Excellent article by Michael Pollan
Check out this article from April 20 by Michael Pollan in the New York Times Magazine . Here’s a snippet: “But the act I want to talk about is growing some — even just...
Welcome to Permablitz Melbourne!
Bundaberg Permablitz #1
A Bundaberg group named Sustainabundy held its first-ever permablitz on April 13. Check out a report of the day and photos here, as well as the site design, a bunch of handy permaculture resources...
Permablitz #41 – Kooweerup Community Spirit
The two-day Permablitz project aimed at building Kooweerup’s new community garden on April 12th and 13th was a huge success. The 30-40 volunteers who came along managed to build nearly a quarter acre worth...
Permablitz # 40 – Eltham
We would like to thank everyone who came to the Permablitz at our place in Eltham on Sunday. An enthusiastic effort from all has dramatically changed our bare backyard. It looks fantastic and is a...
Permablitz: Near Instant Permaculture for the ‘Burbs
Permaculture is a tricky thing to define. (See our attempts here.) Kinda like trying to describe a forest. All that interdependency is just too complex to squeeze into a sound bite. But that doesn’t...
Permablitzes Ahoy! March 21 Newsletter
Here's our most recent newsletter and an example of what you'll get on a roughly fortnightly basis if you sign up to our mailing list (which you can do on the right column of the website).
Backyard answer to energy crisis
Several of us blitzers are currently in Sydney for APC9, the 9th Australian Permaculture Convergence. We gave a well received talk today and have been inspired by brilliant stories from many of the permaculture...
Calling Greater Dandenong
With support from various local groups, a localised Permablitz group will soon be starting in Greater Dandenong (while continuing with larger permablitz action of course). This project will be kicking off in April, and...
Permablitz #34 – Bolinda (Four months on)
Yesterday we heard from Dot Green who hosted permablitz # 34 in Bolinda near Sunbury November 3rd 2007. The designer was the wonderful Clarisse Thomasset – a keen blitzer and permaculturalist we all miss...
Permablitz Introduction to Permaculture Course # 2
Thanks to about 8 facilitators/helpers and 22 students for a wonderful course the weekend of February 23-24. Port Philip Ecocentre was a great venue with a Sunday morning visit to vege out. Here's a...
