In Transition Permaculture

08/15/2021

Do you recall the deluge documented here in June 2020? (See the post below.) Since that time, we've begun the iterative process of shaping, hardscaping and vegetating the "adjacent landscape." Basins now capture and contain all of the rainwater draining from the roof of an existing home, while also pulling a percentage of the path's stormwater runoff, as well as greywater from the main and secondary dwellings on-site.

Check out the first season of growth below! Annuals, understoried with perennials, mark the first stage of healthy root development in the soil. Over the next few years, annuals will be managed to allow the perennials to predominate, all of which will be fed by greywater, rain and irrigated creek water.

06/10/2020

An unvegetated upslope hardscape drains a deluge of stormwater along a walking path during a recent squall. The adjacent landscape - residing along an upper stretch of the flow - is ripe for design!

04/30/2019

Small tinkers to nearly any landscape will turn stormwater into irrigation.

Below: Neighborhood run-off from hardpan and paved surfaces slowed and stored in the soil by rock-lined earthworks at a recent project.

01/25/2019

We are proud to be in good company as a contributor to the recently published "Addressing Climate Change at the Community Level in the United States."

There is much to be learned from the many stories accounted in this anthology. Let's make sure these resources are accessible to the communities who would benefit most from them.

Keep up the good work everyone!

08/21/2018

We are looking forward to teaching at this month's inaugural PDC at Monticello College in Monticello, Utah!

Become a Certified Permaculture Designer and learn how to apply natural law to garden, home, business and community to create well-designed abundant, self-fertile and self-regulating systems. 

07/20/2018

This article provides an easy-to-understand, integrated view of the intersects of carbon, climate, community and the role(s) of wilderness as influence and stabilizing factor affecting all of the above:

Humans have altered terrestrial ecosystems for millennia [1], yet wilderness areas still remain as vital refugia where natural ecological and evolutio…

07/14/2018

An excellent piece from Heather Jo Flores on parity, the fallacy of permanence, the permaculture movement, and more. Have a read, a think, then act:

“Contact with the soil reminds us that we are an integral part of nature, rather than feeling shut out and excluded. The simple acts of…

04/12/2018

Back To School!

We are looking forward to our first foray into distance teaching tomorrow: Giving a lecture on Permaculture & Community Social Resilience for the students of Communication, Sustainability & Social Responsibility at The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

12/04/2017

With thanks to Permaculture Design Magazine for hosting a space for a week of reflections during IPC India. Scroll through the PDM blog for our daily updates from the Conference & Convergence.

On the evening of the final day of IPC India, pull a white plastic chair out from under the thatch roof of a makeshift classroom and set it along the edge betwe...

11/28/2017

A diverse group of practitioners, researchers and educators from around the world are sharing their work at the 13th International Permaculture Conference & Convergence. Read our updates from the event at Permaculture Design Magazine's blog page:

Permaculture Design Magazine is an authoritative journal containing in-depth articles on broadscale and garden design and community action.

11/06/2017

Travel preparations are underway and we are looking forward to this month's 13th International Permaculture Conference and Convergence.

We are excited to be reporting from the Conference and Convergence for Permaculture Design Magazine, providing daily updates on the conversations and themes explored at this year's event.

The IPC India 2017 Conference will be held during two days in Hyderabad on November 25 and 26, 2017. This joyful and fruitful event is open to all and will be packed with presentations, workshops, panel discussions and a lot of cultural exchange between people from all over the world with various ba...