Children exploring the woods as part of a community workshop in Springwater Park Last week on an Introduction to Permaculture Course we were talking about Holmgren’s Permaculture Principles, in particular the first principle: “Observe and interact.” During this conversation we arrived at a point of interest around the difference between interacting with and interacting within. [...]
I drew a map without roads for a project that I am working on. I love that in the map the two beautiful rivers in my borough are revealed as a spine running right through. And how it highlights the way that roads have come to dominate, and often blight, our communities, landscapes and lives. [...]
What can you create using Permaculture Design? Anything! Permaculture Design is about so much more than gardens. It’s a toolkit for life. A creative route forward. A lens through which to see the world. An invitation to slow down and look closely. A deep breath. A radical map that we are all creating. A belief [...]
Communities are important. They're the glue that keep us together. They're the places we can go to be ourselves and to learn who ourself is. To make good work that means something, you need to find your community and be part of it. You need to sit down and talk to people about who they [...]
Liz Postlethwaite 