Does anyone know of a periodical publication devoted to permaculture?

-- Bob (robertblessum@netscape.net), December 18, 2001

Answers

Yes.

I think from memory it's called "Permaculture International". I'll dig the information out and post it later. In the meantime, try:

http://www.rosneath.com.au (David Holmgren was the co-developer, with Bill Mollison, of permacultural principles)

http://www.wwoof.com.au

http://une.edu.au/agronomy/weeds/organic/links/aust-nz.html

Also, if you can (and if you haven't already) try to get hold of the original books. Amazon can tell you about them, but a lot are out of print. There are web sites devoted to getting out-of-print books and their desirers together - I can't remember the names off-hand, but they get mentioned often here - they're not generally relevant to me since I don't live in North America. Introduction to Permaculture Permaculture 1 : a perennial agricultural system for human settlements

Permaculture 2

PERMACULTURE: A Designers' Manual

This all sounds like I'm a permacultural junkie or groupie or something. I'm not! What the originators had to say made a lot of sense, although it wasn't bullet-proof. The ideas really ought to be thought about when making any decisions about land-use, but there may be better answers and other situations - those ideas are good starting points, and I'm sure the originators never claimed more. There's a truly excellent low-rainfall effort going on in Western Australia as well - I'll also try to dig out the Web address for that. One of the really good things about the permaculture movement is that it tends to phrase things in terms of principles first, then details. The details may or may not be relevant, but the principles are always applicable.

-- Don Armstrong (from Australia) (darmst@yahoo.com.au), December 18, 2001.

The magazine I mentioned is no longer being published. However, if you go to

http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/yankee_intro.html

and dig around there, you'll find info on the permaculture movement in the USA, and a quarterly journal you can subscribe to.

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), December 20, 2001.

There is a magazine called Permaculture International Journal.It is sold in the Uk US and printed in Australia.Their email is pij@nor.com.au they will be able to help you. or in the US you can write to The permaculture Activist. PO Box 1209 Black Mountain NC 28711 USA

-- andy meek (lapine@bigpond.com), December 23, 2001.

Thanks, guys! These are great sites!

-- Bob (robertblessum@netscape.net), December 28, 2001.