Permaculture books
A great list of useful permaculture books to use to develop a future world of equality and sound ecology.
Permaculture allotment plot – lessons learned
Lessons I have learnt from my permaculture plot.
Urban Permaculture: creating resilient small scale Cities for the future
Urban permaculture as a means of helping to bring about a permanent culture based on sound ecology and abundance.
The Community Garden Movement in Philadelphia
3 amazing community gardens in Philadelphia.
Food not Tennis Courts – Project update
Steve has an amazing community garden project on an old tennis court, find out how he has developed it.
Community and The Fallowfield Secret Garden
this is the second piece about the Fallowfield secret garden by Gavin Pate, a friend of permanent culture now
Film: Vertical Gardening
Check out this great little film of Rick’s Vertical Gardening experiments in Bolton, shows what you can do in a limited space.
An Overview of a Permaculture Design Course
An overview of a permaculture design course and what you learn.
Making use of invasive plant species
How to use invasive plants such as Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam as food.
Offshoots Permaculture project
about Offshoots permaculture project in Burnley
All about seeds
Find out all you need to know about growing, storing and planting seeds, in our great introduction.
Permaculture as a revolutionary force for change
Could permaculture offer an alternative to capitalism?
Film: David Holmgren Beyond Sustainability Talk
Dave Holmgrens talk Beyond sustainability, essential viewing on why we need to move towards a post oil society in an age where resource peaks are inevitable, using the principles of permaculture.
Film: George Mckay on radical gardening, Vandana Shiva and others discuss the importance of gardening, seeds and capitalism
Great series of lectures from Documenta (13), includes George Mckay and Vandana Shiva talking about our relationships to nature, seeds and animals great viewing
Useful traditional skills
Traditional skills like food growing, water harvesting and providing your own heat are all ways of building self reliance.
Film: Patrick Whitefield “A Permaculture Life” – Off Grid 2012
Patrick Whitefield descibes “A Permaculture Life” at Off Grid festival 2012.
Film: Ragmans Lane Farm: small scale farming talk: Off Grid 2012
Ragman Lanes farm explains how it runs a small scale food production business.
Film: Blackthorn farm: residential off-grid smallholding talk – Off Grid Festival 2012
Film of a talk about running Blackthorn farm a residential off-grid smallholding from Off Grid Festival 2012
The sow and grow project
The Sow and Grow Community food growing project shows how permaculture principles can help people reintegrate back into community and learn new skills.
Planting seeds of hope in El Salvador
The Permaculture Institute of El Salvador (IPES) brings hope to El Salvador with projects that empower people to take control of their lives, read more abut this inspiring project here