Get Paid to Share Your Permaculture Passion With the World
Aid Projects, Commercial Farm Projects, Community Projects, Courses/Workshops, Demonstration Sites, Developments, Education Centres, Networking Sites, News, People Systems, Project Positions, Urban Projects, Village Development — by Craig Mackintosh August 18, 2010
How to Help Us Educate the World and Save Our Futures
Tongue-in-cheek instructional video
Note: This is an update on PRI’s position and direction, and an opportunity for you to get paid to help!
The short version: We’re now paying you to write for us! Click here to get started.
The background/long version follows:
Over the last two years since I took over the running of this site, I’ve been pleased to see significant growth in traffic. I’m not so narrow-minded as to believe this is just due to my efforts or Geoff and Nadia Lawton’s or the rest of the PRI team, however. Aside from the tremendous support and input from the wider permaculture community, I also note that current events and the spread of information through the internet is threatening to actually wake the world up – and this ‘awakening’ is seeing an unprecedented growth in interest in sustainability, transition and the creation of resilient people systems. This interest certainly isn’t coming too soon, but better late than never.
Comments (20)Confessions of a Permaculture Aid Worker, Episode 7 – Ringo in Afghanistan Part III
Aid Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Podcasts, Project Positions — by Patrick Blampied June 25, 2010
‘Confessions of a Permaculture Aid Worker’ is a weekly podcast show from PRI Australia aimed at documenting the experiences of people out in the field and making more information available about what’s happening in the Permaculture world.
In Episode 7 I’m speaking to Paul ‘Ringo’ Kean who has been working on an aid project in Afghanistan.
Click play to hear the interview – and photo-commentary below:
Confessions of a Permaculture Aid Worker, Episode 7 - Ringo in Afghanistan Part III
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Preparing to make compost using Paul Taylor’s method.
45% Carbon, 35% Nitrogen, 20% Manure.
PRI Needs a Cook
Project Positions — by Craig Mackintosh June 23, 2010
If you live local to The Channon, NSW, we’re on the lookout for a good, organised cook. The position would be for seven hours per day, Monday to Friday. You’d be cooking for PRI staff and interns (about ten) on a continual basis and this number will spike to around 35 as our regular courses come and go. With a steady stream of WWOOFers (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) coming through, you would have help from a range of unqualified, albeit keen and interesting helpers who travel here from all over the world.
Experience cooking for mixed groups of meat eaters and vegetarian would be a distinct advantage. You would be utilising fresh, seasonal, organic food grown on the farm.
The Permaculture Research Institute has a very homely, friendly environment in beautiful natural settings. We get a constant stream of interesting people from every place you can imagine.
Please email education (at) permaculture.org.au with your details and expression of interest in the first instance. Be sure to send us your telephone number.
Comments (1)Review of the 10-Week Internship
Courses/Workshops, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Project Positions — by Patrick Blampied June 22, 2010
Photo © copyright Craig Mackintosh
Booked in or considering coming to the 10-week PRI Australia Internship with Geoff Lawton? It might be worth having a listen to what three students thought of their at times challenging but overall very rewarding experience in the January 2010 Course.
Click play below to hear the talk:
Review of the 10-week Internship Comments (6)Leaving Zaytuna Farm
Courses/Workshops, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, News, Project Positions — by Craig Gallagher June 15, 2010
Nearly 18 months have passed since I first arrived at PRI to sit my PDC. At that time I had the idea of following the PDC with wwoofing on various permaculture farms and projects, however halfway through the PDC it became obvious that Zaytuna Farm was the best place to gain some hands on experience. After disappearing for a month to sort out odds ‘n ends, I returned to settle in for an undecided period. Over this time Geoff has had me working as his farm manager and also sending me on various consultations. The farm has expand rapidly with earth works and structures erected. The experience here has been invaluable and certainly life changing and for this I give Geoff and Nadia many thanks.
I would also like to thank all the people I have met over the last 18 months (150+) especially those that put in huge efforts of voluntary work to help me keep the place running when G&N were away.
Comments (14)Confessions of a Permaculture Aid Worker, Episode 2 – Ringo in Afghanistan II
Aid Projects, Community Projects, Developments, Land, News, Podcasts, Project Positions, Village Development — by Patrick Blampied May 5, 2010
‘Confessions of a Permaculture Aid Worker’ (CPAW) is a new weekly podcast show from PRI Australia aimed at documenting the experiences of people out in the field and making more information available about what’s happening in the Permaculture world.
You can subscribe to CPAW podcast feeds here!
A local girls school started by Mahboba’s Promise 8 years ago and is the
location of an upcoming Permaculture garden program initiated by
"Kids Are Sweet International" founder Lesley ‘Zaynab’ Byrne.
Episode 2 is the second part of an on-going conversation I’m having over skype with Paul Kean, aka Ringo. Originally from Perth in Australia, Ringo is currently in Kabul, Afghanistan working on a project there which has been organised by PRI and funded by Mahboba’s Promise.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Local Knowledge
- Cement Water Tanks
- Excursion to Panjshir valley
- Mud building and design
- The hunt for nitrogen fixing trees
- Bali Belly
- Building the Compost Toilet
- Waste Disposal
Editor’s Notes: Ringo has taken PRI’s Permaculture Project Aid Worker (PPAW) course, which helps prepare workers for challenging/interesting/rewarding permaculture experiences worldwide, and is now finding paid placements through PRI’s growing network of projects. After Afghanistan, Ringo is heading to Malaysia. Our next PPAW course starts June 14, and after that is September 13.
Want to make your work known?: If you are working on-location somewhere, and want to tell the world about your work and vision, contact editor (at) permaculture.org.au in the first instance.
Pictures to follow:
Comments (1)Wanted: Two Permaculture Interns in Chile!
Aid Projects, Community Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Project Positions — by Grifen Hope April 4, 2010
Please forward widely. The Apple Tree Eco School in the BíoBío region of Chile is looking for two experienced entrepreneurial permaculture interns starting May 2010. We need: 1) an experienced administrator proficient in English and Spanish to help manage a busy permie office, planning and promotions, and 2) an experienced gardener to assist in production, processing and distribution of organic food. This is an unprecedented opportunity to work in Permaculture centre connected to Gaia University, Transition Towns and the Permaculture Research Institute. Get hands on experience in the management of Permaculture projects, relief work, design consultancy, teacher training, transition training and much, much more. All food and board provided. Successful applicants will also have opportunities to self-generate income. Start your Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design, on the edge, working where it counts. Contact Grifen Hope or Javiera Carrión with a detailed CV and a letter of application through our website www.ecoescuela.cl
People interested in this opportunity should contact me on grifenhope (at) gmail.com
Gracias,
Grifen Hope
My Experience of Permaculture in Guatemala
Community Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Food Forests, Food Plants - Annual, Food Plants - Perennial, Plant Systems, Project Positions, Rehabilitation, Trees, Water Harvesting — by Kevin Mascarenhas February 7, 2010
The Ijatz cooperative is possibly the best demonstration of the transformative power of permaculture in Guatemala. The site, in San Lucas Toliman near Lake Atitlan, was purchased at low cost since the parish council considered the land to be of low value. Previously, it was a swampy bog inundated with refuse and flood water from the surrounding hills.
In classic permaculture style, within the problem lay the seeds of the solution. The deforestation due to conventional agriculture in these surrounding hills has caused soil erosion and during the rainy season much of this rich volcanic black top soil is washed downstream. This annual bounty has been redirected through the Ijatz site using a sequence of channels and sink holes, which in turn slows the water flow enabling the nutrient rich humus to be captured and stored on site. The earth has been moulded to create slopes, edges and contours essential for increased growing opportunity.
Comments (15)Permaculture Master Plan: Planting up the Global Garden
Aid Projects, Bio-regional Organisations, Commercial Farm Projects, Community Projects, Courses/Workshops, Demonstration Sites, Development & Property Trusts, Eco-Villages, Economics, Education Centres, Ethical Investment, Networking Sites, People Systems, Project Positions, Society, Urban Projects, Village Development — by Andy Homer January 20, 2010
You’re trying to say that you can live in the modern way and continue to think in the traditional way. That’s not true. The way you live affects the way you think. – Danny Billie, Traditional Seminole
I’d like to recount here my impressions of the PRI, and how different it is from many other organizations. We (Tribal Networks) first came across them when looking for solutions to problems we found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where we were starting a project to bring in a school and an internet / community centre. Searching for "dry land permaculture" soon found Geoff’s "Greening the Desert" clip, and things progressed from there.
How to Repair the World
Aid Projects, Deforestation, Demonstration Sites, Developments, Eco-Villages, Education Centres, Food Forests, Food Plants - Perennial, Food Shortages, Land, News, Plant Systems, Project Positions, Rehabilitation, Trees, Village Development — by Craig Mackintosh December 9, 2009
The video embedded in this page spotlights the excellent work of Willie Smits I profiled a little while ago, where rainforest restoration in Borneo not only restored biodiversity and gave increased livelihood opportunities to local people, but it also increased cloud cover and rainfall as well. It’s well worth a watch:
We’re pleased to announce that we’re partnering with the makers of the video above, WeForest, to help establish self-replicating permaculture reforestation demonstration sites in accordance with our Permaculture Master Plan, in several worldwide locations – starting in Zambia in the first instance. Our Geoff Lawton has just agreed to be on their advisory board, and we’ll be working to supply guidance, knowhow and staff to pioneer these projects.
This is just one example of the many encouraging collaborative results we get as people boil current events down to their only logical conclusion – discovering we need to quit battling nature and get busy harnessing biological synergies to repair the earth and rebuild sustainable community interactions.
Comments (4)PRI Needs a Cook
Project Positions — by Nadia Lawton October 28, 2009
If you live local to The Channon, NSW, we’re on the lookout for a good, organised cook. At first we need someone to cover our next PDC course (November 15 to 28, with a day off on Sunday, November 22). You’d be cooking for PRI staff (about eight), and around twenty five or so students. Experience cooking for mixed groups of meat eaters and vegetarian would be a distinct advantage.
The Permaculture Research Institute has a very homely, friendly environment in beautiful natural settings. We get a constant stream of interesting and interested people from every place you can imagine. If you’re happy with the work and arrangement, and vice versa, we would also invite you to continue with us on a full-time trial basis from January, when we start our new internship program.
Please Note: This position has now been filled – we are now fully catered with two top cooks. Thank you for your interest.
Comments (1)Desk Top Publishing and Book Designer Position
Project Positions — by Tagari September 8, 2009
Tagari Publications & The Permaculture Institute are seeking someone to fill the following role:
Desk Top Publishing and Book Designer
Job Description
This position is all about creativity and the love of producing something of quality and value with Tagari Publications and the Permaculture Institute.
Sounds interesting? Well, if you love attention to detail and seeing your work through to completion then this may be the job for you. If you have great time management, computer program efficiency and a down-to-earth attitude this position will give you the opportunity to flex your already proficient skills and provide you the opportunity to further develop your talents.
Located in the beautiful hills of Sisters Creek, Tasmania, with a stunning backdrop of dams, hills and animals to admire, the location is only one part of this company’s offering. Tagari is home to the founding father of Permaculture and with that comes an exciting workplace with great stories and an office experience only a limited few have access to.
Comments (0)Project Positions in Vietnam – Through AYAD
Aid Projects, Project Positions — by Craig Mackintosh September 1, 2009
Australia Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) have listed the following two positions that may pique your interest. You’d be working with the Social Policy Ecology Research Institute (SPERI), a Vietnamese NGO we’ve been assisting for a few years. If you have the requisite experience, are an Australian citizen between 18 and 30 years old, are of good health and looking to broaden your experience while giving a little of yourself to poor communities, then this might be a great opportunity for you.
Click on the following links to learn more about the positions, and click here to learn more about the AYAD program itself.
As with any work in ‘developing‘ countries (I hate using that word), you need to consider well your suitability before applying, but, if you feel you’re up to the challenge, successful applicants are fully funded by AYAD to fill these positons – including travel, insurance, etc.
Related Reading:
- Letters from Vietnam: The Road to Na Sai
- Letters from Vietnam: The Hmong People – Reclaiming Lost Skills
- Letters from Vietnam: Ke Village
Permaculture Volunteer Sought for Uganda Project
Aid Projects, Project Positions — by Clive Mullett July 2, 2009
Would you like to volunteer at a Permaculture Food Security Project at a Primary School and Boarding House in rural Uganda?
Comments (0)Volunteer Eco-Builder/Handyman Sought for Ethiopia Permalodge Project
Aid Projects, Community Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Project Positions — by Alex McCausland May 7, 2009
Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge in the Konso Special Woreda, Southern Ethiopia seeks volunteer sustainable builder/handy-man to assist with maintenance and minor construction tasks as well as some training and supervision of project staff and local workers. Food, accommodation and pocket money provided (and possibly internet access too)!
Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge is a community oriented business operating in rural south Ethiopia in Konso Woreda, an area noted for its unique local culture and indigenous agricultural system, but suffering from repeated food insecurity due to re-occurring droughts in the last 50 years. SFEL promotes community well-being through Permaculture design training and consultancy services delivered to local schools, as well as though developing community based tourism activities to generate alternative income for the community grass-roots. The project combines a lodge, farm, organic restaurant and Permaculture school as well as organising off-site trekking and cultural activities.
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