Nicholas Burtner does over and explains the main components of a permaculture shower including water heating, water pressure, local construction,
Nicholas Burtner discusses an ancient Native American house design called kiva, and how we can put a permaculture lens on it to fit into an eco-architectural landscape. * not mentioned in the video is that the original roofs were often flat as well as tee-peed The “plumb a house tip” mentioned in the video can […]
Not all keyhole gardens are round. In the photos below we illustrate how we created a small rectangular overgrown space into a good looking, functional, sheet mulched square keyhole garden. Doing this instead of rows in such a tight space almost doubled the surface area for planting. The form is not only visually pleasing, but the keyhole allows for easy […]
In permaculture we look for constants and patterns such as: level pacifies water, the sun is always in the southern part of the sky while viewing from the northern hemisphere, or that the moon, which moves east 13-15 degrees in the sky each night causes it to rise around an hour later each day after […]
The original Permaculture Design Course format was three weeks long. The first two weeks taught the bulk content of the course and the last week was filled with networking (this was even before fax). Since then the course has had many re-formats and in it’s most advertised form is held as a two week intensive […]
What is often left out in much of permaculture teaching is the “how to install the design”. And not only what that entails, but steps in how to do it. It is most manageable when the design is implemented in stages and each stage should build upon the previous (an the electrical system works better and installs […]
Often times in permaculture we get called in to design projects for places, people, or situations where, not only the landscape, but the parties involved may not be in the best spirits, time in their lives (separation, bankruptcy, divorce) or frame of mind. In those situations, permaculture excels and we can truly be a beacon […]
In permaculture we learn a truly remarkable arsenal of techniques, strategies, and patterning that is at our disposal for permaculture consulting and design. It would probably lift a few eyebrows if I said that if a farmer truly needed a chemical such as fungicide to save a crop which will provide money and food for his […]
Small clip highlighting a portion of Nicholas Burtner’s motivational talk at The March Against Monsanto Dallas 2014.
There are some challenges in permaculture that do need to be addressed. And it is not what we commonly think — of such issues as big business trying to shut permaculture holistic practices down, or people just not caring about the next generations. In all honesty, if you think it through, our current systems involving […]