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Weeds or wild nature?

Available for download is David Holmgren's essay "Weeds or wild nature?", originally published in the Permaculture International Journal in 1997, Issue 61. It provides an indication of the ideas which...

Do we need nature?

Available for download is David Holmgren's essay "Do We Need Nature?", written as an entry in the Shell Economist Future Thinking Writing Competition (2003).

What is sustainability?

Available for download is David Holmgren's essay "What is sustainability?", from the plenary session addressing the Students of Sustainability Conference at Flinders University Adelaide on the 14th July 2003. The...

Compost toilets and Permaculture design principles

This brief piece was written in September 2003 as a contribution to a book (in French) by Christophe Elain, "Un petit coin pour soulager la planète: Toilettes sèches et histoires...

Biomass fuels from sustainable land use: A Permaculture perspective

Available for download is David Holmgren's essay "Biomass fuels from sustainable land use: A Permaculture perspective", published in the 'Solar Progress' Magazine in November of 2003

Permaculture: Integrating theory and practice

Available for download is David Holmgren's essay "Permaculture: Integrating theory and practice", written for the IPC7 newsletter in November of 2003. It describes permaculture, and discusses the importance of the...

Permaculture in Japan: Foreign import or indigenous design?

Available for download is the full text of David Holmgren's essay "Permaculture in Japan: Foreign import or indigenous design?" This article gives David's impressions and photos of sustainable solutions in...

Retrofitting the suburbs for sustainability

Available for download is David Holmgren's essay "Retrofitting the suburbs for sustainability", which was adapted from a public lecture given at the Aldinga Arts Eco-village in Adelaide in January 2005.

Firewood: Sustainable and appropriate energy source

Full text download for David Holmgren's essay "Firewood: Sustainable and appropriate energy source", originally published in Renew Magazine Issue 90, January 2005, published by the Alternative Technology Association.

Interview with Heidi Snel (2005)

Interview with Heidi Snel (2005) for ÖKOFILM during the IPC7 (7th International Permaculture Convergence) in Motovun, Croatia in june 2005. Available to watch in full on Youtube.

Garden Agriculture: A revolution in efficient water use

First published as an (edited) opinion piece in Water Volume 32, No. 8 in December 2005, 'Garden Agriculture: A revolution in efficient water use' by David Holmgren discusses food futures...

Treehugger interview in Buenos Aires

David Holmgren is interviewed by Paula Alvarado for Treehugger. Buenos Aires, 2007.

All about Permaculture, interview on Farm Radio – delete – interview no longer exists

Interview with David Holmgren via the Farm Radio website. Please note: you need to pay to listen to this interview.

Aphorisms for Permaculture activists, APC10

In the final plenary of APC10, David Holmgren drew on lessons from over three decades of permaculture thinking and activism to distill pointers for using ethics and design principles to...

Bee keeping for the energy descent future

From a permaculture perspective, bees can be beneficially added to any system, improving pollination of crops, yielding storable sugars, pollen, beeswax, and other minor yields, all without detracting from any...

Weeds or Wild Nature: A Permaculture Perspective

Full text of Weeds or Wild Nature: A Permaculture Perspective, presented as part of a series of seminars on "Contentious Perspectives on Weeds" at the 45th Annual General Meeting of...

An Energy Descent Action Plan

Teamed with the experienced permaculture teacher and author Ian Lillington, David Holmgren put together an Energy Descent Action Planning document for his local shire of Hepburn. The final report was...

The upcoming transition away from a fossil – fuel based society: David Holmgren talks strategy

David Holmgren talks strategy regarding the upcoming transition away from a fossil - fuel based society with Luke Miller Callahan for the GroAction network, available to watch on Vimeo.

Strategies for transition

Available to watch on vimeo.com is David Holmgren's interview with Luke Miller Callahan for GroAction.

Personal Histories

An except from David Holmgren's 'The Long View', from Permaculture Pioneers: stories from the new frontier.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Wrap Up

MegU August 13 2024

Many thanks to all those who attended the screening of Reading Landscape with David Holmgren at Melbourne’s Cinema Nova as part of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Here are some snaps of the night: