permy circle...

this weekend

at the first south east bioregion permaculture convergence

 lucky for me, I'm obscured behind other folk on the left....
photo from geoff griggs....

lovely folk, 

good energy, 

inspiring ideas, 

terrific food!

On Saturday after food we listened to David Holmgren
I am utterly convinced that history will recognise David
as one of the most inspired thinkers of our age
(welllll - this is already occurring...)

It's not every day I get to meet someone whose words
I have read and contemplated over an extended period....

It took me until Sunday morning and the book launch of
'Permaculture Pioneers'

to slide up next to David and say 'howdy'

(he's enormously approachable, devoid of ego and all that - I'm just very shy)

This morning, quite coincidentally, I noticed a marvelous post
by the good peeps of Milkwood Permaculture

that included SPIFTACULAR images from

'the lexicon of sustainability'

(from the 'lexicon webby site -
"The Lexicon project is based on a simple premise: people can’t be expected to live more sustainable lives
if they don’t even know the most basic terms and principles that define sustainability.")

the images/graphics and info from the project is simply brill!
now everyone can know in a single glance the basic meaning of all those weird terms like
'backyard pollinators', 'good food revolution', 'CSA', 'soil food web'
and
'PERMACULTURE'

wheeeeee!

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permy convergence...

It's been raining a soft delicious late-winter-melding-into-spring rain
good weather for staying indoors and doing slow tasks 

for me that's meant paperwork, more paperwork, some book-making work,
some slow binding (which I find very therapeutic),
planning for art works
and lots and lots of spring garden dreaming...

(hey who turned on the spring button? My earliest fruit trees have blossoms already!)

My garden has been sorely neglected since early last summer
 I didn't even get an autumn sowing started (eek!)

its the same old story we all tell

busy busy busy

ALL THIS MAKING BUSY BUSY MUST CEASE!

Tomorrow and Sunday I'm heading into Bega town
for the South East Permaculture convergence

 (click to embiggen for readability)

If you read the poster you'll see that on Sunday David Holmgren is launching a new book.... 'Permaculture Pioneers' oooh excitement - it's all about little aussie permaculture pioneers.... including the south east's very own Vries Gravestein.... no points for guessing what my next book purchase will be!


Permaculture people are just about the very nicest most passionate people you'll meet anywhere around  - that's because permaculture is to its core rather a positive and proactive activity.... it's invigorating being around a whole mess of 'glass-half-full' people... no problem is too big that a permy won't optimistically try tackling it..... peak oil (peak everything!), climate change, famine, war, economic woe, poverty, inequality, GMO's, industrial agriculture, monsatan (no that's not a typo...), superbastards (masquerading as supermarkets...), idiotic politicians and policies, bugs on your cabbage... the answer is permaculture.

I can't wait to soak up the permy goodness (just like the ground is soaking up all the lovely rain!)



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