by John Schinnerer | Dec 26, 2018 | Newsletter December 2018
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...
by John Schinnerer | Dec 25, 2018 | Newsletter December 2018
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...
by John Schinnerer | Dec 24, 2018 | Newsletter December 2018
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....
by John Schinnerer | Dec 23, 2018 | Newsletter December 2018
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...
by John Schinnerer | Dec 22, 2018 | Newsletter December 2018
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...
by John Schinnerer | Dec 21, 2018 | 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...
