Permablitz and friends media blitz
A great article by Michael Green about permablitzes was picked up by the Fairfax press this week (The Age, SMH and Brisbane Times). And lots of enquiries about permablitzes have been hitting the inbox!
Author: Adam Grubb
Food shortages coming, and how to stop them
"We talk about oil shocks, but we go on assuming that the supermarket shelves will be loaded." — John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister. Here's three articles on the food crisis and how home gardening might be of help.
Permablitz #26 – Gisborne
I just want to start by expressing our huge appreciation to the Permablitz volunteers for coming from far afield all the way out to Gisborne’s Montessori school. A description of the day follows: Saturday – Our...
Permablitz #25 – Kensington
Well, going by yard-size it certainly wasn’t the biggest Permablitz, but people-wise it certainly was. It was incredibly energising to see so many people keen to learn about permaculture and share their time to help us make...
Permablitz 24 – Sunbury – Episode 2
I want to start with a huge thankyou for the wonderful day and all that has been achieved! During stage two: On a rain affected day, we began with morning tea and an overview...
Permablitz 23 – Sunbury – Episode 1
Sunbury Permablitz no. 23 was a great day with much achieved. We began with an informative talk about the plans for the day, then got to it. We achieved: Digging a pond at the...
Eat the Suburbs: permablitz film
Permablitz veteran and VCA graduate Tanya Curnow has produced a great 10 minute doco about peak oil and permablitzes called Eat the Suburbs. It stars American peak oil guru Richard Heinberg, our own Asha...
Description of Permablitz Celebration and Buncle St Community Garden Visit to the South-East!
Here Nelson Campus, President of Codemo (www.codemo.org.au) describes the day held at his place to celebrate the first ten permablitzes. Nelson’s place was the site of an early blitz and you can see before...
Permablitzing the suburbs
Lou Smith of Breakdown Press recently email-interviewed Asha Bee about permablitzes & backyard food production for a zine she’s helping put together in response to the coming G20 conference in Melbourne….
