Global Permaculture in
Action
Ethan C. Roland, AppleSeed Permaculture
www.appleseedpermaculture.com
Regenerative Apios
Design Group Institute

• This slideshow is based on the work of
Permaculture Designers around the world,
Primarily:
– Geoff Lawton and Andrew Jones of the
Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
(www.permaculture.org.au)
– Ethan Roland of AppleSeed Permaculture
(www.appleseedpermaculture.com)
– Rafter Sass of the Liberation Ecology Project
(www.liberationecology.org)
– The Farmers & Gardeners of Nuestras Raices
(www.nuestrasraices.org)
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Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

Global Problems

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion
• Pollution

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion
• Pollution

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion
• Pollution
• Deforestation

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion
• Pollution
• Deforestation

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion
• Pollution
• Deforestation
• Energy Futures: Peak Oil

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion
• Pollution
• Deforestation
• Energy Futures: Peak Oil

Global Problems
• Soil Erosion
• Pollution
• Deforestation
• Energy Futures: Peak Oil
• Climate Change

Soil Erosion
Slide courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Soil Erosion
• Current
agricultural
practices will
destroy life on
earth.
Slide courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Soil Erosion
• Current
agricultural
practices will
destroy life on
earth.
Slide courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Soil Erosion
• Current
agricultural
practices will
destroy life on
earth.
• Devastating in
Slide courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Soil Erosion
• Current
agricultural
practices will
destroy life on
earth.
• Devastating in
arid and tropical
zones.
Slide courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Soil Erosion
• Current
agricultural
practices will
destroy life on
earth.
• Devastating in
arid and tropical
zones.
Slide courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Soil Erosion
• Current
agricultural
practices will
destroy life on
earth.
• Devastating in
arid and tropical
zones.
• South Africa: 1
ton of crop
equals 20 tons
of topsoil.
Slide courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Croplands Eroding
Photo courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Pollution
Photo courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Deforestation
Figure courtesy Permaculture Research Institute + EcoEdge Design 2006

Energy Futures

BioDevastation
• We are entering “6X”

BioDevastation
• We are entering “6X”

Global Climate Change
Photo: NOAA 2006

2004
Global
Climate

Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

Permaculture Design
• The Harmonious integration of
landscape and people to provide their
food, energy, and shelter in a
sustainable way.

Permaculture Design
• Combines Natural Building, Green Architecture,
Renewable Energy, Appropriate
Technology,Alternative Currencies, Waste
Management, BioRemediation, Water
conservation, Edible Forest Gardening, Soil
conservation, Organic Agriculture, Community
Living, and more into a coherent whole -- a
complete system for designing truly sustainable
homes, businesses, and communities.

Permaculture Design
• The Harmonious integration of
landscape and people to provide their
food, energy, and shelter in a
sustainable way.

Permaculture Design
• The Harmonious integration of
landscape and people to provide their
food, energy, and shelter in a
sustainable way.

Permaculture Design =
Regenerative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more
than 4,000 projects on the ground

Permaculture Design =
Regenerative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more
than 4,000 projects on the ground

Permaculture Design =
Regenerative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more
than 4,000 projects on the ground

Permaculture Design =
Regenerative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more
than 4,000 projects on the ground

Permaculture Design =
Regenerative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more
than 4,000 projects on the ground

Iraq - Kandal Village
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Iraq - Kandal Village
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Planning
Photo: Nadia Lawton

Earthworks
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Iraq - Earthworks
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Building
Design
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Strawbale
Photo: Nadia Lawton

Structures
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Wall
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Training
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Building
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Interior
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Iraq - Finished Village
Photo: Geoff Lawton

Dead Sea Valley
Greening the Desert
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk
1300 ft below sea level

Macedonia - Cegrane Refugee Camp
Photo: Andrew Jones

Macedonia - Tents
Photo: Andrew Jones

Macedonia - Class+Design
Photo: Andrew Jones

Macedonia - Design
Photo: Andrew Jones

Earthworks: Water Harvesting,
Erosion Control Jones
Photo: Andrew

Earthworks- - Swales
Photo: Andrew Jones

Strawbales
Photo: Andrew Jones

Strawbale Women
Photo: Andrew Jones

Offices
Photo: Andrew Jones

Animal
Systems
Early season seedlings raised in Cold Frames -- Duck and Goose pond positioned uphill from
small crop gardens for gravity fertigation -- Garden Ponds add diversity and predator habitat

Diverse
Gardens
Organic
Productive
Small Crops
Photo: Andrew Jones

First Year: 6.5 Tons of Organic Tomatoes
Produced -- Solar-dried and sold to gourmet
Tomatoes
Italian Market -- Economic Sustainability
Photo: Andrew Jones

The Panya Project
• 60km North of Chiang Mai, Thailand
• 16 acre mango orchard purchased 2003
• Diverse community
• Neighborhood of sustainability
Photo: Ethan Roland

2003 - 03
Photo: Christian Shearer

Geoff teach
Photo: Christian Shearer

earthworks02
Photo: Christian Shearer

ew03
Photo: Christian Shearer

ew04
Photo: Christian Shearer

ew09
Photo: Christian Shearer

Swales
Photo: Christian Shearer

swale
Photo: Ethan Roland

damfill2
Photo: Ethan Roland

E_christian
Photo: Ethan Roland

Baandin
Photo: Ethan Roland

punpun
Photo: Ethan Roland

sala01
Photo: Ethan Roland

Toilet01
Photo: Ethan Roland

pig01
Photo: Ethan Roland

pig03
Photo: Ethan Roland

Turning compost
Photo: Ethan Roland

Tea01
Photo: Ethan Roland

Tea02
Photo: Ethan Roland

Tea03
Photo: Ethan Roland

Tea04
Photo: Ethan Roland

Tea05
Photo: Ethan Roland

Tea07
Photo: Ethan Roland

Nursery03
Photo: Ethan Roland

Nursery01
Photo: Ethan Roland

Nursery02
Photo: Ethan Roland

Appropriate
Technology
Photo: Ethan Roland

Labels02
Photo: Ethan Roland

charcoal
Photo: Ethan Roland

dehydrator
Photo: Ethan Roland

blender02
Photo: Ethan Roland

blender03
Photo: Ethan Roland

monitor01
Photo: Ethan Roland

Monitor02
Photo: Ethan Roland

Monitor03
Photo: Ethan Roland

Atlas moth
Photo: Ethan Roland

Mango road
Photo: Ethan Roland

kaejackfruit
Photo: Ethan Roland

bananas
Photo: Ethan Roland

breakfast2
Photo: Ethan Roland

mangos
Photo: Ethan Roland

Pueblo Libre
• Peri-urban ghetto of Iquitos, Peru
• 350,000 people - no road access
• Amazon floodplain
• Sanitation…
• Liberation Ecology & Gesundheit Institute

Pueblo libre
Photo: Rafter Sass

plibre2
Photo: Rafter Sass

plibre
Photo: Rafter Sass

Belen kids
Photo: Rafter Sass

Crooked house
Photo: Rafter Sass

itaya02
Photo: Rafter Sass

donjuanwaterline
Photo: Rafter Sass

toilets
Photo: Rafter Sass

Itaya01
Photo: Rafter Sass

Rafter

Belen kids
Photo: Rafter Sass

itaya03
Photo: Rafter Sass

rainforestlogs
Photo: Rafter Sass

chickencoop
Photo: Rafter Sass

floatinghouse
Photo: Rafter Sass

www.liberationecology.org
Photo: Rafter Sass

Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

The Belly of the Beast
• US Population = 5% of Global
• Energy Consumption = 24% of Global
• Carbon Dioxide, NOx, SOx Emissions =
23% of Global

Nuestras Raices
• Urban Holyoke, Massachusetts
• Largest % Puerto Rican Population outside
Puerto Rico
• Integrated Cultural, Agricultural,
Community, and Food systems

Mi Plaza view
Photo: Ethan Roland

MI PLAZA
Photo: Ethan Roland

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program
Community
Gardens

--CFARM VIEW
Photo: Eric Toensmeier

JULIA
Note: There are some errors in the audio for this slide. These are not the famed ‘Aji-dulce’
peppers, and Julia is on the board of directors of Nuestras Raices, not THE director.

GARDEN BEDS
Photo: Ethan Roland

community
Photo: Eric Toensmeier

flowers
Photo: Ethan Roland

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program
Community
Gardens

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program Cultural
Events
Community
Gardens

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program Cultural
Events
Community
Gardens
Raices
Latinas

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program Cultural
Events
Community
Gardens
Raices Tierra de
Latinas Oportunidades

[Children + Teens]
Photo: Eric Toensmeier

[Children + Teens]
Photo: Eric Toensmeier

Farm Stand Sign
Photo: Ethan Roland

Garden View
Photo: Ethan Roland

Galarza farm
Photo: Ethan Roland

farmers
Photo: Eric Toensmeier

Goats
Photo: Ethan Roland

Farm View
Photo: Ethan Roland

Chokecherry
Photo: Ethan Roland

Veggie sign
Photo: Ethan Roland

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program Cultural
Events
Community
Gardens
Raices Tierra de
Latinas Oportunidades

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen
Program Cultural
Events
Community Processing
Gardens Kitchen
Raices Tierra de
Latinas Oportunidades

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office
Greenhouse
Children+Teen Mi Plaza
Program Cultural Restaurant
Events
Community Processing
Gardens Kitchen
Raices Tierra de
Latinas Oportunidades

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office El Jardín
Greenhouse
Bakery
Children+Teen Mi Plaza
Program Cultural Restaurant
Events
Community Processing
Gardens Kitchen
Raices Tierra de
Latinas Oportunidades

[El Jardin]
Photo: Eric Toensmeier

[Cultural Events]
Photo: Eric Toensmeier

Mi plaza

Nuestras Raices - Whole Systems
Project
Office El Jardín
Greenhouse
Bakery
Children+Teen Mi Plaza
Program Cultural Restaurant
Events
Community Processing
Gardens Kitchen
Raices Tierra de
Latinas Oportunidades

Permaculture Design =
Regenerative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more
than 4,000 projects on the ground

Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

Outline
• Welcome
• Global Problems
• Global Solutions
• The Belly of the Beast
• Next Steps

Next Steps
• Support International Permaculture!
– Permaculture Across Borders
– www.permacultureacrossborders.com
• Take a Permaculture Design Course
– www.permaculture.org.au
– www.permacultureactivist.net
• Contact Ethan for questions and services
– www.appleseedpermaculture.com

eroland@gmail.com
www.appleseedpermaculture.com
www.permaculture.org.au
www.liberationecology.org
www.nuestras-raices.org
Questions?