The same human genius that went into overdrive and got us into this mess can be harnessed to get us out of it. Our creativity knows no bounds, it is guidance and right thinking that we lack. When we begin to harness our genius for the good of Earth and the survival of all living beings not just man, we will begin to heal life on earth and maybe leave a decent legacy beyond 900 years into the future…Read more about the road ahead by clicking the title.

On a course in permaculture design, we do actually have to submit a design. And designs mean maps and maps mean numbers.   Ever since school, where, the relentlessly uninspiring Miss Nash put me off mathematics for ever, I have experienced a sort of cartoon eye spin when figures, numbers and calculations are mentioned.   
As you can imagine,  I was [...]

‘Permaculture is revolution disguised as gardening’. Will Hooker.
Oooh as a revolutionary activist at heart, that got me good and proper.  This morning was filled with profound statements and stories about permaculture, what it is and what it means to us…
Ask most people who aren’t overly familiar with it, they’ll probably tell you it’s about ‘gardening’ [...]

Arriving last night after dark at Koininia farm where the permaculture course is being held, was a breath of fresh air. The prettily painted signs told us we were entering another world and in a way we were. You can smell and feel the peace here.

Situated in over 500 acres, this Christian peace community is pretty laid back. It’s well known for it’s pecan trees… so finding pecans scattered on the ground was one of the many delights of this place..

I’m taking a permaculture design certificate course. It’s part of our grand plan to encourage people to grow food forest gardens everywhere. I’ll be blogging my experiences on a regular basis over the next two weeks… only two days to go and it begins…

Frank Herbert, author of Dune, used his writings to spread a spiritual vision in his stories of the desert planet Arrakis.

Part of this was foundated on the concept of permaculture.

‘The thing the ecologically illterate don’t realize about an eco-system’ Kynes said, “is that it’s a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a mis-step in just one niche. A system has order, flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses. The untrained might miss that collapse until it was too late …click the title to read more..

Earth builders and forest food gardeners who follow the permaculture principle of learning from the natural environment, observing patterns and using that to create a design for the optimal needs for that environment, have got it right… Bottom Line – We cannot fight with nature..we tried that and failed. Success comes from mimicing and working with natural patterns and order

Going green is all the rage, but it’s still equated with the money-system. If you’re rich you can go green but at what cost to the environment. If you really want to escape the money system, save the environment and live simply, you must go brown. Find out more by clicking the title….

Forest Food Gardens are just one cog in the holistic transition wheel. Across the world people are finding ways as communities to become less reliant on oil derivatives which includes all manufactured items, electrical goods, grid lighting and heating, truck/plane/rail transported food and more reliant on producing the food, energy, transort and connection that they need for themselves within the community.

How can we manage this transition and what new skills, attitudes and adaptability do we need to come through the current chaos into harmonic inter-dependant, societal and economic emergence..click the title for more..

Picture yourself in a forest where almost everything around you is food….Mature and maturing fruit and nut trees form an open canopy. If you look carefully, you can see fruits swelling on many branches—pears, apples, persimmons, pecans, and chestnuts. Shrubs fill the gaps in the canopy. They bear raspberries, blueberries, currants, hazelnuts, and other lesser-known fruits, flowers, and nuts at different times of the year… this is your Garden of Eden…the Food Forest Garden