one foot in each continent

[Moliagul philosopher]

Hello travellers.

After reading and buying permaculture magazines, doing project after project all in the name of Permaculture (in four different homes in Victoria) for years, I have eventually found this forum and joined.

My name is Edwin and I am currently in Cologne, Germany. When in Australia I spend as much time as possible (too often wasted by poor planning I have to admit) adding something to my permaculture-based garden around my homes. Since my partner of two years is German (and a believer in Permaculture and happy helper in my projects), we have agreed to spend as much time in Germany as well as in Australia. (One chapter that is missing from the Permaculture Design Manual (despite it being one of the most valuable, important and interesting books in existence) is "Making Permaculture easier via Bi-National Relationships"), so I'm have to work it out myself by experience).

In the meantime, my slowly-developing revegetation and Permaculture project in the northern Goldfields of Victoria, at the foot of Mt Moliagul, is in suspense.

I am always hoping that I might people who like that area of the world and might like to be involved somehow (even if that only means visiting and enjoying the sense of isolation and immersion in nature that is easy to experience there, drinking the rainwater, reading under lights in a caravan powered by solar panels at night, breathing totally unpolluted air and looking at a night sky that is usually clear with zero light pollution).

In the meantime I'm trying to see how I can be involved in something Permacultural here around Cologne while I am here, and I'm hoping that somebody might allow me to share their Schreber Garden

Good luck to all readers, lets keep the Permaculture message moving:
Ed.

[eco4560]

Welcome Ed. Have you found a permie group locally yet?

[ecodharmamark]

G'day Ed

Welcome to the PRI Forum

...One chapter that is missing from the Permaculture Design Manual (despite it being one of the most valuable, important and interesting books in existence) is "Making Permaculture easier via Bi-National Relationships"), so I'm have to work it out myself by experience...

Concerning the above, I think you might find Holmgren's Principle 10 Use and Value Diversity of interest. In his book Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, Holmgren devotes an entire chapter on the value of 'diversity', be it on a bio-regional, a 'bi-national' or indeed, a multi-national scale.

...In the meantime, my slowly-developing revegetation and Permaculture project in the northern Goldfields of Victoria, at the foot of Mt Moliagul, is in suspense...

I am always hoping that I might [find?] people who like that area of the world and might like to be involved somehow (even if that only means visiting and enjoying the sense of isolation and immersion in nature that is easy to experience there, drinking the rainwater, reading under lights in a caravan powered by solar panels at night, breathing totally unpolluted air and looking at a night sky that is usually clear with zero light pollution)...

As part of my work and study in the north-western region of Victoria, I pass through the Mt Moliagul area quite often. I would be happy at some point/s in the future to swing by your project site in order to observe, interact (Principle 1) and record (digital photography) the happenings there. I could then send these images on to you in Germany. Let me know if this is the kind of 'bi-national [permacultural] relationship' you are seeking.

Cheerio, Markos.