Community – Page 4 – School of Permaculture

Permaculture Tip of the Day – We Teach & Preach People Care But We Don't Do It…

By nicholas
February 17, 2016
Comments: 4

Nicholas Burtner keeps it real and gives us a small lesson on how to obtain more mental and emotional training that (like gardening) should be taught to everyone in grade school. This training believe or not is fundamental to the ethic of people care which we teach and preach on in permaculture but hardly ever […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Why This Doctor Quit His Practice and Chose Permaculture

By nicholas
January 28, 2016
No Comments

Nicholas Burtner chats a bit with Dr. Ryan Crafts about why he chose to quit his very well paying medical job as a doctor to pursue a more holistic approach to life and shows us how to truly utilize the ethic of permaculture called people care. Make sure to check out the free clinic where […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – One Family, Seven Kids, Homesteading & Home Schooling

By nicholas
January 14, 2016
No Comments

THIS IS PERMACULTURE! If they can do this, so can you! Nicholas Burtner is near Victoria, BC, Canada and got to visit Many Hands Farm of Curtis and Kim Robinson. They come from the same background just like many of you and turned their lives around for the better – into permaculture. Check this video […]

How One Superintendent Changed His School’s Lunch Program To Nutrient Dense Food

By nicholas
December 24, 2015
No Comments

We got the chance to sit down with Nelson Coulter, a rancher, farmer, and superintendent of the local school, and talk with him about his change into nutrient dense food and permaculture – and thence forth the school, where he is the superintendent, changed their lunch program to organic and nutrient dense food. ~We greatly […]

Edge Effect: Tools for bridging communications gaps

By nicholas
December 22, 2015
No Comments

In our efforts to empower large-scale land restoration and effect cultural transformation to a society of earth repair and stewardship, we must educate, inspire, and engage. To accomplish this, we must form a connection between ourselves and our audiences. We need to create a space with a consistency of purpose, a compatible language, and a […]

Permaculture and Dentistry…

By nicholas
November 11, 2015
No Comments

What is permaculture? In this video, Dr. Abramczyk of Smile Ranch Dentistry interviews Nicholas Burtner of the School of Permaculture about the different parts of permaculture including housing, nutrition, and lifestyle. Learn more about permaculture and share how you incorporate permaculture principles into your life! www.smileranchdentistry.com/ ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you […]

Highlights of our Haiti PDC 2015

By nicholas
October 26, 2015
Comments: 4

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
No Comments

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 […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – People Care Part 2

By nicholas
June 2, 2015
No Comments

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. […]

Permaculture Tip of the day – How to Talk About Permaculture

By nicholas
April 24, 2015
No Comments

How do you talk to people about permaculture? Very carefully. Just joking. Honestly though, talking with people about permaculture sometimes can be down right difficult to do. You just got immersed into a life changing paradigm shift and are super enthusiastic and then someone asks about it or what it is, you almost draw a […]

Category: Community