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Introduction to Permaculture Course Resources

 

Find below handouts, links and other resources related to the Introduction to Permaculture Course in London.

Handouts:

Slideshows:


Links:

http://www.cfgn.org.uk/ - community food growers network, where you'll find a map of community gardens
http://www.londonpermaculture.com/ - the London Permaculture Network (festival every summer highly recommended!), plus a newsletter that is worth joining for events and activities in London.
http://www.permablitzlondon.com/ - London Permablitz linked to London Permaculture Network
https://brightonpermaculture.org.uk/ - Brighton Permaculture Trust offers really well organised specialised courses
https://www.permaculture.org.uk/ - UK Permaculture Association offers great resources and course listings
https://www.permaculture.org.uk/land - links to the LAND (Learning and Demonstration) projects, permaculture demonstration sites
https://www.transitionnetwork.org/ - Transition Network
http://gen.ecovillage.org/ - Global Ecovillage Network

http://wwoof.net/ and https://www.workaway.info/ - for those travelling
http://www.participatorycity.org/ - If there is a future for cities, I hope it's this =) these guys have done part of the slide show we saw at the end of the course
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/ - Ecosystem Restoration Camps - you can become a member of the cooperative for 120 euros per year and support their great work

https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/ and https://backyardlarder.co.uk/ - Buy perennial vegetables


Articles/ Blog posts:


Videos and Films:

The Story of Stuff

In Our Hands - A film on the grassroot movement in British agriculture

The Biggest Little Farm - this is the trailer - the full film is on netflix - is a good depiction of large scale permaculture and how we might be able to integrate wildlife and food production

How wolves change rivers by George Monbiot

Hope in a hanging climate explores the promise of large scale ecosystem restoration

Indigenous communities and ecological agricultural practices

Book recommendations: