Newsletters
Here you will find PINA’s complete backlog of Newsletters that are filled with news, tips, and events relevant to Permaculture. Use the links on the Lefthand side bar to see the complete set of back issues.
Allied Organization of the Month
Introducing Earth Activist Trainings.
EAT teaches a wide range of courses, from introductory Permaculture classes for beginners to advanced classes for experienced permaculturalists and specialized classes for professionals working in the field.
In collaboration with PINA, EAT offers an advanced dipoma in Regenerative Land Management.
With an understanding of historic injustice and a dedication to making permaculture accessible to those on the front lines of climate, food, and social justice struggles, EAT offers scholarships to indigenous people and people of color.
Join EAT and become a skillful advocate for People Care, Earth Care, and a fair, just, and thriving future.
2024 Permaculture Summit Highlights
Did you attend the Permaculture Summit we organized early in February?
If you weren’t able to make it, or simply want to we re-live some of the best moments, give this highlight reel a watch. The speakers delivered a wealth of knowledge.
Many attendees were motivated to finally work towards the Permaculture lifestyle they’ve always wanted.
Will you join them in this journey?
Get Featured
Would you like to be featured in our next Newsletter or join us as a Speaker? PINA is eager to learn more about how you are promoting the principles and practices of Permaculture.
Share your recent accomplishments, successes, or projects you’re working on, and let us spotlight your efforts! Please send your submission to membership@pina.in.
PINA’s Monthly Speaker Series
Every month we bring you exciting content, and introduce you to permaculture leaders who share a wealth of information to enhance your permaculture journey.
For this month, on March 11, long-time PINA member and Permaculture educator, Marisha Auerbach will be joining us for a thought-provoking discussion. The topic of this discussion is Bioregionalism, a concept that offers profound solutions to many contemporary challenges. Marisha has a remarkable ability to get to the crux of what Bioregionalism is and why it’s worth considering as a way of living.
We also have Andrew Faust and David Harper joining us on March 20 to speak about Living Land Trusts. These can be great ways to preserve land in your community, as well as a way to help foster more affordable options where you live.
We’re so excited to learn from these amazing presenters!!
WELCOME TO PINA
For this month’s newsletter, we’ve decided to take a different approach. We’re going give you a behind-the-scenes look at PINA and begin to introduce you to a few of the dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to bring you our offerings.
PINA is a professional association for Permaculture Practitioners working across North America and Hawaiʻi.
Our aim is to:
- Promote permaculture pathways in professional development
- Facilitate networking and connectivity among practitioners
- Grant diplomas recognizing excellence and achievement
- Bring permaculture solutions to the challenges of social justice, land regeneration, and climate change
- Preserve the integrity and quality of the Permaculture Design Course
- and more…
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One of the folks working behind the scenes to ensure you’re kept up to date on all the PINA happenings is our Communications Manager, Sean Jennings, i.e. ME!!
I’m in charge of posting on Social Media, creating all of the graphics for PINA, updating the website (BIG UPDATE ON ITS WAY), crafting these monthly newsletters, and more.
I’ve been with PINA for almost a year now and I feel like I’m finally finding my groove here.
Before joining PINA, I founded a Permaculture-based community group in LA known as the Westside Permies which went on to organize two regional Permaculture Convergences in 2011 & 2012. I also worked as a landscaper with Erik Ohlsen and Permaculture Artisans before venturing off to start my own Permaculture Landscape Company.
I did that for a few years before moving back to my little homestead in Hawaii where I have been living off-grid and documenting it through a YouTube channel and Blog, in which I have built quite the following.
I’m using those skills to help PINA increase its digital presence. My goal is not only to help PINA grow but to help all of PINA’s members grow as well.
I help PINA members post jobs or events on the website, I even make custom graphics for many members. If there’s anything digital you might need help with that’s related to Permaculture, reach out to my email, I’d love to help you out.
Additionally, you are more than welcome to reach out if you have any tips or wish to collaborate with PINA to expand our online visibility together.
PINA Events Calendar
Click here to see all the latest PINA-endorsed regional and continental events on our Events Calendar!
Membership Corner
Ranging from short-term events such as work parties and permablitzes right up to paid career positions, listings on the Kiosk may be viewed by anyone visiting the pina.in site. All PINA members can list jobs on the Kiosk, a perk of being a member. Some of the current listings right now include a paid internship in the San Francisco Bay area, a work trade position in the Pacific Northwest, Advanced Cook/Baker in the Rocky Mountains, Assistant Grower in the Rocky Mountains, and Permaculture Designer/AutoCAD Drafter in the Great Lakes region.
Why I joined PINA – Darrell Frey
Click here to read more about Darrell Frey, why he became a member and joined the Board of Directors
Commercial Foodscapes & Social Permaculture
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 intersections.
Facing the Fire: Innovative Uses of Biochar and Permaculture Design to Mitigate Wildfire
PINA’s Fire Ecology Restoration Project brings western experts on innovative uses of biochar and permaculture design to mitigate wildfire risk to a trailblazing workshop.
LECTURE: June 3 @ 5:00 pm, FREE to the public
WORKSHOP: June 4-5, 9 am – 5 pm
LOCATION: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
PINA Update, Report from the Executive Director
PINA is gearing up for a very full year, and I encourage all members to support our growth. Together, we can increase permaculture’s impact. Read on and learn how.
2021-22 Design Contest
Final submissions for the 2021-22 Design Contest are in. It is time for you to vote for the grand prize! Any PINA members in good standing by March 30th are welcome to vote for their favorite design. The grand prize award is $5,000. Cast your ballots now until March 30th. Winners will be announced on March 31st. Check out the final design submissions here.
Our third design contest has entered its final phase, where PINA members are asked to select the best overall design for implementation from the following five submissions chosen by PINA’s judges. Two rounds of winnowing have already occurred. PINA received many other intriguing and promising proposals from regions across North America. The Finalists presented here offered, in the opinion of our judges, the best chance for being built out, for making a positive impact with the funds allocated, and for serving both social and ecological functions.
