Bill Mollison: the revolution disguised as gardening
by Elena Parmiggiani In memory of the man who conceived new ecosystems connected to permaculture and changed the way of thinking of...
Let’s learn from trees to be better people
di Melania Tizzi per La Fattoria dell’Autosufficienza. The seminar held by Peter Wohlleben at La Fattoria dell’Autosufficienza allowed us to take a closer...
Integrating and valuing margins
Relationship as key element in Permaculture design. Permaculture was conceived as a design system that integrates harmoniously men and environment: home, food,...
Biochar: a resource for a more sustainable agriculture
Biochar is charcoal made from wood or biomass via pyrolysis, a process in which the thermal decomposition of organic materials takes place...
KRAMETERHOF: learning from the rebellious farmer
We couldn’t avoid visiting it! Our ultimate model: Sepp Holzer’s Krameterhof. The Krameterhof is located on the southern slope of the Schwarzenberg-mountain...
ANANDA – Assisi
Ananda is a spiritual retreat located on the beautiful Umbrian hills, near Assisi, the city of Saint Francis. The Ananda Centre offers...
Is Self-Sufficiency scary?
Let’s increase our understanding of sustainability On August 10th 2010, TIME magazine ran a cover story entitled: “The Best Laws Money Can Buy”....
TORRE COLOMBAIA
While I was looking for farms that cultivate flax seeds and sunflower seeds in Italy, I found their website, which I showed...
THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER in Permaculture and not only…
The example of Sepp Holzer, the man who has built a system of 60 small lakes in his farm on the Alps....
TORRI SUPERIORE, the medieval ecovillage
During the XX century, the medieval ecovillage Torri Superiore was gradually abandoned by all the citizens, falling into decline and becoming a...
How to turn desert into paradise
Permaculture teaches us how to manage water in a smart and natural way in order to stop desertification It was 2011 when...
A permaculture Garden of Eden
The story of Charles, Perrine and their farm Miraculous Abundance it’s not only the English title of the book published in 2014 by...