Permaculture Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau

are" your region with friends and family towards a more resilient New Zealand!

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽: www.facebook.com/groups/permacultureresiliencenz

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: www.facebook.com/PermacultureNorthland

𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: www.facebook.com/PermacultureAuckland

𝗪𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗼 / 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹: www.facebook.com/PermacultureWaikato

𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆: www.facebook.com/PermacultureBayOfPlenty

𝗚𝗶𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲/𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮̄𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗶: www.facebook.com/PermacultureGisborne

𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗶: www.facebook.com/PermacultureTaranaki

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗶: www.facebook.com/PermacultureWhanganui

𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝘆: www.facebook.com/PermacultureHawkesBay

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘁𝘂 / 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗶: www.facebook.com/PermacultureManawatu

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻: www.facebook.com/PermacultureWellington

𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻 / 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵: www.facebook.com/PermacultureTasmanMarlborough

𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁: www.facebook.com/PermacultureWestCoast

𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆: www.facebook.com/PermacultureCanterbury

𝗢𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗼: www.facebook.com/PermacultureOtago

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: www.facebook.com/PermacultureSouthland



𝟮) 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 & 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗡

Please email [email protected] if you'd like to help. We aim to continuously have numerous skilled and knowledgeable mentors and page admins to assist you in each region on a local level.

𝗘𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀...
If you're passionate about being added as an admin of one or more of our Regional Permaculture Pages and our nationwide Permaculture Resilience Group, please email [email protected] now. Join our permaculture revolution as a page admin, content creator, or direct sharer, and help sow the seeds of permaculture to a whole new world of fresh eager minds looking for solutions! We want to know what you or your permaculture related business is up to with photos, videos and articles about projects, courses, workshops, events and more.

𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲: pages serve as a powerful tool to introduce permaculture to a new audience who may not be familiar with it yet but have an interest in learning. By building a following on our Regional Permaculture Pages, you can effectively help to promote the permaculture concept to these curious individuals who cann then find their local group to network within towards peraculture action.



𝟯) 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦, 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗦 & 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗦

PLEASE REQUEST TO BE INVITED AS AN ADMIN TO LIST YOUR EVENTS AND COURSES WITH THIS PAGE OR ANY OF THE OTHER REGIONAL PAGES. Keep an eye out for local, national and global events which may appear on the wall and in the events section from time to time. If you have an event to list please either let an administrator know so it can be added, or if you're going to want to post content regularly we can give you admin access to do so.



𝟰) 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗨𝗦

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭 𝗯𝘆:

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟
𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 & 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛


𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘

Welcome to your local permaculture community! Please "Like" and "Share" your region's page and contribute your ideas, progress, and feedback as part of the global movement towards local and global restoration. Our focus is on local permaculture networking, promoting community resilience, sustainability, zero waste, reducing consumption, health, nutrition, food, cooking, life quality, seed-saving, earth building, gardening, farming, biodiversity, beekeeping, water harvesting, power generation, and bringing your space to life. Whatever your interest or passion, this page is dedicated to exchanging crucial information for a healthy, happy, and informed life. Let's work together to usher in a new economic paradigm that can dramatically improve the quality of life for billions of people worldwide. Our civilization has left a desert in its wake, but we have the power to resolve this. Permaculture is the science of designing a culture that can be truly permanent. It's a global movement for positive change, regenerating the biosphere, starting from our thoughts and expanding to our homes, local communities, and beyond. This space is open for various purposes, such as discussing ideas, receiving feedback on designs, finding inspiration, swapping seeds and plants, sharing photos or videos, organizing events, permablitzes, meetings, workshops, protests, or tours. You can also use it to trade or give away surplus items. Let's share the abundance!


𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬

In 2010 I had the idea to expand beyond traditional permaculture circles and create a permaculture network that reaches a wider audience. I recognized the untapped potential of Facebook as a tool for spreading awareness about permaculture to people who were unfamiliar with it, particularly among younger demographics. I believed that Facebook could be used locally, regionally, and nationwide to encourage people to think about and engage in permaculture both online and in face-to-face interactions. Additionally, I saw an opportunity to promote permaculture-related websites and establish a main regionalized forum. In October 2011, I started the first regional page, Permaculture Manawatu, and later expanded to fifteen regional pages across the country. Due to the workload, I recruited enthusiastic individuals from different regions to act as local permaculture mentors and assist with page administration and engagement within their respective communities. With a diverse group of people on board, we have fostered a rich exchange of knowledge and talents, continuously enhancing the value of the pages as a whole. From a holistic management perspective, Facebook's statistical data provides valuable insights. We can analyze the age groups and genders of page users, identify the most and least active regions, determine popular and less popular topics, spot areas of confusion, and assess the strength and weakness of permaculture understanding in different regions. This information helps us tailor courses and events to specific locations and identify regions that would benefit from additional permaculture support. Through our pages, we facilitate knowledge sharing, trading, permablitzes, courses, events, and even the distribution of donated and discounted permaculture resources. Moreover, the pages serve as a gateway to external groups and websites, facilitating further engagement. We have reached a point where we have multiple mentors for each region, and our goal is to attract more reputable mentors and encourage lively interaction in the comments sections. Ultimately, we aim to direct followers to a nationwide regionalized forum to enhance networking. Once we achieve this, we anticipate gaining more momentum and making a greater impact on community resilience.


𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦

✔ 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹:To build and maintain individuals, families and communities which are healthy, happy, co-operative, resourceful and creative, with an inter-generational way of thinking; and establishing truly sustainable and regenerative production, management and educational systems. From designing your own private functional landscape to designing an entire functional world, permaculture can provide you with the tools.

✔ 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Maintain and create stable, diverse eco-systems that allow for positive sequestration of carbon, and secure watersheds.

✔ 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: Restore and enhance yields, prosperity and health via integrated and regenerative agricultural practices, and holistic management - “thinking in wholes”. Have fun, keep your mind healthy and active, and create beauty.

✔ 𝗕𝗶𝗼-𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗕𝗶𝗼-𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆:Maintain and increase populations of wildlife species, bring space to life - save natural seed, preserve and enhance natural habitats.

✔ 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 & 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Of towns and cities within industry and agriculture. Harvest rainwater for every day use and prevent agricultural nutrient run-off into waterways by establishing natural systems to allow rain to be filtered through the land first. Sequester carbon back into the ground - create compost and bio-char, use composting toilets, and re-establish functional grasslands for example.

✔ 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: Maintain and restore local and global nutrient and water cycles.

✔ 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 & 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀: Maintain and restore riverine, riparian, estuary and ocean habitats.

✔ 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲: Prevent waste of financial, human and natural resources by reducing consumption, Kaizen and cyclic thinking, and using zero waste and Kaizen principles. Rubbish = resources.

✔ 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆: Develop decentralised, sustainable energy production systems.

✔ “𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱” 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Teach and embed permaculture design, ethics and principles, and holistic management into decision-making within the education system, and throughout communities and organisations at all levels.

✔ 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲: Demonstrate, educate, co-operate, enhance awareness and provide value (to ourselves, family, friends, students, neighbours, clients, and community).


𝟱) 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗦 & 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦


𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘? The word permaculture (permanent agriculture) was coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the mid-1970's. Here you’ll find some brief definitions and a listing of the ethics and principles of permaculture. For more in depth information see www.permaculture.org.au and www.permacultureprinciples.com

Definition: Permaculture is a land use design methodology based on ecological principles, with practical application which start at an individual level and branch out to sustainable households, which flow on to eco-conscious nations, and in turn, global restoration. "Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems." Bill Mollison, from Permaculture: A Designers Manual

"Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local needs." and "I see permaculture as the use of systems thinking and design principles that provide the organising framework for implementing the above vision." David Holmgren, from Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability


𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗦 - 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘, 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘, 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘

Practicing the three core ethics of permaculture in all areas of our lives moves us towards sustainability.

𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘:
Provision for all life systems to continue and multiply. Earth care encompasses care of the soil, care of all living systems.


𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘:
Provision for people to access the resources necessary for their existence. People Care starts with the self - if you don't take care of yourself you can't care for anyone else! From the self, People Care spreads out to kin and community.

𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘:
This is sometimes called "Surplus Share" or "Share our Resources". By governing our own needs, we can set resources aside to further our ethics. Set limits to consumption, growth and population.


𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦

1) Observe and interact: By taking time to engage with nature we can design solutions that suit our particular situation.

2) Catch and store energy: By developing systems that collect resources at peak abundance, we can use them in times of need.

3) Obtain a yield: Ensure that you are getting truly useful rewards as part of the work that you are doing.

4) Apply self-regulation and accept feedback: We need to discourage inappropriate activity to ensure that systems can continue to function well.

5) Use and value renewable resources and services: Make the best use of nature's abundance to reduce our consumptive behaviour and dependence on non-renewable resources.

6) Produce no waste: By valuing and making use of all the resources that are available to us, nothing goes to waste.

7) Design from patterns to details: By stepping back, we can observe patterns in nature and society. These can form the backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go.

8) Integrate rather than segregate: By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those things and they work together to support each other.

9) Use small and slow solutions: Small and slow systems are easier to maintain than big ones, making better use of local resources and producing more sustainable outcomes.

10) Use and value diversity: Diversity reduces vulnerability to a variety of threats and takes advantage of the unique nature of the environment in which it resides.

11) Use edges and value the marginal: The interface between things is where the most interesting events take place. These are often the most valuable, diverse and productive elements in the system.

12) Creatively use and respond to change: We can have a positive impact on inevitable change by carefully observing, and then intervening at the right time.



𝟲) 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗪𝗘'𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 & 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚

• Community projects (eg. food forests and gardens in the community and schools, wildlife corridors, stream cleanups, courses and workshops etc)

• Building soils, composting, worm farming

• Water harvesting

• Biologically friendly and "organic" growing

• Food-forests and edible landscaping

• Regenerative agriculture

• Seed Saving

• Nutrient dense food vs highly processed pseudo-food

• Beyond sustainable living

• Attracting wildlife (insects, birds, reptiles, worms, butterflies etc)

• Saving the bees (pollination and beekeeping)

• Integrating animals into our lives - duck, chickens and other animals

• Natural building (cob, adobe, pizza ovens,)

• Slashing your power bill by 90%

• Green Technology etc, etc... and much more


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