Permaculture in New Zealand

At the time of writing, it appears that Tui Community has been hit hard by the latest round of heavy rain in the Tasman region, with reports of the Wainui river changing its course and washing out part of the community.

Our thoughts and love go out to Robina and all the community members. If you have more information on what has happened, or know of ways in which the permaculture community can assist, please comment here.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority is conducting a public consultation on the future of farm gate sales of raw milk. This is an issue which was concerning some people as there is no mention of it in the Food Bill, where milk is classed as a "high risk" foodstuff.

We have confirmation that Bill Mollison will come! He will speak on 11th April.
We are also excited to have Nichole Foss coming. She has come highly recommended and her Youtube presentations are really good.
Please go to www.apc11.co.nz for more detail.

We are currently supplying Moore Wilson with Microgreens produced from a newly constructed 10 meter dome. Moore Wilson is a boutique organic retailer in Wellington.

There is a reason why governement is removing our right to grow and exchange our own food. No only does it create community which in turn creates freedom it also removes their (Corporates and Government AKA Middle management for Corporates) profits - and the profits are large!

Food Bill: Threat to seed saving and natural medicines? Guy Ralls (Organic NZ, July/August 2011 Vol.70 No.4 Issue)

We've spent the last 9 months turning an abandoned house and section full of rubbish and weeds into an eco-thrifty haven. We blog about renovation, design, growing food, and education. Enjoy, D & N

http://www.ecothriftydoup.blogspot.com/

Because the geodesic greenhouse dome has no vertical walls the wind is deflected, this in turn allows the wind to roll over and across the structure, which in turn gives it the advantage over rectangular greenhouses enabling it to withstand high winds. Ever noticed torn greenhouses beside the road. With our design this is very much negated a dome house or shed also has these amazing strength qualities.

Hi everyone:)

Domegrown geodesic greenhouse dome for Schools sustainable lifestylers or a Unique home or shed

* Build your own greenhouse dome
* Build a geodesic dome house
* Build a kitset shed or secondary dwelling
* schools have huge opportunities to teach sustainable living
* Super fast crop rotation even in winter
* Enormous educational potential
* market a lifestyle block by building a kitset dome

LivinginPeace Project: www.livinginpeace.com

By Craig Gallagher

The LivinginPeace Project in Karamea, New Zealand began in 2004 and aims to incorporate the elements of Travel, Art, Education and Permaculture into a sustainable business.

Karamea is at the top of the West Coast of the South Island and is like a little geographical island paradise in the Kahurangi National Park. The climate is warm year-round and the region is blessed with fertile soils, plentiful rainfall and lots of sunshine. Almost any crop can be grown there, including bananas.