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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 […]

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 – 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 […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – When to Clean a First Flush System

By nicholas
April 21, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner explains why and when to flush your first flush system on your water harvesting tank. ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take a Course Hire a Consultant Hire a Speaker Aid & Orphanage Donate Mailing List

Permaculture Tip of the Day – The Lamiacea ‘Mint’ Family

By nicholas
March 19, 2015
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In permaculture design, the mint family is especially important for many reasons. For one it is extremely hardy, existing generally in all climates, soil and sun conditions. Mints generally can run to cover an area. They are known for there stolons(underground or above ground herbaceous stems that root readily) which allow the plant to spread […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – What Are Type One Errors?

By nicholas
February 17, 2015
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(A busted and breached pond/dam wall) TYPE ONE ERRORS are classified as errors/mistakes on a site which will either cost you or the client a lot of time, money, or energy to replace, redo, or clear out of a system if installed incorrectly. There are very few TYPE ONE ERRORS in permaculture design – […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Five Considerations for Being a Permaculture Design Consultant

By nicholas
February 13, 2015
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Since permaculture found me, I have dedicated my available earthly time to loving and helping people the best ways I know how. In the tangible world, if there were something better than permaculture to pursue that – I would be doing it! Permaculture design and consultation is meaningful, purposeful, and joyful work. There is a lot […]

School of Permaculture’s Design Services

By nicholas
February 4, 2015
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Consultation and Design Services ~Make sure to check out our portfolio of permaculture work too! A permaculture project/site starts with a consultation and a blueprint design. Depending on what you have visioned and what the landscape allows we will create a unique site design that compliments both. A strategy for land development will be introduced as […]

What Should I Charge as a Permaculture Design Consultant?

By nicholas
February 3, 2015
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(5 acre sustainable/regenerative farm design for family of 7) Written by Nicholas Burtner Published by PermacultureNews.org Over the last few years I have spent a good amount of time working on a variety of different permaculture designs and consultations in different parts of the US and abroad. Even though some techniques and strategies are similar, […]

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