This is a Picture Galery to give an Idea of the environment.-Very thin sand-Illeterate and Crime based community-Under High Voltage Line-Former Dump -Lack of ressources

Help Develop an Alternative Community based on Community Gardening in Villa Maria del Triunfo and Pachacamac.

Columbia Basin Permaculture working closely with the Afghan Tree project and director of Samsortya to reforest and revitalize food networks in NE Afghanistan. We have planted the first Pinus gerardiana in eastern Washington as a symbol of positive relationships and positive action

Preliminary research results for my ongoing research on alternative agriculture in Western Canada are now posted on my blog! Please check out the link below and share this information with whomever you think will benefit. More data and analysis will be posted soon. Thank you to everyone who parti...

   In Colorado, my landlord forced my roommate and I to evacuate with little notice from our newly established permaculture site, initiating a quest for land to work, with parameters being a triangle from Denver to Chicago to Asheville and back to Denver.   After a calamity in Lawrence, Kansas wh...

Just launched the worker owned co-operative I co-founded with a dear friend of mine! We specialize in permaculture design, natural building, sustainable carpentry, shade, rain and pollinator gardens -- all with native plants to our biome! Come check us out at www.facebook.com/woodandstone740

My project partner has just sent an image of the filled up 2nd irrigation pond. Pic is not very self-explaining but since I am going for another plannig session by next week I am looking forward. Will post other pics when back from the amazones!

7 Years ago I never would have expected things to turn out this way. While we are still working on our origional goal of living a simple life in a beautiful environment, the way in which it is manifesting is quite exciting and unexpected. So much has been learnt along the way, through trial and e...

Share YOUR voice, share YOUR ideas!In March of 2016, Hayes Valley Art Works launched as a new interim use project in the heart of the Hayes Valley neighborhood. On space that was once activated as Hayes Valley Farm, community members have come together again, this time using ART as a strategy for...

I am pleased to announce that in 2016 Arboretum Marbella is running two great permaculture courses side by side this October, an internationally recognised and certified introductory course and an advanced course for anyone who already holds a PDC certificate but wishes to develop this further. T...

Like an old friend, that green couch and I go way back, and how it came into my life is an interesting story. The title of this week’s blog sounds a bit pervy, doesn’t it? However it is worth mentioning that the green couch in question is a very respectable couch you know! The idea for purcha...

Hello Everyone!! The time has finally come where we start accepting volunteers for our work exchange program. We are currently in the process of creating a sustainable Eco-Lodge and Farm-to-Table Restaurant by utilizing Permaculture techniques while helping to preserve our natural habitat. From ...

The CBP home page has a recipe tab and it’s been left intentionally blank. http://columbiabasinpermaculture.com/?page_id=5626 Food is inspiration, food is creativity, food is love shared, food is life. I’ve had the extraordinary privilege of working with food for most of my life. Hindu mytholog...

how to provide supplemental water in semi arid climates

We continue to maintain the apiary in Cumana with 3 colonies. Composting Workshops are ongoing.  

Project around an old Town Hall: meeting place & permaculture demo gardens & tree care

Been awhile since I updated. Alot has gone on but not nearly as much as we wanted. Per our plan, the larger (300 ft x 300 ft) goat pen has been finished and a barn has been added. We re-purposed the metal siding off a partially collapsed RV shelter and the frame from an old 10 ft x 20 ft greenhou...

Third Millennium Alliance (TMA) was founded in 2007 with the purchase of 100 acres and the establishment of the Jama-Coaque Reserve (JCR) in the western province of Manabí, Ecuador, between the cities of Jama and Pedernales, and four kilometers inland. Now encompassing over 1,200 acres, the Jama-...