Latest Happenings at Cabiokid

Dear friends, partners and permaculture colleagues,

Have a look on our video presenting Cabiokid's community and social projects:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB5mHQlPaT0

At Cabiokid foundation, we integrate permaculture ethics (take care of earth, take care of people and sharing) in our work and in all our activities. Community development is part of principles that we apply.

For 4 years now, Cabiokid organize EKOLARO program every Saturday afternoon for the kids of the community. Even if they are living in the countryside, they do not always realize the importance of environment and nature. EKOLARO program has for goal to show them how nature can help us. Cabiokid proposes to the kids fun activities inside the farm to learn about and to enjoy nature. Our wild life, rice land, vegetable garden and forest made a beautiful landscape with a judge biodiversity and give a chance to the kids to observe and understand the relations in nature.

With the help of the Bouworde youth camp from Belgium, Cabiokid built 2 bamboo buildings in Santa Rita Elementary School (Cabiao) and in Palasinan Elementary School (Cabiao). With the increasing numbers of students in the public schools, Cabiokid provided new places well designed to give classes.

Since May 2010, Cabiokid is developing a project with the women of the community. We set up the WEAGG (Women Environmental Action Group of Guapito) who has for goals to improve the quality of live of the family by developing livelihood and take care of environment in the surrounding.

Inspired by Cabiokid site, WEAGG and Cabiokid are cleaning the street, cleaning the canal and planting flowers and vegetables, every Saturday morning. In the future, we would like to build a waste management system, build a place for the kids to play and adults to talk. Our dream is simple: build a place where nature is back, where you can breath and dream. Last week we began our food processing livelihood project. WEAGG women prepare some Filipino specialties and sell it in the area. In the future, we would like to train them on food processing but also on recycled bag making to diversify them livelihood.

To increase our impact on communities, Cabiokid gives trainings 5 times a year on permaculture. The permaculture design certificate courses give bases to start community projects in a sustainable way, integrating all component such as people, earth, nature, energy,…

To support our foundation or to inquire information feel free to contact us:
Cabiokid foundation
09285513935; cabiokid@yahoo.com or join us on facebook
Visit our website: www.cabiokid.org

Salamat,

Perrine Collin
Cabiokid foundation
Guapito st, Brgy sta rita, Cabiao
Nueva Ecija
09285513935

1st Permaculture Convergence

PhilPA (The Philippine Permaculture Association) had it's first convergence, a gathering of permaculture practitioners, designers, and advocates from around the Philippines in Cebu City of February 12-14, 2010. It brought together permaculture advocates and community members from projects in Bohol, Cebu, Manila, Mindanao, Negros, Nueva Ecija, Isabela, and from abroad.

An exhibit entitled: "Redesigning our way of life based on Nature" was held at the Ayala Center in Cebu from February 9-13, 2010. Among the items on exhibit were:
• herb spiral
• rocket stove
• DIY briquette maker
• vermiculture
• container gardening
• growing EM effective microbes
• eco-house using recycled components
• concept sample of composting toilet (closed system)
• rain water collection
• bamboo roofing
• endemic trees (including endangered cebu cinnamon)
• "green" eco-friendly personal and home care products
• organic produce (rice, muscovado, etc)
• bags & mats made with recycled materials

The exhibit was made possible, through the total support of the following individuals:
• Bob Bajenting for the natural farming materials
• Bebe Gacasan of GK for the eco-house
• Rey Balatayo of GK
• JR Balatayo of GK
• Ayna Garcia for the videos
• Mikko Pablo for the videos
• Chris Fadriga for the plants
• Terry Manguerra for the endemic plants
• Wilmer Lopez of Human Nature
• Johanna Estremos of cebu permaculture initiatives
• Norie Napuli of cebu permaculture initiatives
• Archt Badjing Atega & Landscape archi students: Angelica Ragandac, Evangeline Bontilao, Rosabella Aberilla, and Kristina Tan-Ugang
• Lito Barba of GK
• Mayflower Inn, Elicon House, West Gorordo Hotel CSR volunteers
• Chara Pradan Tesch
• Zen Darunday & Bohol Permaculture
• Dada Dharma of Ananda Marga Wellness Center
• Savitiri & Maddu of Ananda Marga

A Permaculture Forum was organized on February 14, 2010 in conjunction with the exhibit and the convergence, based on the challenge: "Are you ready to love Mother Earth again?" Being a very special day, associated with Love, this year Valentine's day happened to be a Sunday, and the Chinese New Year as well. Despite, what organizers considered a triple filter, over 80 persons attended the Forum. Arguably, the most interesting presentation was made by Dada Dharma of the Ananda Marga Wellness Center on the topic of "Inner Permaculture" or "how to maintain the ecology within our body." It was a topic very new even to the permaculture practitioners who came to attend the convergence. A riveting topic, that kept the audience glued to their seats, it seemed like a revelation, how easy and simple it is to remain healthy, the natural way! (a.k.a. the permaculture way)

Resource List

Permaculture: Resource List
Permaculture Ponds

  Complete waterfall and garden pond information site
for all water feature enthusiasts, with a focus on Permaculture.

Aprovecho

   A sustainable living educational center focused on appropriate technology,

   sustainable forestry, organic gardening, and Permaculture.

   Submitted by Tao Orion

Permaculture Research Institute of Australia

Cascadia Permaculture

   A resource for Northwest Permaculture design, education, and consultation.

   A list of upcoming courses is included.

   Submitted by permaculturerocks@yahoo.com

Mendocino Ecological Learning Center (MELC)

   The Mendocino Ecological Learning Center (MELC) is an educational

   organization and demonstration site where people can come and see

   examples of living in ways that conserve resources, create diversity,

   increase self sufficiency, and promote profound understandings of the

   relationships between ourselves and our planet.

Desert Harvesters

   A website dedicated to an effort to promote thesustainable planting,

   growing, harvesting, processing, and eating of native plant foods

   in the southwest U.S. At the core of our efforts are mesquite pod

   millings and mesquite pancake chow downs throughout southern Arizona.

   Submitted by Brad Lancaster

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands

   sustainable living strategies in the dryland environment. Harvested

   water can include rainwater, greywater, air conditioning condensate,

   evaporative cooler bleed off, stormwater runoff, and muncipal/well

   water. This website features water-harvesting books, and provides free

   water-harvesting calculations, illustrations, extensive resources, and

   much more.

   Submitted by Brad Lancaster

Lost Valley Education Center

   An intentional community and nonprofit educational center dedicated to

   learning, living, and teaching sustainable, ecologically-based culture.

Urbana Permaculture Project

   The Urbana Permaculture Project coordinates a non-centralized, multi-site

   non-commercial Permaculture network in the community of Urbana, IL.

Austin Permaculture Community

   Supporting the Austin Permaculture Community with a monthly study

   group, classes and periodic events to educate people about Permaculture.

   Join our email listserv at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/austinperm

   Submitted by Selwyn Polit

Oasis Design -- Ecological systems design

   Water, waste-water and greywater systems, edible landscaping,

   transport, bicycles, and more. Books, articles and consulting.

   Submitted by Art Ludwig

Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute

Kootenay Permaculture Institute

   A Centre for research and education in permaculture, sustainable

   agriculture and agroforestry in British Columbia, Canada.

Eco-Village and Cohousing Assoc of New Zealand (EVCNZ)

Instituto Permacultura de Baja (email only)

   Family and market polycultures, water management, erosion control,

   Aquaculture systems, vineyard consultation, and general

   permaculture design, as well as permaculture greenhouse design and

   installation and locally in northern california earthworks for permaculture.

Central Arizona Uplands Permaculture

La'akea Permaculture Gardens

The Permaculture Research Institute Denmark (PRIDK)

   Submitted by Karsten Petersen

Permakultur Institut e.V. Deutschland

   Webpage of the german permaculture movement.

   Submitted by Burkhard Kayser

Earth&Table Digest and Resource Pages

   Moderated digest for those interested in growing, preserving, and preparing healthy

   and delicious food.

Elissa's Companion Planting Compendium

   An excellent resource for companion planting, non-companion planting, and friendly

   ways to send bugs packin' !

   Submitted by Jason Bavington

WE-Design

   WE-Design is an ecological design firm specializing in land-use planning, sustainable

   development, edible landscaping, backyard wildlife habitat, and rainwater catchment.

   Submitted by Michael Lockman

Australian Permaculture Information & Design Services

   Feaures an active Q&A Forum, searchable Plants for a Future database, huge book

   resource library (through Amazon and direct from the harder to find publishers),

   children's and community groups resources pages, online correspondance courses,

   green business and much more.

   Submitted by Marcus

Permaculture Visions International

   Leaders in Permaculture by Distance Learning.

   With students from Alaska to Outback Australia.

Permaculture Drylands Institute

Permaculture The Earth

Permaculture Magazine

The Permaculture Association (Britain)

Permaculture Information Service and Earth Repair Catalogue

Bioshelter

Sixth International Permaculture Conference

Permaculture Melbourne

The Permaculture Activist

 

Zone 3 -- The Farm

How to Compost

Friends of the Trees Society

   Articles on peak food and how to achieve local food security. Advertizes

   courses and workshops by Michael Pilarski. Permaculture networking for

   the Pacific Northwest.

   Submitted by Michael Pilarski

Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center

   Our farming program is about growing beyond-organic authentic food in

   the southwest mountains. Our whole center is surrounded by mountains,

   collecting water and using solar, and we have straw bale buildings.

Sun Baked

   Sun Baked is the only company in Canada specializing in high quality solar

   powered cooking appliances. Solar cookers open up a vast and virtually

   untapped market for solar energy in Canada while delivering a measure of

   true energy independence to ordinary people who cannot afford a solar hot

   water or PV system.

Growing Food in the Southwest Mountains

   Above 1,900 meters? Dry weather (46 - 56 cm of rain a year)? Clay, sand

   or volcanic cinder soils with low organic matter are common? Cold winters

   with daytime temperatures near freezing are common? Large temperature

   fluctuations between day and night? Then this book is for you!

Tom Dorn with Mar Vista Cottages at Anchor Bay

   Vacation cottage community serving as demonstration

   Permaculture site.

Scythe Supply

   Scythe Supply specializes in the European style scythe.

   Offering blades, snaths, outfits, equipment, information

   and instruction. Mowing effectively without gasoline.

Sustainable Settings

Seedsaving and Seedsavers' Resources

   Resources on seedsaving for seedsavers and those interested in heirloom

   and open-pollinated varieties of vegetables, flowers, bulbs as well as

   heirloom fruit varieties and general agricultural/horticultural plant

   genetic diversity.

   Submitted by Ute Bohnsack.

Plants for a future

Straw Bale Paradise Natural Building-Permaculture project of Patricia Kerns

LETSystems - the Home Page

Gardening

Composting Toilet World

Pc Plants for a Future

How to Compost

Pollinator

 

Zone 4 -- The Wilderness

The Romany Rest B&B Blog

   A permaculture B&B with xeric landscaping, wild meadow,

   mandala garden, forest garden & more!

The Celestopea Project

   Dedicated to creating ecologically balanced, floating ocean

   communities and terra-formed,permacultured islands, grown

   from the mineral-rich waters of the tropical oceans.

Sandy Bar Ranch

   Land based community, homstead, cottage industry,

   and fruit tree nursury, Internships & work exchange available.

Cohousing Resources

   Resources for creating sustainable community.

   Submitted by Chris ScottHanson

Nat�rliche Landwirtschaft!

   Permaculture Information in German.

   Submitted by vinci@linda.alternativ.net

VHEMT

Green Parties of North America

Zero Population Growth

Intentional Communities Web Site Home Page

Global Eco-village Network

EcopsychologyWeb

Minding Your Permaculture Business

Planet Neighborhood

Post Industrial Post Urban Shift Network

The Campus Center for Appropriate Technology

 

Zone 1 -- Home

Permaculture.Net Discussion Forum

 

Miscellaneous

EcoReality

   We are developing an ecovillage in the South Gulf Islands of British Columbia,

   Canada. The ecovillage is working to be a model of co-operative, sustainable

   land use and features public outreach and education as included goals.

   Submitted by Jan Steinman

Nourish(meant)

   Nourish(meant) is both a collection of projects and a belief.

   At its most basic, the idea is this: to run a garden and kitchen

   out of a biofuels vehicle and travel around America, feeding folks.

My Best Remedies

   From the web designer of Permaculture.Net comes a new health website

   My Best Remedies brings you a wealth of accurate and thoroughly researched

   health and wellness information, spanning all major health topics and fields.

Plant Swap

   Plant Swap is a completely free site for gardeners to organize

   community plant swaps (where they trade or give away plants they

   have propagated in their gardens).

St. Norbert Arts Centre

   The St. Norbert Arts Centre is dedicated to cultural expression,

   education and environmental stewardship. Situated on a site of

   spiritual, cultural, historical and environmental significance,

   site stewardship is the backbone of the centre's efforts.

   Submitted by snac@snac.mb.ca

Handmade Clothing .net

   HandmadeClothing.net is your premiere source for eco-friendly

   handmade clothes on the net featuring a listing of online stores,

   a free classifieds area, chatroom, message board, and more!

   Visit today for a unique shopping experience.

   Submitted by Justin Cannon

Green Living

   Techniques and technologies for sustainable living, showing how permaculture

   principles can be applied to eco-renovation, downshifting and

   adapting to Peak Oil

   Submitted by James Lea

Mtuba Christian Academy

   A South African Christian school that is very involved in the very

   poor rural community around them, offering adult literacy courses and

   permaculture training to the locals.

Common Sense Landscape & Garden Care

   A common sense, step by step plan to a healthy lawn and garden.

   Articles on Xeriscape, soil health, composting and compost tea,

   and natural pest control.

   Submitted by Asher Gifford

Principles of Ecological Design

   Insight, inspiration, and guidance for a radical redesign of our way

   of life. Principles fundamental to any green building or ecological

   living initiative, these illuminate a way to disengage from corporate

   consumer culture, and create a more fulfilling lifestyle.

   Submitted by Art Ludwig

SustainableABC.com

   A Directory of: Green Building Professionals, Sustainable Development

   Professionals, Environmental Health Professionals and Environmental

   Web Resources.

   Submitted by Roy Prince

Permaculture Credit Union

   Credit Union working for the ethics of Permaculture.

Direct Action Journal

   A collection of articles, book reviews and resources addressing sustainable

   economics, community design, localization and increasing individual freedom.

Seasoned Booksellers

   Seasoned Booksellers is devoted to furthering a sustainable living culture

   through an exchange of books and ideas for self-reliant, renewable,

   regenerative, and sustainable living practices. Find books on homesteading,

   agriculture, rural renaissance, wild-crafting foods and medicines, putting

   up the harvest, earth spirituality, food politics, wilderness studies, and

   back to the land adventures. ***It is a conscious choice, this living and

   breathing in voluntary simplicity with the rhythms of the seasons. In the

   face of environmental world chaos, it is essential that more and more

   individuals make this choice.


Holy Earth


Sustainable Social Work Mandala


1st. Latin American Permaculture Congress

   This Web Site is a promocional of the 1st. Latin American Permaculture Congress.


Earth Garden Magazine

   In our 26th year of independently publishing Australia's leading magazine

   of self-sufficiency and practical environmentalism, it may seem incongruous

   for a Back-to-Basics magazine to embrace the World Wide Web. Perhaps it is,

   but one of the attractive features of the Internet is that no one government

   or economic rationalist philosophy can control the exchange of information.

   Submitted by "earthmag@kyneton.net.au"


Green CONNECTIONS Magazine

   Great magazine with articles on things such as 'Green Living'

   'Ethical Business' and 'Sustainability' with a green directory of

   Connections around Australia.

   Submitted by "green@castlemaine.net.au"


The Alternative Health CD

   The Alternative Health CD is the most current, complete reference available

   on ailments and alternative forms of healing. Assembled by an exceptional team

   of naturopaths, homeopaths, herbalists, and many others, the CD-ROM represents

   the culmination of 24 months of research by 25 individuals. 150 ailments, 425

   remedies, fully searchable...it just doesn't get much better! ...

   Submitted by Jason Bavington


PERMACULTURRE International Journal

   PIL is a non-profit organisation which provides readers and the

   public with the resources to better care for people and the earth.

   We offer positive alternatives to local and global problems.

   This is achieved through;

   *global networking

   *products and educational resources

   *sponsorship of permaculture and related projects in under-resourced countries

   *providing a free public information service on permaculture and environmental issues.

   Submitted by "pcostello@treasury.gov.au"

Pangaia: A PC Raw Food Homestead in Hawaii

   We are a raw food tribal homestead looking to expand, mature, and inspire.

   Submitted by kumuaina@lava.net

Ecologists of Chios, Greece

   Environmental, Permaculture, Social stuff regarding Greece and further afield.

   Submitted by "mikefaf"

Earthaven a Growing Neo-Tribal Ecovillage

Bay Area Permaculture Guild

Dreamtime Village

Permaculture Institute of Northern California

Cross Timbers Permaculture Institute

La'akea Permaculture Gardens in Hawaii


Permaculture in Cuba,
ACF, Cuba Green Team, PGAN, PP-FNH

Heenah Mahyah Student-Operated
Farm

Sustainable Sources Environmental Website

Permaculture

Permaculture is about desiging ecological human habitats and food production systems. It is a land use and community building movement which strives to harmoniously integrate human dwellings, microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, and water into stable, productive communities.

The focus is not on these elements themselves, but rather on the relationships created among them by the way we place them in the landscape. This synergy is enhanced by mimicking patterns in nature and by carefully using energy to make things happen.

Permaculture is a design system that makes use of elements and concepts found in our natural world. It works with nature and considers building blocks in nature as proven designs that could solve many of the problems we face on a daily basis. Permaculture in itself is based on proven solutions developed by nature and tested by mankind over long periods of time. It provides solutions, which are cheap and long lasting; solutions, which are based on the connections and relations we establish in our surroundings.

Permaculture is a cross discipline science which is directed to combine all knowledge known to us. It is a life-long re-active learning process, which challenges a deeper study of the relationships between the different sciences known to us.

Permaculture is a design systems that is knowledge-based and therefore closely related to relevant education.

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Our Vision:
Individuals practicing the permaculture way of thinking and designing grow into a compelling force for sustainable living in the Philippines.

Our Mission:
PhilPermaculture operates as a learning community for: internalizing permaculture ethics & principles, strengthening design skills, and sharing natures wisdom.
PhilPermacullture with its members propagate permaculture awareness, education and practices among the general public.