Permaculture Northern Beaches
Permaculture offers positive solutions to create healthy environments by working with nature.
It brings food production back to where we live and looks at ways we can design our homes and gardens to build healthier sustainable communities.
Permaculture Northern Beaches
Permaculture offers positive solutions to create healthy environments by working with nature.
It brings food production back to where we live and looks at ways we can design our homes and gardens to build healthier sustainable communities.
Permaculture Northern Beaches (PNB) is an active local group on Sydney's Northern Beaches working for ecological integrity and assisting you on a pathway to sustainability.
PNB holds monthly permaculture-related public meetings on the last Thursday of each month at the Narrabeen Tramshed Community & Arts Centre, Lakeview Room, 1395A Pittwater Road, Narrabeen. Buses stop directly at the centre and there is also car parking nearby. Doors open at 7:15 pm and meetings take place monthly from February to November.
Check out our events page below for the next meeting. Everyone is welcome!
We also hold a range of workshops, short courses, film and soup nights, practical garden tours, permabees (working bees), beehive installations, eco-product making sessions and much more.
We are an independent organisation registered as an Association in NSW, ABN Number 11486171929.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands and waters of Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present, and future, and aspire to learn from their traditional knowledge to help our ecology and community thrive.
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What is Permaculture?
Earth Care • People Care • Fair Share
What is Permaculture?
Earth Care • People Care • Fair Share
Permaculture, (permanent + agriculture) is a term coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. Permaculture is a design system for sustainable human habitation. A major focus is the sustainable and harmonious use of resources for safe food production. It is based on 12 practical, integrated design principles and methods, modeled on the natural world. These principles can be applied to both urban and rural environments.
We acknowledge that the development of Permaculture philosophy and practice has included significant contributions derived from organic agricultural systems from across the world. We came from the land and through Nature’s wisdom, we learn better ways to live.
“What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don’t know what a truly sustainable future is going to be like, but we do need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways, and permaculturists are one of the critical groups that are doing that.”
What is Permaculture Northern Beaches?
Our purpose is to: Educate • Connect • Influence • Inspire • Support • Protect • Make a difference
What is Permaculture Northern Beaches?
Our purpose is to: Educate • Connect • Influence • Inspire • Support • Protect • Make a difference
Purpose
Our primary purpose is to share knowledge, resources, hands-on experience and friendship with a growing community of like-minded individuals who care about the production of safe food and the practice of sustainability.
PNB is committed to the principle and practice of ecological sustainability. We aim to achieve this through educating ourselves and others by sharing experience, knowledge and practical skills. Our guiding ethics are ‘Earth care, People care, and a Fair share’.
We aim to: Educate – Connect – Influence – Inspire – Support – Protect – Make a difference
We encourage:
Membership for those interested in learning about Permaculture and sustainability and to support the activities of our group
Participation in local fairs and expos to promote the benefits of Permaculture
Advocacy of significant environmental and social issues relevant to and of interest to our community
Learning through workshops, short courses, tours, and inspiring educational nights.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: $25 INDIVIDUALS or $35 for a household
Member benefits include DISCOUNTS ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
Visits ‘Permatours’ to open-gardens for putting ideas into action
Sharing, swapping, selling: seeds, produce, ideas and equipment
Opportunities for networking and friendship with like-minded people
Expert speakers or films at monthly meetings at the Narrabeen Tramshed Community and Arts Centre for inspiration
Participation in Living Skills, Seed Saving, Beekeeping, and a diverse range of workshops
Permaculture short courses
Participation in reciprocal permaculture working bees in gardens for hands-on learning
The opportunity to participate in and contribute to the activities of our group and take action locally through projects, education, and advocacy
You will receive a Get Into Permaculture Information kit to be collected at one of our education nights or workshops
Discounts on PNB merchandise items
YOUR PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABILITY
Want to GET involved?
You can be involved as much or as little as you want. Please see ‘About’ for vacant positions and here are some other ways to get involved in the group:
