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India's Water Revolution #1: Solving the Crisis in 45 days with the Paani Foundation

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to India to film the epic work of the Paani Foundation’s Water Cup Competition. We tour the village of Garavadi, in Maharashtra, who competed in the 2019 competition to install the most amount of water harvesting structures in...

10 min · 143 views · unrated

Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution (2008)

As corporate media fails to provide accurate news of the world's dire environmental predicament, the Earth sends a clear message in the form of record-breaking natural disasters, famine and epidemics. People are mobilizing for what lies ahead.

26 min · 69,311 views · 4.6 stars

Permaculture Has Some Incredible Solutions For Transforming Suburbia Into Resilient Communities

Rather than waiting for society to all agree how we need to live in a different way, by focusing here in the suburban household, people can actually get on with making changes… a lot can happen right where people are. – David Holmgren, co-founder of Permacu

Chip Richards · 29,195 views · 4.8 stars

Permaculture in Costa Rica

Permaculture course in Costa Rica that explores the core principles of Permaculture Design and applications with the intention of meeting human needs as individuals, within society and community, as well as creating harmony with ecological systems.

45 min · 11,460 views · 4.5 stars

Permaculture and the Myth of Scarcity

At a conference a couple weeks ago an activist who does work in Africa recounted an encounter she had with the minister of agriculture of a certain African country. The minister spoke with excitement about the high-tech agricultural technologies he was bringing into the...

Charles Eisenstein · 8,779 views · 4.5 stars

Permaculture Paradise at Val and Eli's Garden!

Val and Eli take us on a tour of their magical permagarden in Jacksonville FL. They have created a wonderful, natural space filled with self-sustaining fruits, vegetables, herbs, medicines, colors, water, fragrances, and wildlife. This is the very best fast food!

48 min · 8,148 views · 4 stars

Permaculture Tours - Episode 1: Abdallah House

Welcome to the first episode of our new series, Permaculture Tours. In this series we’ll be diving deep into some amazing properties designed using permaculture principals, with the aim of giving you inspiration and ideas on how to apply these solutions in your own life. In...

15 min · 5,695 views · 4.8 stars

Permaculture Trio: Forest Gardening, Edible Landscapes & Urban Permaculture

This video consists of three mini-documentaries about permaculture: 1. (0:12) FOREST GARDENING with Robert Hart Find out loads about what forest gardening is, and how to make your own! 2. (15:55) PLANTS FOR A FUTURE with Ken Fern Second is an amazing case study...

48 min · 5,106 views · 4.5 stars

Permaculture, Homesteading, and Compost-Powered Heating in the Vermont Hills

Throwing conventional environmental wisdom on its head, Ben Falk doesn't want to reduce his impact on the land. He wants to increase it as much as possible. We couldn't agree more.

9 min · 4,710 views · 4 stars

Permaculture Is a Way of Thinking | Andrew Faust

This is a clip from The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013). Watch the full documentary here.

11 min · 4,284 views · 5 stars

Permaculture in the Favelas, Rio+20 Rio+Green

At a recent Rio+20 presentation at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), the director shared information about the current pilot project of urban permaculture and agroforestry systems in the Complexo do Alemão: Rio+20 Rio+Verde.

15 min · 1,947 views · 4 stars

Permaculture and the Sacred: A Conversation with Starhawk

Starhawk, contemporary witch, activist, and permaculturist, spoke at HDS (Harvard Divinity School) on March 7, 2013, about how earth-based spirituality can inform and empower efforts to build sustainable communities and societies. Starhawk is a founder of Reclaiming, a...

85 min · 1,547 views · unrated

Permaculture Paradise: Val & Eli's Fall Chop & Drop!

Val and Eli continue to harvest the organic riches of their food forest and now cut back their garden to nourish their fruit trees with natural, free fertilizers. Artificial fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and gas-operated machines are never used!

30 min · 1,491 views · unrated

Permaculture for Humanity: Beyond Buildings and Food

"In case you haven't heard, the future is abundant!" This is the theme Larry Santoyo keeps coming back to during this webinar on permaculture.

79 min · 1,314 views · unrated

Permaculture Project | a System for Sustainable Life BBC | Interesting Documentary Films

Permaculture Project | A System for Sustainable Life BBC | Interesting Documentary Films Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design principles centered around simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems. The term...

40 min · 1,031 views · unrated

Permaculture Homesteads for Sale in Regenerative Neighborhood~ COSTA RICA

To learn more about Permaculture Homesteads for sale in Regenerative Neighborhood~ COSTA RICA click here: https://youtu.be/EW5gRD8IuJs

4 min · 708 views · 5 stars

Permaculture Homestead Design "The Sustainable Living Project" with Brendon McKeon and Jim Gale

Our vision for this project is to create a full circle permaculture homestead on less than half of an acre, providing complete food security for one family. We are utilizing permaculture design principals and using small intensive systems to grow a large amount of food in a...

18 min · 670 views · unrated

Permaculture Design (trailer)

www.geofflawton.com - A free series of Permaculture Design videos by Geoff Lawton, world renowned Permaculture designer, teacher and consultant reveals how to not only survive the coming crisis with Permaculture Design but how to build abundance on your land.

1 min · 654 views · unrated

Permaculture Paradise: Val & Eli's Summer Abundance! (Part 1)

Part 1 of Val & Eli's tour of their summer permagarden, grown without the use of agricon herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, or regular watering! It's organic, nutritious food, herbs, and medicines! View Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzpzYbyYnpo If you would like...

30 min · 552 views · unrated

Permaculture Skills - A Cold-Climate, Applied Permaculture Design Course

3 min · 488 views · unrated

Permaculture Homestead Lot For Sale (SOLD)

Permaculture Homestead Lot For Sale (SOLD) click here: http://youtu.be/WMSecjdlt7w

2 min · 294 views · unrated

Permaculture Mandala Gardens With Chicken Tractors - Purple Pear Farm

A tour of Purple Pear Farm in New South Wales, Australia. This permaculture and biodynamic farm features rotating chicken tractor domes to prepare mandala garden beds.

6 min · 250 views · unrated

Permaculture Skills - OFFICIAL TRAILER (trailer)

Filmed entirely on location in the beautiful hills of central Vermont, this educational documentary series offers an opportunity to join students as they learn to become permaculture designers and practitioners during an applied Permaculture Design Course hosted by Whole...

1 min · 235 views · unrated

Permaculture Documentary : Jodie Vennitti Start Your Journey

In the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia lies a Permaculture Food Forest grown by Jodie Vennitti. It all began when she discovered Permaculture and found her love for plants, she soon realised, home growing was one thing, but using the produce was another. Restricted by...

8 min · 143 views · unrated

Perma Kultcha (2010)

This 30-minute documentary focuses on Permaculture and Organic Farming in South Africa and what it can do to transform society at a grass roots level, to create sustainable lives for individuals, communities and South Africa as a whole.

30 min · 32,236 views · 4.4 stars

The Permaculture Concept (1989)

The word permaculture, coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, is a portmanteau of permanent agriculture as well as permanent culture. Through a series of publications, Mollison, Holmgren and their associates documented an approach to...

53 min · 24,261 views · 4.7 stars

The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Organic (2018)

The Permaculture Orchard : Beyond Organic is a feature-length educational film that will teach you how to set up your own permaculture orchard at any scale. Recognizing the limitations of the organic model as a substitute to conventional fruit growing, this film proposes a...

115 min · 5,588 views · 5 stars

The Permaculture Design Course : Learning to See the World differently

The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) has become one of the most popular standards in permaculture training. Hear from trainers Ben Falk and Mark Krawczyk and from participants during a PDC held in Vermont by Whole Systems Design, about how such courses can teach us to view...

9 min · 5,103 views · 4.2 stars

The Permaculture Orchard : Beyond Organic (trailer)

The Permaculture Orchard : Beyond Organic is a full-length educational film that will give you the tools necessary to get started on your own project, whether it's a multi-acre commercial orchard, or a few fruit trees in your urban backyard.

1 min · 3,962 views · 4.5 stars

5 Most Epic Earth Healing Projects!

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison reveals his picks for the 5 most epic Earth healing projects in the world.

13 min · 4,395 views · 5 stars

The Ecocity: The Only Way to Organise Massive Populations?

Richard Register invites permaculturists to scale up their ideas on a bigger level to cater for our increasingly large world population.

Richard Register & Sven Eberlein · 10,586 views · 5 stars

Using Biomimicry To Build a Centenary City in Nigeria

Nigeria will be celebrating its 100th birthday in 2014 and as part of the celebration a new city will be built based on biomimicry.

11 min · 7,648 views · 4.2 stars

All About Weeds

Weeds are a symptom, not the cause, of a problem. We can observe weeds to read the landscape, deduce what reparative steps need to be taken, and speed up the natural sequence of recovery. Weeds can actually be great friends to gardeners. In any square meter of ground, there...

11 min · 8,244 views · 5 stars

How to Build an Instant Garden

Learn more with my free Permaculture Masterclass series, here: https://www.discoverpermaculture.com/a/12454/e3i2ci3L The easiest way to build a garden, the least inputs for the maximum outputs, begins with simple ingredients available anywhere. It can begin with typical...

8 min · 133 views · unrated

The Power of Water

To learn more, watch my 4-part Permaculture Masterclass series, here: https://www.discoverpermaculture.com/a/12454/e3i2ci3L Good design will make the most of any situation. It can be used to mitigate any extreme. When it comes to water the question is… do you have enough?...

11 min · 142 views · unrated

Pathways 2 Resilience

Approximately two years ago a collaborative of Oakland based non and for profit companies and organizations including; The Green Life, Earthseed Consulting, Planting Justice, Wildheart Gardens, Impact Hub Oakland, United Roots, Sustainability Economies Law Center, all...

11 min · 1,225 views · 4.7 stars

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Humanity is more than ever threatened by its own actions; we hear a lot about the need to minimize footprints and to reduce our impact. But what if our footprints were beneficial? What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet?

92 min · 123,084 views · 4.6 stars

7 Things You Should Know About Permaculture

What is permaculture? For those of you who’ve only heard of the term in passing, and even for you seasoned “permies” who struggle to explain this exciting (and sometimes life-changing) idea to others, here’s the gist in 7 points:

Rob Avis · 40,322 views · 4.8 stars

Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)

In this 30 minute video, Andrew Faust shares his inspiring vision for greater food and energy independence. It's a guide to feeding and providing power for our local communities in ways that are not just "sustainable" but truly regenerative and life-nourishing for humans and...

31 min · 36,493 views · 5 stars

Establishing a Food Forest the Permaculture Way (2008)

Join Geoff Lawton on a Permaculture adventure as he demonstrates how to grow a food forest from start to finish. Over 90 minutes of quality information to get you on the right track in creating your own garden of Eden.

82 min · 29,420 views · 5 stars

Introduction To Permaculture Design by Geoff Lawton (2009) (trailer)

Based on the 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course as devised by Bill Mollison, join Geoff Lawton as he takes you into the world of Permaculture Design and introduces you to a new way of looking at the world.

3 min · 26,716 views · 4.8 stars

Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)

Many people do not realize that permaculture is much more than about growing fruit and vegetables, it is a whole view incorporating the environment, energy, resources, housing, technology, education, healthcare, the arts, spirituality, psychology, philosophy and agriculture...

77 min · 20,296 views · 4.8 stars

Intro to Permaculture

This is an 18 part 90 minute intro to permaculture webinar with Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture in Illinois. Bill has been teaching permaculture for 6 years. He holds 2 PDC Certificates and has Advanced Training in Permaculture Design and in teaching Permaculture.

90 min · 19,068 views · 4.6 stars

Seeds of Permaculture: If It's Beautiful, It's Better (2013)

An interactive film about permaculture in the tropics, with education and inspiration as the main threads running through this hour-and-a-half-documentary. We remind you subtitles are available! Visit http://www.seedsofpermaculture.org for more information and extra...

88 min · 18,807 views · 4.8 stars

Beautiful No Dig Permaculture Kitchen Garden

This video is of Tim and Maddy Harland's beautiful no-dig permaculture kitchen garden in Hapmshire UK. Tim and Maddy are the founders of the fantastic @PermacultureMagazine and have a tranquil vegetable garden, meadow and food forest at their home that has been maturing for...

11 min · 16,695 views · 0.5 stars

106 Acre Profitable Permaculture Farm - Interview with Owner Mark Shepard

In this interview we discuss Mark Shepard’s 106 acre profitable permaculture farm – New Forest Farm. Specifically:

47 min · 16,142 views · 4 stars

Miracle Farms, a 5-acre commercial permaculture orchard in Southern Quebec, Canada

Twenty years ago, Stefan Sobkowiak bought a commercial apple orchard with the intention of converting it to an organic orchard. He did just that, but eventually understood the limitations of the organic model originating from monoculture. He then decided to tear out most of...

9 min · 13,609 views · 5 stars

Beautiful 1 Acre Small Scale Permaculture Farm

A tour of Limestone Permaculture Farm in New South Wales, Australia. The 1 acre property has been developed into a productive permaculture farm that is currently feeding around 50 families. The tour includes a look at the orchard, caravan farm gate, chicken and duck areas...

13 min · 12,215 views · 5 stars

Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture

The Plummery is a suburban home where a backyard permaculture garden measuring only 100sq/m (1076 sq feet) produces over 400kg/900 pounds of food year-round. Kat Lavers describes her approach to gardening, including vertical and biointensive growing, and how important it is –...

9 min · 12,150 views · 4.2 stars

This Toe-Tapping Permaculture Jamboree Will Make You Want to Obtain a Yield!

"Yield" by Formidable Vegetable Sound System (feat. Ensemble Formidable) from the album "Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual". Permaculture principle 3: "Obtain a Yield" Written and performed by Charlie Mgee.

3 min · 10,718 views · 4.3 stars

Living With The Land: A 9-Part Permaculture Series

A rich and imersive nine part series looking at all aspects of living with the land. Produced by Permaculture magazine and Permaculture People the films explore successful permaculture projects across a range of topics, such as large-scale, regenerative agriculture, forest...

50 min · 10,460 views · 5 stars

How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization

Hemenway is a frequent teacher, consultant and lecturer on permaculture and ecological design throughout the U.S. and other countries. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Natural Home, Whole Earth Review and American Gardener. He is an adjunct professor in the...

61 min · 9,643 views · 4.2 stars

10 Ways Permaculture Principles Can Help Your Relationships

Do you mulch your relationships? Kim Millar explains how Permaculture principles work just as much in the home, as they do in the garden

Kim Millar · 9,492 views · 5 stars

From Abandoned Farm To Permaculture Laboratory (2021)

On the grounds of the permaculture laboratory Peintnerhof in the middle of Carinthia (Austria), pigs dig through the earth and prepare the formerly compacted soil piece by piece for a new, more diverse planting. For example, classic fruit trees are allowed to flourish next to...

9 min · 9,260 views · 4.7 stars

Corporate Couple Become Permaculture Activists

Asking “wouldn’t it be wonderful if our city could feed itself?” Joe Leitch ponders everybody in Portland planting a chestnut tree. Pam Leitch relates how they both left the corporate world after reading the book “Your Money or Your Life”. As educators on sustainability and...

25 min · 8,312 views · 5 stars

Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg

Tour Janet and Richard’s quarter acre for an example of what’s possible in suburbia. Their front yard of edible plants also provides habitat for birds and insects. The backyard radiates out from an herb and kitchen garden to vegetable beds and containers; 25 fruit and nut...

27 min · 7,458 views · 2.8 stars

Incredibly Abundant 1-Acre Permaculture Homestead Tour

In Episode 3 of Permaculture Tours we revisit the amazing Limestone Permaculture Farm. in NSW, Australia. We first visited Limestone back in 2015, when Brett and Nici were five years into developing their 1-acre permaculture property, working full time off-farm and creating...

18 min · 7,365 views · 4 stars

Using Permaculture Media & Advertising to Incite the Good in People

We know that television's numbing effect is an unhealthy side-effect of our modern world, however Jenny Nazak argues that we individually have the power to incite people to goodness using the bounty of multimedia platforms available to each and every one of...

Jenny Nazak · 6,859 views · 5 stars

Intro to Permaculture - The Case for Permaculture

This video is Midwest Permaculture's Intro to Permaculture Internet Webinar, The Case for Permaculture. Originally available free online in eighteen segments it is now available here as one single video. It is the first video in our Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series...

110 min · 6,590 views · 4.5 stars

Bullock Brothers Homestead - A 25-Year Permaculture Project

Take a tour with Joe, Doug and Sam Bullock on their Orcas Island homestead, site of a yearly Permaculture design course. Using nature as their model, they create edges and wildlife habitat, move water through the landscape, promote diversity, and raise an astonishing variety...

28 min · 6,001 views · 5 stars

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