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2018/2019 NatureWise Permaculture Design Contest!
The Design Contest deadline is extended to January 31st, 2019. The holidays are here and with them, a focus on family and community. With this in mind, PINA has extended its design contest deadline to January 31 of 2019. You still have a chance to give this contest...
PINA Hires a Coordinator, or How I Got Thrown Off the Board
PINA is expanding and deepening its delivery capacity and needed to appoint someone to coordinate that effort. Peter Bane, having contributed many hundreds of volunteer hours to building PINA and being deeply knowledgeable about its history and potentials, was found...
New diploma – Community Development
PINA has published specifications for its newest diploma offering - the Community Development Diploma. This diploma will be awarded for those skilled in Social Permaculture and the design of invisible structures, working with people and community level projects. We...
Who Can Join PINA?
If you hold a Permaculture Design Course certificate you are eligible to be a PINA member. The Permaculture Institute of North America is a professional trade guild representing all graduates of the PDC. PINA’s mission is to elevate the status and influence of...
Allied Organization Memberships
PINA is offering a new membership opportunity to allied organizations which share permaculture ethics to partner with PINA and to support shared aims to make permaculture design widely available and influential throughout society. Read all about it! Organizational...
Why I Joined PINA
Three board members share why they joined PINA and what they hope to achieve. Bob Randall I have been lead teaching the PDC in Houston for 20 years and teaching in PDCs for almost 30. My 1977 doctorate is in a related field and I read my first permaculture book the...
$5000 Design Contest!
The Permaculture Institute North America (PINA) announces the 2018 Naturewise Permaculture Design Contest. This contest is open to members of PINA, and team submissions are encouraged. Go to the Contest Information here. The Contest: Design is for a permaculture...
New Diploma offered in Permaculture Site Development and Implementation
PINA continues to expand its Diploma offerings, recognizing that the implementation of a whole systems design encompasses a wide range of skill sets. Our newest Diploma is for Site Development and Implementation. Designing a site requires a specific skill set, but the...
First Thoughts on a Permaculture Hub for the Western Gulf
By Bob Randall Toward a Regional Hub Design We on the PINA Hub Committee have been mulling over how to accelerate the creation of regional permaculture service hubs across the continent. I thought I would ask for your suggestions and your help in building these hubs....
PINA Board Activity
PINA Board Welcomes New Directors PINA held its biennial face-to-face Board meeting over the Labor Day weekend at Blue Sky Farm, the permaculture homestead of Peter Bane and Keith Johnson in western Michigan. Much was accomplished during two days of intensive meetings...