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Permaculture Tip of the Day – Gravity Fed “Dark” Gray Water System

By nicholas
November 9, 2015
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Gray water is typically any waste water that is used other than the toilet and kitchen sink water. Dark gray water is the same but inclusive with the water that drains from kitchen sink. Nicholas Burtner is in Victoria, BC, Canada with the amazing Ann and Gord Baird on their off grid established homestead showing […]

Highlights of our Haiti PDC 2015

By nicholas
October 26, 2015
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Trees and their energy transactions taught under the shade of a mango What an honor it was for us to get to deposit a swath of permaculture into the island La Gonave, Haiti. More specifically into the village of La Palma on the island of La Gonave, Haiti. As I sit here and write this […]

What Does School of Permaculture Do?

By nicholas
August 10, 2015
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We get asked this all the time, what does School of Permaculture do? We are glad you asked… School of Permaculture, a 501c3 non profit organization, has 4 main components: 1. We are an education facility that teaches permaculture both on-site and here on this website. Make sure to scroll through the many pages of permaculture […]

Take a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in Haiti

By nicholas
August 5, 2015
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PDC – October 8 – 20, 2015 – La Gonave, Haiti School of Permaculture is inviting serious permaculture enthusiasts to come with us to Haiti. Take a PDC in a dry land climate, a climate that is located in the tropics, but suffers lack of water storage and severe deforestation. Not only will that be the […]

School of Permaculture T-Shirts 2015!

By nicholas
June 23, 2015
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Permaculture Q&A Series – Charging Clients

By nicholas
June 11, 2015
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Recently I received an inquiry about the article I wrote titled: What Should I Charge as a Permaculture Design Consultant? and found our dialog to be potentially very useful to permaculturist in general and decided to share our commentary here. NEW PERMIE: Hi NicholasI’ve just completed my PDC through Geoff Lawton, and am currently working on […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Swale Crossing Suburban Size

By nicholas
June 4, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner is at, what is believed to be the first apartment complex in the country (USA) that has specifically asked for permaculture and a food forest, woohoo!!!, and shows us a how to put in a suburban size swale crossing pathway. #TortillaCheeseTortilla ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – People Care Part 2

By nicholas
June 2, 2015
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Communication - noun com·mu·ni·ca·tion \kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən\ : the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else I have chosen to redefine how I think about being multilingual. Not in the sense of different regional dialects such as Spanish, German, or English. […]

World Changer Interview Series – Nicholas Burtner Interviews Brad Lancaster

By nicholas
May 28, 2015
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Well known and respected author and pioneer in dry land water harvesting strategies, Brad Lancaster, sits down to an upbeat and revealing interview with Nicholas Burtner where he opens up about his life, permaculture, experience, and of course dry land strategies. Enjoy! What next? (click below) Take a Course Hire a Consultant Hire a Speaker […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Self Wicking Seed Starter

By nicholas
May 21, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner explains what is seed starter and talks us through how to put together a larger version which is good for all types of permaculture site applications, and especially for the suburban and urban environments. ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take […]

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