by Melanie Mindlin | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Executive Director’s Report — Contest awards, new projects and film Peter Bane – Feb 24 and March 20, 2020 PINA is evaluating constraints and opportunities during this historic period of economic contraction and pandemic illness. Paradigms are shifting as the...
by Melanie Mindlin | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Building a Great People’s Movement: PINA is convening a North American Leadership Summit (NALS), August 20-23, 2020, a co-creative learning process culminating in a unique event that will define the next steps in our evolution as continental leaders of Turtle Island....
by Melanie Mindlin | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Save the Date: The 2020 Northeast Pc Convergence is coming! The Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN), a PINA Regional Hub, is pleased to announce that we are working with a small group of Pc folks from around the region to organize a 2020 NE Permaculture...
by Melanie Mindlin | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Salina Duncan, representing Garden of Hope in Jocotenango, Guatemala has been awarded the prize in Community Development. Backed by a team that includes two local women: Francisca Maxima Perez, a native and medicinal plants expert, and Maria Jose Gomez Lima, an artist...
by Melanie Mindlin | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
I joined PINA because my friend Peter Bane asked me. I respect Peter deeply for his patient and humble leadership in the movement. I see the value in transcending the iconoclastic and counter culture roots of permaculture while including the robust soil from which it...
by Melanie Mindlin | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
We hope you find inspiration and some design tweaks or ideas in the diverse stories we share in this issue of regenerative projects from around the world. Chinampas Chinampas, an ancient form of water gardening created by the Aztecs, uses the natural accumulation of...
