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.



Italian and Hungarian 'Essence of Permaculture'

The 'Essence of Permaculture' by David Holmgren is a free pdf download that summaries the permaculture concept. Thanks to the work of dedicated permies in Italy and Hungary we now have two more translations available, adding to our Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, French and recently updated English versions.



International Permaculture Day - May 6th 2012





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 (from a 6 mega pixel + camera if possible) 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 .