Most of the text on this page is taken directly from material on the linked sites described.

An informal, community-based organisation linking people interested in community gardening across Australia.
A non-profit community service supporting organisations who work to increase our access to healthy, local food.
Brogo Permaculture Gardens is a celebration of the cultural shift we took from dependant city consumers to responsible rural producers. This is our contribution to the movement toward living lightly to meet basic human needs and then, take the lessons learnt into our community and bioregion.
Design, facilitation, training and web services.
Here you can find a directory of resources (websites, books, mailing lists, etc.) of all issues relevant to building and living in eco-villages.This resource on Sarah West's homepage was created and is maintained by Christoph Henschon
This prototype site contains information and links about a proposal to launch Gaia U in Australia. Please read and get involved if you are interested in being a learner or a partner provider.
The site of David Holmgren, who with Bill Mollison wrote the book Permaculture One which launched the movement.
Jerrapark is a 16 hectare (40 acre) demonstration farm, that started in 1991 with a concept of developing a sustainable living system. Utilising Bill Mollison and David Holmgren's permaculture design principals and incorporating Rudolf Steiner's approach to bio-dynamic farming. The aim is renewing the connection with nature and cosmic energy in a holistic approach.
Natural innovation at the edges of Sustainability, Technology and Community.
Peter Andrews fascinating site.
Permaculture teaching and networking partnership of Russ Grayson and Fiona Campbell. Includes the Permaculture Papers by Russ Grayson.
A resource for farmers & business, gardeners & cooks. This website makes use of a zonal design system as it's index - and it doesn't take long before the index grows into a matrix and becomes a Qabbalah.
"Permaculture Education" was established by Robyn Francis in 1989 and has trained over 2000 people from interstate and overseas. Based at Djanbung Gardens. "Permaculture Education" networks with groups in New Zealand, Indonesia and East Timor & is looking forward to extending it's services and support to other Asia-Pacific neighbours.
Our Insitute's mission statement is the promotion of sustainable system design known as Permaculture, through education, publishing, translation, implementation, the development of curricula, and the establishment and administration of aid projects.
PIWA is a body of professional Permaculturists engaged in a range of formal and informal Permaculture teaching activities in WA. They don't have a website, however they organised IPC6 and the excellent proceedings site still exists.
Permaculture International Limited (PIL) provides services to members in support of their work in permaculture design, service and permaculture related activities.
Permaculture Melbourne Inc. is a member based non-profit association. Coming under the umbrella of Permaculture Melbourne, there are a number of local and special interest groups including the Seedy Group, Victorian Educators' Group and the Heritage Fruits Group. Local groups include Mountain Districts, South Eastern Suburbs, North East Ranges and Yarra Valley.
Permaculture Noosa is a vibrant & dynamic group of people living on small acreage and/or an urban environment in sub-tropical Queensland at Cooroy and surrounding areas on the Sunshine Coast, Australia.
The Permaculture Research Institute (PRI), headed by Geoff Lawton, is a non-profit organisation involved in global networking and practical training of environmental activists. It offers solutions to local and global ecological problems, and has an innovative farm design in progress. The Institute is also involved in design and consultancy work, and actively supports several aid projects around the world.
Permaculture Solutions is a social enterprise run cooperatively by a small team of professionally trained permaculture designers. Permaculture Solutions began with our interest in making our living by doing what we are passionate about, this passion informing all we do. We are currently based in Melbourne's South-Eastern suburbs (Clayton).
Online Permaculture training from April Sampson - Kelly.
The Permaforest Trust is a not-for-profit education centre and demonstration farm created to promote sustainability. The Trust is a living example of sustainable practices where people may learn together through participation.
The aim of SEED International is to contribute to the emergence of an ecological and sustainable future through ecoliteracy and ecodesign.
Was founded in 1986 to preserve the diversity of our cultural plants. Our activities include a newsletter, seed exchange, seed bank, frequent events and workshops and the publication of a best selling handbook on the subject in Australia. A version for cold climates is currently being published in the UK.
Jade & Paul Woodhouse are Permaculturists and sustainable gardeners/farmers.
The Somerville Ecovillage project is a not for profit community based initiative that is creating a world class ecovillage in Chidlow, only 45 minutes drive from the centre of Perth. The village design is based on Permaculture principles and Pattern Language as utilised successfully in leading ecovillages around the world.
We specialise in assessment of community needs and resources, education of project field workers and members of indigenous communities, and design and implementation of sustainable solutions to a range of global problems.
Welcome to one of the first Australian back to basics sites. We are a friendly community focused on sustainability, permaculture, organic gardening, backyard livestock, simple living and stepping lightly on the planet. If you’re interested in a simple sustainable lifestyle then you’re in the right place; there are fellow travellers here.
Publishers for the Permaculture Institute since 1978.
The Food Forest today is the result of the vision of owners Graham & Annemarie Brookman and functions as a remarkable 15 hectare Permaculture farm and learning centre.
This project is working towards providing an inner city example of sustainable living, as well as a model for environmentally friendly and ethical business practices.
A non-profit voluntary organisation that promotes, practices, and represents Permaculture in South Australia.
The most important thing each of us can do is to help more people to understand that our society is not sustainable, and to understand that there is a satisfactory alternative path. There can be no significant change until enough people see the need for it, and accept The Simpler Way. We can all contribute to increasing this understanding. The main purpose of this website is to provide information which will help people in their efforts to educate about the need for change.
Permaculture Solutions' blog. Intended to be a log of our permaculture design experiment here at the wonderful thomas street residence, and now seemingly a campaign to save our beautiful garden!
Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF) is a form of cultural exchange in which WWOOFers live and work as family with host farms, and learn about: the skills of organic growing in the area they are visiting.