Whether your work in forestry, agroforestry, professional permaculture, or you are living the homestead life, getting the best chainsaw is key to efficient, safe, and successful work. The right chainsaw makes tasks such as manging woodlots, thinning wooded areas, and...
With climate catastrophe becoming increasingly visible, permaculture designers and land stewards across the Earth are taking action combating humanity’s neglect of the forests using novel tools and equipment to nurture the land in ways done for millenia by...
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...
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...
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...
Gloria Flora: Why did I join the Permaculture Institute of North America? I’m fortunate to be part of PINA in two ways: first as a member, and more recently, as its new Development Officer. Since PINA coalesced in 2012, I view it as a leading organization for...
