Grey water grease trap
This article describes the process of making a grey water compost worm grease trap at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast.
Tagged: Compost
Biogas project Update
Biogas project: Concreting the dome roof of the biodigester.
Permaculture Urban: a simple worm farm
A step by step guide how to make your own small scale worm farm for our Permaculture Urban project.
Sunshine Coast Permaculture Urban: the beginning
The beginning of an Urban Permaculture journey at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast. A 500m2 block will be transformed into an Urban Permaculture Demonstration Site, step by step, using mainly recycled and second hand materials.
Biogas Project update
On the 18th of March we started our Biogas project. This project involves making a bio-digester which will turn manure into methane gas for cooking and other energy needs. Tom had to re-do some...
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…
Biogas project at PRI Sunshine Coast
For some years now we have been looking at minimising our energy consumption, and at alternative forms of energy creation in order to produce the energy we need. As we have animal systems in...
Sustainable Soil Management
Paul Taylor was raised on an organic farm and has been working with sustainable soil management for more than 30 years. Paul demystifies the complex sciences of soil microbiology and plant nutrition to bring you a cutting...
Biogas project: Building a Methane Gas Bio Digester
In 2013 we are undertaking a Biogas project and will be building a Methane Gas Bio Digester as part of our building courses, which can be attended as individual courses or as a series...
Permaculture Life Skills Internships
Interns will learn all aspects of living and working on a permaculture farm and will learn methods and design applicable to everyday farm situations. They will be fully involved in all farm activities. There...
