Kiyokazu Shidara from the Permaculture Center of Japan brought his students to visit us this afternoon. What a treat for us to chat with them — Kiyokazu did the translating. We hope they will create a similar education garden in the centre of Tokyo and Osaka. City Farmer.
Japan's Permaculture Center
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Jul 202009
City Repair – Permaculture for Urban Spaces
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Apr 292009
Peak Moment 76: What happens when citizens apply permaculture principles to a city grid? They create friendly places within the grid that invite people to come together. Mark Lakeman, co-founder of Portland, Oregon’s City Repair Project describes these “creative intervention” projects as placemaking at its best. People learn to work together, build trust and have fun. The results, from painted intersections to cob benches and other organic structures, invite people “to inhabit the planet on …