture flower shows seven domains of practical action, and the photolog has examples that illustrate the design principles.

See Permaculture Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability by permaculture co-originator David Holmgren.



International Permaculture Day - May 6th 2012

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National Permaculture Day has gone international! There are a range of permaculture events across Australia and the globe. We are even hosting one here at Abdallah House in Seymour.

Visit www.permacultureday.info to find out more.



Want exposure for your project and FIVE 2013 Permaculture Calendars?

Submissions for next years Permaculture Calendar are now being sought. If you have a brilliant photo (or want to take one) that can represent one of more of the permaculture design principles, then send it along with a brief background to the photo so we can see how to relate it to a principle.

The selected submissions, one for each month, will receive 5 x 2013 Permaculture Calendars along with their project / image featured for a month in the calendar. Photo credits and web links are also supplied on the back page of the calendar to help provide exposure.

If your submission is not selected then it may still be featured on the photolog - which is a great place to get some ideas of what we would like to see in the calendar. If you don't already have a copy, you can also download sample of the calendar to see the high standards that we set.

Email your high resolution photos (6 mega pixel +) and text to the new calendar co-ordinator, Richard Telford - richard (at) permacultureprinciples.com



Change Song



Another great track from yardoidoroony taking a lighter look at the big changes that face us in the world, illustrating the principle creatively use and respond to change.



The Chikukwa Project



This project in Zimbabwe has totally tranformed the lives of 7,000 villagers over a period of twenty years. It has been wonderfully successful with food security, land degradation and social development – where almost all projects in Africa have failed. It is an incredible example of the relevance of Permaculture to solve the problems of the world today.

Funding is currently being sought for the completion of a longer 50 minute film. See 'Permaculture Successes in a Zimbabwean Community' for an in depth article written by Monika Goforth and Terry Leahy .




Celebrating four years of the Permaculture Diary

Michele and Costa featuring the 2012 Permaculture Diary

Gardening Australia host Costa Geordiadis celebrates the Permaculture Diary journey with creator Michele Margolis.

Unfortunately for us the diary will not continue next year, but Michele's enthusiasm for permaculture continues. Her food forest and gardens will feature as one of Costa's first stories for the new season and she will be running urban permaculture workshops in Sydney's inner west.

You can read Michele's message of thanks about the diary here. Gardening Australia resumes on ABC1 from Saturday March 24 at 6.30pm AEST. It can also be watched online on ABC's iview.



New Year Challenge: 'Binimum' - minimise your waste

Kai, Kunie and Sen celebrating a year with only filling bins once

During 2011 Richard Telford with his partner Kunie and two young boys decided to take the challenge of only using one rubbish bin and one recycle bin for the whole year, what they call 'binimum'. In their newly established home they thought that this mission would be next to impossible, but it wasn't. By applying the permaculture principles THEY DID IT, and you can too! Find out more at abdallahhouse.com

If the task sounds a little too far fetched for your household then try putting your bins out when they are full, and keep track of how many you get emptied over the year in your calendar or diary. See if you can improve upon your total in the following year as you discover more creative ways to refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle waste - or grow and make your own and turn your left overs into compost!



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Photolog additions:

Some new ways for getting around town? - Read more
Bees building natural comb - Read more
Spreading the word - Read more
All good things take time - Read more
Maximising boysenberry yield - Read more


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2012 Permaculture Diary & Calendar late season discount

2012 Permaculture Diary 2012 Permaculture Calendar

Get the diary and calendar together for just A$24 delivered Australia-wide.



Recently released

Anima Mundi DVD Permaculture Pioneers

Anima Mundi DVD and Permaculture Pioneers book



www.futurescenarios.org

Future Scenarios considers the potential interaction between Peak Oil and Climate Change. The permaculture design system has evolved over the last 30 years to creatively respond to futures that involve progressively less and less available energy.



Abdallah House - urban redesign



Check out the blog about redesigning of a home in urban Seymour using permaculture principles.




www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au

A forum discussing sustainability, permaculture, organic gardening, backyard livestock, simple living and stepping lightly on the planet.



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Care of the Earth Care of People Fair share 1. Observe and Interact 2. Catch and Store Energy 3. Obtain a Yield 4. Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback 5. Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services 6. Produce no Waste 7. Design from Patterns to Details 8. Integrate Rather than Segregate 9. Use Small and Slow Solutions 10. Use and Value Diversity 11. Use Edges and Value the Marginal 12. Creatively Use and Respond to Change Permaculture FlowerLink to design principles Link to design principles