(Update on meeting info – see below)
ere’s an important announcement from ecological designer and greywater expert Art Ludwig (via a post to the Permaculture-SF list). It’s about California Senate Bill 1258 and efforts to bring some sanity to California’s greywater laws; it’s full of important information and links:
Dear Greywater Stakeholders:
The greywater regulation revolution [...]

There’s a lot to like about an outdoor shower, even if you’re not facing a drought. One project I’ve had on my mind for our own yard this year is an outdoor shower that stacks the function of showering with watering the garden. Preferably using materials I can get for free.
Fortunately, there’s [...]

In this six-minute video, Brock Dolman explains how native bunch grasses do more than provide nutrition for grazing animals: they also help sequester carbon, store water, and build the soil.

Brock is an extraordinary teacher from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center and the director of Water Institute. He’ll be teaching a Permaculture Design Course [...]

Last month we posted about Beekind, the great bee keepers’ store in Sebastopol. But you should also know about the Sonoma County Beekeepers’ Association.
The Sonoma County Beekeepers’ Association has monthly meetings that cover a variety of topics designed to help all beekeepers at their various stages of knowledge. Each meeting begins with a question [...]

Permaculture-SF, the San Francisco Permaculture Guild, is offering a Urban Permaculture Design Course that looks fantastic!

Urban centers like San Francisco need innovative solutions for the persistent problems of the built environment. We feel that Permaculture holds many of the answers needed to build a truly sustainable city and we would like to invite you to [...]

Homegrown Evolution is a site you’ll want to return to again and again for all kinds of urban permaculture resources:
Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne write Homegrown Evolution, a blog that explores a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Kelly and Erik are the authors of The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient [...]

TheOrganicSister has a really interesting post about Backyard Orchard Culture and how to maximize the number of fruit trees you can put on a small lot:
Also known as Backyard Orchard Culture, this is a method of planting that uses the least amount of space and creates a succession of yield times. It’s not for commercial [...]