Enjoy this 28-minute video about Joe, Doug and Sam Bullock on their Orcas Island homestead, site of a yearly Permaculture design course:

From Peak Moment Television.

I don’t normally post about individual permaculture design courses, but this is a really unique opportunity to get your PDC with an emphasis on Native American practices. The Permaculture Design Certification Course at Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation, South Dakota will be held on September 11-27, 2009:
This will be a very unique and special permaculture [...]

The new newsletter from Great Turning Times makes some interesting points about how we cope with all the pessimistic information about the probable future that we receive from sources we trust. I think it’s well worth a read by anyone interested in permaculture. The author had the experience of watching a documentary about [...]

It was my interest in tracking that lead me to permaculture. Like permaculture, tracking is rooted in deep observation of nature. eveloping our nature awareness helps us become better permaculture designers. And in the same way that permaculture helps to heal the land, time spent in deep awareness of nature can help heal [...]

I used to think that aromatherapy was just another way for corporations to sell us expensive shampoo. The view of aromatherapy as a way to make things smell nice and have a more pleasant experience using a product is a view that’s held in English-speaking countries. In Europe, however (especially in France), [...]