30 Year Old Food Forest 4

A short video about a food forest.

What is a Food Forest? 6

A seven minute basic overview of edible forest systems.

An Introduction to Permaculture 1

Permaculture affects every part of your life, from how you design your room, to how you design your life. It encompasses how people are able to get along and make living decisions that make sense for the long term. This interview with Stephen Brooks, director of the Punta Mona center for sustainable living and education, offers some background and concise explanation of what permaculture is.

Junk Yard Converted into Food Forest 6

In this video, Juli and Jeff Gillies demonstrate a wide array of permaculture homesteading techniques on their 5 acres in Alberta, Canada. In just a couple of years they have transformed their land – an old junk yard – into a beautiful and productive garden, complete with a food forest and up-cycled raised beds.

A Sustainable Soil Soldier on Waiheke 4

Meet Jivin’ John Stansfield, Waiheke Island’s own sustainable soil soldier.  In this episode, he’s planting food on council land in front of his house.

7 Food Forests in 7 Minutes 4

Food forests are at the heart of Permaculture and fast becoming a hot topic in many areas of debate as people realize their full potential.

The Case for Permaculture 2

This video is Midwest Permaculture’s Intro to Permaculture Internet Webinar, The Case for Permaculture. Originally available free online in eighteen segments, it is now available here as one single video.

How Permaculture Can Save Humanity Reply

Toby Hemenway explains how permaculture can save humanity and the Earth. Hemenway is a frequent teacher, consultant and lecturer on permaculture and ecological design throughout the U.S. and other countries.

Hugelkultur – The ultimate raised garden beds 2

Hugelkultur is raised garden beds that reduce or eliminate the need for irrigation and fertilizer.

This video shows the why and how of this type of raised garden bed. Hugelkultur can be built by hand or with machinery; urban lots or large acreage farms.

The Integration of Living Space with Agriculture 3

In this short documentary, David Arnold, a permaculture designer in Victoria, Australia gives a tour of his edible yard and talks about his vision of the future — the integration of living space with agriculture.