by Melanie Mindlin | Aug 29, 2019 | blog, Newsletter September 2019, Uncategorized
Diploma offered in Regenerative Land Management In cooperation with Earth Activist Training, PINA announces a 6th specialization in its diploma program. Designed to be completed in two years, this diploma is oriented to those seeking a career in large property...
by Melanie Mindlin | Jun 22, 2019 | blog, Newsletter June 2019
by Zev Friedman I’m proposing the ancient cultural pattern of mutual aid as a potential strategy for growing our movement up so it can have the transformative impact that it’s been dreaming of since inception. I see PINA’s ambitious framework as a powerful servant of...
by Melanie Mindlin | Jun 18, 2019 | blog, Newsletter June 2019
Forest Bathing Shinrin Yoku or “forest bathing” took its name from a recreational practice that many Japanese found to be spiritually and psychologically nourishing. It has quickly gained popularity. Many permaculturists have direct familiarity with the benefits of...
by Melanie Mindlin | Apr 8, 2019 | blog, Newsletter April 2019
by Jason Gerhardt I came to Permaculture through a combination of hope and desperation. After growing up with street violence, early death, and urban entropy as central themes of my life, I hoped the rest of life wasn’t going to be such a fleeting affair. With that...
by Melanie Mindlin | Apr 8, 2019 | blog, Newsletter April 2019
Meet some of our Board Members. By Darrell Frey My permaculture journey began in 1980. I was a young homesteader on a fast learning curve. When I read an interview of Bill Mollison in Mother Earth News Magazine, I knew my calling was to become a permaculture designer....
by John Schinnerer | Dec 21, 2018 | blog, Newsletter December 2018
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...
