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PINA’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion The Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) will challenge and work to dismantle systemic oppression in order to implement permaculture ethics across society. Our historic commitment to ethics of earthcare,...

PINA Board Member, since 2016Brooksville, Florida Koreen has extensive experience in both permaculture design and in education. She has taught permaculture design at Pine Ridge Lakota reservation, various locations throughout the US, a number of universities, and...

Commercial Foodscapes and Social Permaculture in Big Cities Can commercial foodscapes be community oriented? After years of quiet work, PINA's newest Board Member, Jane Hayes, and her team have been making headlines with two projects at prominent Toronto intersections...

Sometime in late 2011 or early 2012 I was contacted by Peter Bane. I knew Peter from a series of annual permaculture teacher’s meetings and regional gatherings in the eastern states that had been held through the 1990s, and I had contributed to his publication The...

    PINA is gearing up for a very full year, and I encourage all members to support our growth. Together, we can increase permaculture’s impact. Read on and learn how. Elsewhere in this newsletter, there is an announcement of the Finalists for the 2021-22 Design...

FACING THE FIRESteamboat Springs, ColoradoJune 3-5, 2022 LECTURE: June 3 @ 5:00 pm -    FREE to the public         WORKSHOP: June 4-5, 9:00am - 5:00 pmTickets $350 - $700In Colorado, 2022 opened with a catastrophic wildfire that caused towns to be evacuated, hundreds...

2021-2022 Design ContestPINA's 2018 and 2019 Design Contests led to great things for the organization, its members and countless people across the continent. We received more than 50 entries, and as  a direct result, produced nine videos, educated dozens directly in...

by Bob Randall The Climate & Heat We continue to get shocked by what is happening to climate and weather. In late June of 2021, much of the northwestern states were above 110˚F, British Columbia had a temperature of 121.28˚F (about 50˚C) and much, much further...

Executive Director’s Report to the MembershipPeter Bane, PINA E.D., Autumn 2021      As I look over the frosted and decaying remnants of garden growth, and peer through the spare canopy of the woods to blue and gray skies beyond, I am reminded that every year over...

Roundtable Discussion on Decolonizing Permaculture Tuesday, December 7, 2021 – 6:30pm to 8pm (online) Join us in a roundtable discussion as PAN journeys towards decolonizing permaculture. We wish to create a frank conversation modelling vulnerability and transparency,...