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Permaculture Chat – June 2014
By Shirley James, PCC Secretary Hope you all enjoyed the talk about Hemp at the last Information Night. It is a great pity that we cannot make use of such a wonderful resource in Australia because of restrictions on growing it when it is a type of hemp, without...
Biodynamics
Guest speaker: Sandra Norman We live on a property at Dooralong where we have our own small mixed orchard, vegetable garden, chickens, ducks, horses and some cattle. I have been interested in organics for over 30 years, applying organic practices in our garden and...
Edges are everywhere. It’s flabbergasting!
Today’s workshop certainly helped us see edges in a different light. We explored many examples where they are naturally occurring, either in the physical landscape, the social realm or even within the Self. Fabulous discussions sprung up which made our minds stop...
Permaculture Chat – May 2014
By Shirley James, PCC Secretary Another successful Gosford Show is over and now we can start to think about the next one. Robyn did well with this year’s event. It was great to see the Love Food Hate Waste team preparing delicious snacks and seeing people...
Hemp
Guest Speaker: Darius Dunn from Made in Hemp Darius Dunn is the Owner/Manager of the Hemp Store at Long Jetty The talk will focus on the history of hemp, why it is such a valuable sustainable product, the multiple uses of hemp and the current status of growing...
Living on the Edge
Permaculture Principles Explained On behalf of the Activities Committee, I am very happy to invite you to join our very first facilitator-led discussion and brainstorming on Permaculture principle. This month will explore “Use Edges and Value the Marginal”. We've...
Permaculture principles explained
New free monthly events for members Permaculture is a large umbrella underneath which is nestled a plethora of activities and techniques. Amongst them are eco-living, passive solar designs, organic gardening, sustainable farming, dynamic governance, etc. The list...
Permaculture Chat – April 2014
By Shirley James, PCC Secretary Judging by the amount of animated questions and discussion at the last Information Night when Michael Neville spoke about waste management I guess Kerrie hit the jackpot with a speaker who was of interest to all. At the next...
Environmental Concerns facing the Central Coast
Guest speaker: John Asquith from CEN John will speak at the April meeting on the role of CEN, and Environmental Concerns facing the Central Coast, including the implications of the “Fair Go” Campaign. John Asquith is a retired Engineer and Executive who worked in...
Permaculture Chat – Mar 2013
By Shirley James, PCC Secretary What an inspiring talk we had at the last meeting! It was hard to believe what a difference we saw in the African fishing village after Permaculture methods had been introduced. WeIl it gives a very clear picture of what is meant...