Djanbung Gardens. Learning from Cuba's Footprint. Permaculture is essentially about designing sustainable environments with the focus being on how we provide our needs in a way that works with nature’s processes and ecology.
Based on the words Permanent (as in sustainable) and Culture (including agri-culture), Permaculture addresses all aspects of human culture, not only food production but how we build, how we organise ourselves and how we utilise all our resources including the human resource. Djanbung Gardens – a living learning permaculture centre The Permaculture concept was originally created by two Australins, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970s. Permaculture et transition : une seule limite, notre imagination. A Brief Tour of Djanbung Gardens Permaculture Education Centre in Nimbin, NSW Australia Part I. Robyn Francis - Robyn Francis Award-winning international permaculture pioneer, designer, educator, presenter and innova tor draws on over 25 years of permaculture work throughout Australia and overseas.
Robyn was founding director Permaculture International Ltd (PIL) in 1987, editor of the Permaculture International Journal, designer and creator of Djanbung Gardens, Australia’s leading permaculture centre, and was member of the National Reference Group which developed the Accredited Permaculture Training™ (APT) for Permaulture International. Founder of Permaculture College Australia she continues to break new ground in educating a new generation of highly skilled professional permaculture practitioners and activists.
An interview with Stella during IPC8 in Brazil, 2007 asks Robyn about her work and what brought her to Permaculture.