Category: Permaculture
Picking from the outside in
Conventional growing and grocery shopping dictates that we buy a whole lettuce. A nice looking big round thing with all its leaves on. When shopping in your garden, it is quite different…
Our mission:
For people who are aware of the need for change in the world, the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast is an educational facility that encourages change to a sustainable, self reliant and abundant lifestyle...
What people say about us…
“A great way to get your head around the whole Permaculture approach with a wealth of practical information included. Tom’s practical background adds a lot to the credibility of the material. I will recommend it strongly...
Permaculture first: regenerating a mine site with a food forest in Laos, by Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor was in Laos in January, working on regenerating a mine site by focusing on soil improvement and planting a food forest. Here you will find his photo diary of the steps they...
Prepared for disaster
Disaster is a word that strikes fear into most people. We usually believe disaster is out of our control. The actual happening of the disaster may be out of our control, but how we...
Rock bottom wash house
This past week Tom has been labouring hard, laying the rock floor in our rock walled bathroom. The bathroom has been a ongoing project now for at least 4 years. We were hoping to...
We wish you all a wonderful festive season!
The Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast will be closed from Wednesday 19 December until Thursday 3 January. Please email us on info [at] permaculture sunshinecoast.org for enquiries or bookings during this time. Our New...
A day in the life of Tom Kendall
We recently had a photography student named Matt on our property who had chosen us as his project for an assignment at Uni. Matt needed to portray “A day in the life of…” with...
Northey Street City Farm Brisbane – Farm Manager position
Northey Street City Farm….. a place for learning about living sustainably in the city POSITION DESCRIPTION Position: Farming Manager Hours: 24 hours per week Pay rate: NSCF Award Agreement Manager Level, $24.80 per hour excluding entitlements Contract...
Put your questions to the experts
Permaculture Research Institute Australia has put together a question and answer forum and video, in which experts answer questions put to them by forum members. Find out more here: http://permaculturenews.org/2012/11/28/put-your-questions-to-the-experts-round-1-geoff-lawton/ for round 1 and...


