Welcome to PermacultureWest http://permaculturewest.org.au daily 1 2011-01-20T15:09:02Z Djeran, April / May 2012 eNews http://permaculturewest.org.au/news/enews-aprmay-2012 This month our newsletter receives a makeover and we have Jo Thierfelder stepping in as editor. Jo has put together a great set of articles and info on up coming events. We're also running a competition in this edition but you'll have to download and have a read to find out more!
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Permaculture West e-News is actively seeking articles. We welcome any information or events you would like to share with the community. If you would like to contribute please contact enews@permaculturewest.org.au. The submissions deadline for the next edition is May 25th.

]]> No publisher Jason Nicholls 2012-04-03T03:05:08Z News Item 11th Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC11) http://permaculturewest.org.au/news/apc11 The Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC11) is almost here. This year it's being held in Turangi, NZ from April 11 - 15th. We just received word that registrations close April 1st, so there's still a few days left for anyone interested.

Last year the guys from PRI recorded the presentations for live streaming and also made them available for download -  I'm hoping they do the same this year!

The convergence has a great line up of presenters such as Nicole Foss, Albert Bates, David Holmgren, Dan Palmer, and many many more.

For more information please visit the convergence website: http://apc11.co.nz/

If you do happen to be attending then please consider writing up a summary for our next edition of the e-news, I'm sure our members will be very interested!

]]> No publisher Jason Nicholls 2012-03-29T03:21:47Z News Item Permaculture International Aid and Development Workers - Conference http://permaculturewest.org.au/news/permaculture-international-aid-and-development-workers-conference The Permafund Board invites you to a gathering for people interested in aid and development. Warm Greetings,

On behalf of the PIL/PA Board and convenor of a new look Permafund committee, we'd like to announce this special event below. We are also in early discussions with the local Blue Mountains Permaculture group to put on a film night on the Wednesday evening at this event that will feature the promotional film made by Terry Leahy and his sister of the remarkable story of Chikukwa in Zimbabwe.

Looking forward to making contact with many of you through this event.

Kind Regards
John Champagne



The Permafund Board invites you to a gathering for people interested in aid and development.  

What does good aid look like, and how can the Permaculture movement do more ?
two days to share, discuss and plan   4-5  April, Katoomba NSW

For many years permaculture people have been using permaculture ideas in aid and development projects, in Australia and internationally, there’s a huge range of experience within the movement.  

The Permafund Committee is keen to support this work and the people undertaking it and this gathering will be a time to hear some of what’s happening and to consider how best to increase our organisational capacity, including how best to use the Permafund structure.  The two days will have a varied program with time for personal reports and time for discussing organisational questions.   One output from the meeting will be a contribution to APC11 in NZ on 11-15 April.  

The nature of aid and development work is that it’s often isolated and busy.  Often the passing on of knowledge and the building of organizational learning suffers from a lack of time and attention.   This event is intended as an opportunity to fill some of the learning gap.  Getting together can be a great knowledge transfer moment and a strong personal support for busy people.

So here’s your invitation if you’ve been working on a project and would like to tell it’s story, or set up a photo display, or lay out some useful materials to sell – please consider attending.  

Venue:  Waratah Lodge and neighbouring Innisfree Cottage, Katoomba NSW.  
When:  Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th  April   ( travellers welcome to arrive on Tuesday 3rd)
Cost: $100    includes accommodation and meals Tuesday evening to Thursday afternoon
What to bring: linen, sleeping bag, towel
Who should attend:  anyone who’s doing or done aid work and anyone interested.   

Registration:    if you’re thinking you’d like to attend please let us know, places may be limited, it depends how much interest is out there.  Payment of fee will be arranged following.
Register with John Champagne, Convenor of Permafund Committee   
email: <brogopg@bigpond.net.au>    tel (02) 6492 7306

]]> No publisher Charles Otway 2012-02-17T03:58:40Z News Item Bunuru, February / March 2012 eNews http://permaculturewest.org.au/news/enews-febmar-2012 The February - March newsletter is out and another bumper issue with Charles and Jo temporarily taking the reigns as enews editors. There's some great PermacultureWest events coming up so please take a look!
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The deadline for contributions to the April / May edition will be Mar 25th. Send contributions to enews@permaculturewest.org.au

]]> No publisher Jason Nicholls 2012-02-06T01:35:50Z News Item Birak, December 2011 / January eNews http://permaculturewest.org.au/news/enews-decjan-2011 We've reached the end of another year and our last enews for 2011. This edition continues from the last with an article on edible weeds, see what our favourite permie abroad, Harry Wykman, has been up to, and say hello to the new Committee. Next year looks great if you're interested in Permaculture related education, take a look at all the upcoming courses!
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Thanks again to all the hard work by Rachel in putting together the enews. As usual we're always looking for interesting articles so please don't hesitate sending something through. The deadline for contributions to the Feb / March edition will be Jan 25th. Send contributions to enews@permaculturewest.org.au

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