Does history repeat itself? Geoff Lawton looks at the Rustbelt Collapse of an entire industry in Holyoke, Massachusetts and the lost opportunity that could have been prevented if people thought differently and redesigned their way using some proven Permaculture techniques. The future might...

This is the video many of you have been waiting for. A small scale chicken system that runs entirely on compost and no grain. And No, its not run on Steroids or any other drug or growth hormone. Its completely natural. Geoff used that expression when he saw how well the system worked. If...

If you’re considering doing Geoff Lawton’s Permaculture Design Certificate Course later this month and want to know more, check out the Bonus $1200 Earthworks course we are including for FREE.   Its a mixture of classroom and field lectures that will bring you up to speed and...

Last year on Permaculture News there was an excellent article on Advanced Cell Grazing by Nick Burtner who document the circular cattle lane-way on Geoff Lawton’s 66 acre Zaytuna Farm. Geoff devised a system of easy to install temporary electric-fenced cattle lane-ways that led to over...

Gabions are rocks and small boulders packed into a wire basket to combat soil erosion on the side of steep slopes. But to Geoff Lawton, they are more commonly used to pacify storm water in a flash flood event and to build soil in strategic locations in the Middle East. They can even be used...

m4s0n501   Following up on the interest to Geoff Lawton’s earlier cold climate video on Ben Falk’s Permaculture Farm recently shown on Geoff Lawton.com we’ve decided to show more details on another 40 year old private Food Forest system located in Massachusetts. This...

Geoff Lawton’s next video in his every expanding lineup takes you to Wadi Rum in Jordan where he consulted on a 10 acre organic farm and rebuilt their failing farm into a commercial success. Wadi Rum looks very much like your classic inhospitable desert region. It was used in the early...

Geoff Lawton’s latest video is one of my favourite films on his site. Mainly because it reminds me of a quote I read as a kid and never forgot. “A garden without water is like a meal without wine.”  In a  well stocked pond, you can grab a fish anytime you like and behold...

There’s something to be said for the scatter gun technique. Planting over 300 edible plants in your backyard to see exactly what sticks, what takes off and what dies in the process. This is the technique used by Permaculture authors Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates when they converted...

Bamboo. A lot of people love it. A lot of people hate it. Where are you on the bamboo bandwagon?  Are you a lover or a fighter? Well, I remember my father making me cut out a line of running black bamboo with a blunt spade  which had taken off down our suburban street and was on its way to...

“That view behind me is not a painted backdrop!” said Geoff Lawton to camera. But the view looked great from where I was standing. Brooklyn Grange is a rooftop farm with a magnificent view looking over the Manhattan skyline. Sited on a concrete roof,  totaling 2.5 acres and...

  A lot of people wonder if they can apply Permaculture design to their farm if they live in a cold climate. When Geoff Lawton visited Ben Falk’s farm in Vermont earlier this year, we see the fruit of good permaculture design when applied with skillful observation. The end result...