Permaculture is about creating sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns. An ecological design system that inspires and empowers us to create our own solutions to local and global problems, it provides ways to design and create healthy productive places to work, rest and play. more.....

Permaculture on TV > > A Farm for the Future. An intelligent and useful contribution to the debate on farming in Britain. Highly recommended. Now available on You Tube - follow this link to watch the film.

International Reports > > Suzi is our international co-ordinator and reported back to us during her visit to our partner Permaculture Institute of El Salvador. Read about her experiences in El Salvador and about the inspiring work that is going on over there. more...

News > > International Appeals. Thank you to all those generous and caring people out there who have been sending in much needed cash for our various appeals. Donations continue to come in for sponsorship of African delegates to attend the 9th International Convergence. We are now also receiving donations for an urgent appeal for a replacement electricity transformer used for pumping fresh water, which was recently damaged by lightning on a project in Zimbabwe. more...

News > > Interested in the future of farming? Well, this briefing explains the background to the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) and outlines its main recommendations and findings. This is a very important report and we encourage permaculture designers and sustainable farmers everywhere to find out more about it and use it to help make the major shift agriculture we know is needed. Full information and region by region summaries here. We held the initial meeting of the 'Low Carbon Farming' project (working title). You can view the initial minutes and proposal here.

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The Permaculture Association is a consortium member of Local Food. Managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT) and 15 consortium members, on behalf of the BIG Lottery Fund, Local Food is a £50 million programme that will distribute grants to a variety of food-related projects to help make locally grown food accessible and affordable to local communities. more.....

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