Raw Permaculture

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Comment by Olucean on December 7, 2008 at 11:05pm

Raw permaculture is here at Pangaia on Hawaii. Welcome. Pangaia day coming up again soon... permaculture land tours, meals and evening concerts. Look at us at www. pangaia. cc or on youtube by the name "fruit of the land" Thank you for openning this group. I didnt realize that raw organic food wasnt already permaculture until I tried to go to a health food store. Ive come out empty handed the last five times. I have everything I need growing on the land...

Comment by Ryan V. on December 7, 2008 at 11:24pm

Thank you and welcome to the group. Permaculture is definitely very vast and involved. Very cool. Will have fun looking through your site more.

Unfortunately, jet travel isn't sustainable *wink*. (for me at the moment financially anyway ;)

Comment by Ryan V. on December 7, 2008 at 11:26pm

P.S. I like the quote on your website. Will repost here for the sake of those who may not have read it:

"Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of a stable social order."

- Bill Mollison (The "Father" of Permaculture)

Comment by Olucean on December 7, 2008 at 11:38pm

Thank you for the reminders. Alot of folks do come here on boat finding crewing positions on sailboats from California or Mexico. When first moved here I sought to fullfill all my dreams and decided that I should be able to find it all within a bicycling radius and did, Permaculture school and Watsu training... but then I took off on a plane after love...but even that was to be found there I discovered at last. I encourage you all to find the bliss and fullfillment in your zone as well

Comment by Ryan V. on December 8, 2008 at 12:23am

Now that would be fun. Sailboat right :)

Actually, I really want to do that. I'm thinking teleportation is more practical though :)

Yeah, I actually live on a bike myself. My car is in a different state (well, needing repair is a state too I guess). It's tricky though to grow all your food in a climate that is a zone 4-5. You have to do preserving which of course isn't all that ideal. Drying is the way to go as far as energy and raw go, but boy I miss the water content. I'm thinking we really have a lot to learn, or we just really weren't meant to live in non-tropics :)

Comment by Matty Wilson on December 11, 2008 at 12:01am

I love practicing permaculture. The best thing I have ever done is stopping mowing the lawns. The wonderfull so called weeds are now my food supply and make me feels so alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSjyE9oQMUw
check out my latest film project which will showcase permaculture and wild edibles and weeds also.
Aroha Nui
Matty

Comment by Ryan V. on December 11, 2008 at 12:20am

Yeah, the weeds that popped up around my garden made me wish I had planted them in my beds instead of produce. They grew a lot easier and didn't go bitter. And in a smoothies, you can't tell the dif.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Comment by Luciananas on December 14, 2008 at 3:05pm

Hey Ryan thanks for the invite dear, great to see a permaculture group here....I hope it'll keep me motivated :) and I can get some great new ideas and advice if needed. how very cool:) raw hugs to all of you! x

Comment by Ryan V. on December 15, 2008 at 11:16am

Feel free to ask away!

Comment by Alice on January 10, 2009 at 11:43pm

I've just finished watching a fantastic doco called Establishing a food forest the permaculture way (2008) It is by Geoff Lawton. He runs a permaculture school in Australia. Basically you can create a bountiful food forest on ANY land including desert. Good watching highly recommended.

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