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PERMACULTURE TEACHER TRAINING: BLUE MOUNTAINS, 15-21 JUNE 2018
Join Rowe Morrow and Lis Bastian for an intensive Permaculture Teacher Training Course in the World Heritage Listed Blue Mountains.
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PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE: 2 FEBRUARY – 24 MARCH, 2018
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute will be running a Permaculture Design Course on Friday evenings and Saturdays, weekly from Friday 2 February to Saturday 24 March. Permaculture is a regenerative systems design strategy for building environmental, social and economic… Read More
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ENOUGH! The story of a peace community in Kabul
The Afghan Peace Volunteers (APVs) organized a Permaculture Design Course in Kabul from February to March 2016 and invited Rowe Morrow to facilitate it. Here is her report on that PDC as well as a follow-up visit to… Read More
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A PDC for people living on the top of the world
In 2016, Rowe Morrow was invited to teach a permaculture course to students from Bhutan, Ladakh, Taiwan, and the Tibetan High School at the Dehradun monastery in India. Find out what she learnt in her report: “Melting glaciers,… Read More
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Permaculture Design Course: 17 March – 13 May, 2017
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute will be running a Permaculture Design Course on Friday evenings and Saturdays, weekly from Friday 17 March to Saturday 13 May (excluding Easter). This is a great opportunity for those who would like to take the time… Read More
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Permaculture in Precarious Places: 13-19 April 2017, Blue Mountains
A 6 day workshop for permaculturalists wishing to work in challenging environments such as refugee camps, remote communities, disaster zones, low income countries and areas of conflict.
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Permaculture Teacher Training: Blue Mountains, 20-26 January 2017
Join Rowe Morrow and Lis Bastian for an intensive Permaculture Teacher Training Course in the World Heritage Listed Blue Mountains.
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ALFRED DECKER: PERMACULTURE DIPLOMA
Alfred Decker’s Merit Diploma for Education and Community Development was awarded for establishing a permaculture website and a teaching team, as well as community outreach from Barcelona. His work is a model for others working from cities.
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Tina Lymberis: Permaculture Diploma
Tina Lymberis, a Greek woman who’s spent years in Australia, decided to take permaculture to Greek communities. Her Merit Diploma was awarded for pioneering Permaculture Education, Community Development and Media in Greece.
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New Bioregionalism Course in Italy
Traditional House – still occupied In August 2016 Rowe Morrow led a workshop on Bioregionalism in northern Italy. Here she brings that experience to life:
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Permaculture Design Course 13 May – 27 August, Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute will be running a Permaculture Design Course on Friday evenings and Saturdays, fortnightly from Friday 13 May to Saturday 27 August (excluding the long weekend). This is a great opportunity for those who… Read More
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New book: Permaculture Teaching Matters
We are happy to announce the release of the NEW book: Permaculture Teaching Matters, written by Rosemary Morrow and designed by Alba Teixidor. This book was funded by a crowdfunding campaign early in 2015. It is a step by step… Read More
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Permaculture Teacher Training at Applewood, UK
“Change can come from anywhere and happen very fast, come be part of the solution on the side of life.” – Rosemary Morrow It was a historic day in the beautiful British countryside surrounding by endless rolling grassy… Read More
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Launch of Advanced Permaculture Course in Community Disaster Mitigation
“Preparedness is always better than Response.” A course for disaster mitigation for communities has been developed at an IPC 12 Edge Event at the Sustainability Centre at Petersfield in the United Kingdom.
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Solomons Report
Video: Tide of Change by Aimie Batalibasi (view at https://vimeo.com/11588800 ) In February 2015, a crowdfunding campaign to create Permaculture Teacher Training Resources based on Rowe Morrow’s teacher training courses, successfully raised US$20,426 dollars (more than US$5,000 over… Read More
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A water design for every farm
From Australian Geographic 2008:The 140-m high Gordon Dam in Tasmania (Photo: Matthew Newton) The Federal Agriculture Minister recently released a green paper on agricultural competitiveness which listed 27 dams and irrigation projects across the country that could… Read More
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Permaculture Outcomes
Diploma Recipient: Lachlan McKenzie. In 2010, Lachlan McKenzie was awarded his Permaculture Diploma at the Australian Permaculture Convergence in Kuranda, North Queensland, for his substantial body of work in East Timor and Indonesia. Lachlan worked in a team… Read More
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Development
When the Old becomes New: An 800 year old Food Forest. Rosemary Morrow’s Case Study of her work in Tenganan, Eastern Bali. This project demonstrates the importance for permaculturists to apply themselves thoroughly to the history and conditions… Read More
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Education
At the Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute we are advocates for non-formal education and have over one thousand graduates from around the world. We use merit processes and peer review to award Diplomas (see below). We specialise in learner-centred… Read More
Graduates
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute has graduates in Asia, Europe, Africa, America, New Zealand and Australia and we have recently been contributing to courses internationally via Skype. The Institute is in the process of building a Graduates Register… Read More
Teaching Resources
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute is creating a range of resources to support permaculture practitioners, and especially permaculture teachers. After a successful crowdfunding campaign in early 2015, we have produced a new book Permaculture Teaching Matters. Written by… Read More
I'm just back from giving a presentation about The Big Fix at the Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Here's this week's Solutions Digest. You can sign up to receive it for free via email at our website www.thebigfix.org
Permaculture design, storytelling and collaboration for system change
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this week at the Australasian Permaculture Convergence in Canberra, I gave a presentation about The Big Fix and its mission to change the stories which are driving society down the path of environment...
Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute shared The Big Fix's post.
Rowe Morrow and Lis Bastian both gave presentations at the Australasian Permaculture Convergence yesterday!
Noise has been described as the new secondhand smoke, and cities are now introducing strategies to reduce it ... like quiet concrete; Girl Clubs are springing up in remote villages across India, and i...
Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute shared The Big Fix's post.
Lush (cosmetics) are set to buy a second 50 hectare plot in Sumatra to prevent the destructive methods of palm oil farming and to create an educational, regenerative permaculture site. Read more below:
Here's our Weekly Solutions Digest, with some of the best stories of the week that you may have missed. The stories are grouped to show how each sector is working to tackle the problems of the world ...
"Here in Kabul, as the rising sun begins to warm our chilly rooms, I hear excited laughter from downstairs. Rosemary Morrow, a renowned Australian permaculture expert, has begun teaching thirty-five young students in a month-long course on low-resource farming.
In war-torn Afghanistan, there’s a desperate need to rebuild agricultural infrastructure and help people grow their own food. People verging on despair feel encouraged by possibilities of replenishing and repairing their soil.
The night before, over dinner, one of the students discussed news from his home town in Afghanistan’s Wardak province about U.S. aerial attacks. “The blasts have become so frequent,” he said, “that people can’t find spaces to bury their dead.”
via Robyn Williamson
Afghan Teen Solidarity Against the Merchants of Death
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International teen solidarity could challenge both the U.S. military and the National Rifle Association to end assaults on human life. "Our goal must be to demand that every person around the world ag...
Here's our Weekly Solutions Digest which you can also receive via email. We look at solutions happening in every sector: Individuals, Community Groups, Organisations, Businesses, Governments, Educators and Researchers, Collaborations and 'Art for a Change.'
There's also an events calendar at the end of each email.
Free subscription via our website at www.thebigfix.org
Permaculture turns 40, rebel bank reduces debt and turtles return to Versova Beach
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For the first time in 20 years, the vulnerable Olive Ridley Turtle has hatched eggs again on Versova Beach in Mumbai thanks to Afroz Shah and a team of volunteers who have been cleaning the beach for ...
“In a time of global crisis, the world needs well designed, regenerative and inspiring examples of permaculture. We have established this prize to celebrate and support pioneering, best practice projects and tell their stories to shine a light in the darkness.”
Excitement grows as prize for permaculture projects announced
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Permaculture Magazine is launching a competition with £20,000 in prize money to celebrate the rise in the permaculture movement across the globe. TONY ROLLINSON finds out more
Lis Bastian will be doing a presentation about Permaculture and The Big Fix at the Australasian Permaculture Convergence coming up in Canberra from the 15 - 19 April.
There are some excellent speakers on the program including Bruce Pascoe and Charles Massey.
Ticket sales close on 31 March and you can read the full program here:
apc14.permacultureaustralia.org.au/session-program/
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PERMACULTURE TEACHER TRAINING: BLUE MOUNTAINS, 15-21 JUNE 2018
Join Rowe Morrow and Lis Bastian for an intensive Permaculture Teacher Training Course in the World Heritage Listed Blue Mountains.
PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE: 2 FEBRUARY – 24 MARCH, 2018
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute will be running a Permaculture Design Course on Friday evenings and Saturdays, weekly from Friday 2 February to Saturday 24 March. Permaculture is a regenerative systems design strategy for building environmental, social and economic… Read More
ENOUGH! The story of a peace community in Kabul
The Afghan Peace Volunteers (APVs) organized a Permaculture Design Course in Kabul from February to March 2016 and invited Rowe Morrow to facilitate it. Here is her report on that PDC as well as a follow-up visit to… Read More
A PDC for people living on the top of the world
In 2016, Rowe Morrow was invited to teach a permaculture course to students from Bhutan, Ladakh, Taiwan, and the Tibetan High School at the Dehradun monastery in India. Find out what she learnt in her report: “Melting glaciers,… Read More
Permaculture Design Course: 17 March – 13 May, 2017
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute will be running a Permaculture Design Course on Friday evenings and Saturdays, weekly from Friday 17 March to Saturday 13 May (excluding Easter). This is a great opportunity for those who would like to take the time… Read More
Permaculture in Precarious Places: 13-19 April 2017, Blue Mountains
A 6 day workshop for permaculturalists wishing to work in challenging environments such as refugee camps, remote communities, disaster zones, low income countries and areas of conflict.
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