Bushfire resilient landscapes and communities (presentation in Blue Mountains)
David Holmgren gives a public talk on creating bushfire resilient communities and landscapes, organised by Pat Rayner of Permaculture Blue Mountains. Thanks to Gary Caganoff for the videos. Part I...
View ArticleBushfire from a permaculture perspective
Bushfire rages in NSW and a state of emergency is declared. Are these fires unprecedented? Possibly so this early in the season. Do these fires reflect human induced climate change so far? Almost...
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We love good books at Melliodora, and through our online shop, we would love to share some of the good books we find. You know, we choose what we distribute from our online shop carefully, share what...
View ArticleHow to create a resilient community
Back in 2009, the Black Saturday bushfire season rekindled a major focus of David’s permaculture design work, with a discussion paper for the local community, the reprinting of Flywire House and a...
View ArticleBushfire resilient landscapes
[vimeo 126038341 w=500 h=281] This is a video record of David Holmgren presentation on bushfire resilient landscapes buildings homes and communities in a forum held in April 2015 in Hewett. The forum...
View ArticleBushfire Resilient Land and Climate Care
In this thoughtfully written document, David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept outlines that while devastating, the recent Australian bushfires provide an opportunity to come to...
View ArticleRetroSuburbia Bushfire Resilience Extract
This is an extract from my book RetroSuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future, a 550 page richly illustrated manual that has become a best seller since its publication in February 2018....
View ArticleThat Mulberry Tree
Amongst all the beautiful images of the 2021 Permaculture Principles calendar, is a stunning aerial shot of a mudbrick house and lush green tree amongst the devastation of bushfires on the south coast...
View ArticleFacing Fire
This coming Sunday November 22 at 9am (AEDT) , David Holmgren is giving a presentation followed by a Q & A on ‘Fire Resilient Design and Land and Climate Care’.
View ArticleFacing Fire
This coming Sunday November 22 at 9am (AEDT) , David Holmgren is giving a presentation followed by a Q & A on ‘Fire Resilient Design and Land and Climate Care’.
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