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Written by adam
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Monday, 30 March 2009 23:56 |
Collaborate with nature. Then eat it. That's the permaculture ethos in a nutshell.
"And that's a good thing?" you ask. Why, yes I say. You see
as mammals we eat, we breath, and we excrete. And since all animals
naturally tend to serve ecological roles, so too can we integrate
ourselves into healthy ecological cycles. We can learn from
and act in unison with natural forces, until the very act of eating and
growing our food (and recycling our wastes) actually becomes
ecologically enhancing through soil building, nutrient cycling and
improving biodiversity. I'm talking about integrating ourselves into systems where the distinction
between nature and humanity blurs so much it's only defined by who's wearing
the Dunlop Volleys.
As they say, each journey starts with a single step, so come step out
onto the turf and help transform a backyard into a food producing
ecosystem at one of the exciting upcoming permablitzes!
So welcome again to a permablitz newsletter with exciting blitzes, an
absolute plethora of upcoming courses, plus good news and tit bits...
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Written by adam
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Saturday, 14 March 2009 19:44 |
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An upcoming Bushfire Resistant Design Forum with Permaculture co-orginator David Holmgren and ASPO Australia's Ian Dunlop
Saturday 21 March 12-5pm at Eltham College
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Written by adam
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:07 |
 What do you think of when you think of ninjas? Discipline,
stealth like the wind, reserved fashion sense? How about barley
wine, duck poo and mud? For they were, at least at first, a
peasant resistance movement against oppressive taxes and land
acquisitions. By day it was all hoes and birthing piglets, and by
night all back-flipping from bamboo cane to bamboo cane and
immobilising opponents with pressure points.
What is the first step to becoming a ninja? Start with the
basics! Coming along to a most exciting permablitz. Learn
the ancient arts of growing your own food. (We've even learnt how
to take the drudgery out of it.) And never, ever look at the
vegie gardener on the corner in the same way again. You never
know...
Welcome again to another permablitz newsletter! We've got
blitzes, courses (including a free one TONIGHT in Fitzroy), some
very exciting global news stories and developments in the world of blitz.
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Written by Paul
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Friday, 06 March 2009 14:45 |
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Over 40 people came to an incredibly productive, informative and inspiring Permablitz in North Dandy. For a full report on the day and to see the gallery head to www.dandenong.permablitz.net
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Written by Admin
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Thursday, 05 March 2009 17:25 |
Uganda Permablitz #1 was held on February 28th at the home of Mathias and Ted and their four children, in the village of Ssanje. Ssanje is less than one kilometre from Sabina School and Boarding Home, where Clive and Kim, previous hosts of two permablitzes on their property in Heathmont, Melbourne (currently being managed by Cam Wilson of Forest Edge permaculture), are spending a year on a permaculture project. For more info visit the Permaculture Sabina Blog or click read more below. |
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Welcome message |
Welcome to Permablitz Melbourne - this site has been set up to help people get together and have fun learning about, designing and implementing suburban permaculture systems. Our focus is edible gardens, and our ultimate aim is to make the suburbs edible enough such that should food become unaffordable, we don’t even notice. See above for the next permablitz and feel free to submit your own onto the calendar. Check out photos of blitzes 1-6 here, and photos of more recent blitzes in our gallery. |
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Random Quote
"At the heart of any town or city is the community and the more people help and interact with each other, the stronger the community. This [permablitz] project brings people together so they can help one another, and learn from each other in a relaxed garden setting. In a time when food costs are on the rise and our waistlines are expanding, the edible gardens project couldn't be timelier." Former AFL star Justin Madden
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