What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a sustainable design system that provides for human needs while having positive effects on the surrounding environment.

It is based on the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share, and provides practical solutions to the global crises we are currently facing.

Permaculture is for EVERYONE, regardless of their education, background, or previous experience.

Permaculture is NOT just about trees, or just about gardening! You don't need loads of land to practice it and it's a design method that can be applied to all social systems.

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Composting at Casalinho

As you may have read elsewhere on this blog, we rely heavily on our animals to not only contribute to our compost, but to assist in it’s preparation too. The outside part of our animal pen actually operates as our initial compost bay. All the animal green feed and all our household and garden […]

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January 7th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Animals, Permaculture, Veggie gardens | 3 comments

A Visitor’s Perspective: Sam’s Diary – Permaculture Vermiculture

This is part of a series of posts where we ask one of our volunteers or visitors to say a few words. Sam is in his second week here as a volunteer and has kindly allowed us to share his online thoughts. Here, Sam explores our vermicomposting system.

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November 5th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , | Category: A Visitor's Perspective, Animals, Blogs we like, Natural World, Permaculture, Veggie gardens | 3 comments