Category Archives: Permaculture
Witchcliffe Ecovillage in Australia
Witchcliffe Ecovillage in Western Australia will serve as home to around 700 people and be a model of sustainability for communities worldwide. The Ecovillage site spans about 300 acres of former farmland. Project co-founders and partners, Mike Hulme and Michelle Sheridan … Continue reading →
Plan to Combine Housing and Forests in Denmark
A Copenhagen-based design studio has presented plans for a residential development that will be part of the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennial, whose theme is ‘How will we live together?’ The plan is for a ‘nature village’ which will eventually see … Continue reading →
Spring Time Blessings from Long Creek Homestead
My friend Michael Judd lived in Nicaragua for many years and moved to Frederick, Maryland several years ago with his wife to establish a permaculture homestead. I recently got this email from him that is so enticing I thought I … Continue reading →
Indigenous Canadian Forest Gardens
A new study led by Chelsey Armstrong, an ethnobotanist with Simon Fraser University, has shown that there are “forest gardens” surrounding now-vacant historical villages of Ts’msyen and Coast Salish nations in British Columbia. These forest gardens are the result of … Continue reading →
Two Week Natural Building Intensive
Learn skills, techniques, and design theory to create your own beautiful, durable, energy-efficient home from local and site-harvested materials. Most of each day will be spent practicing a wide range of hands-on natural building systems, some ancient and time-tested, others … Continue reading →