What we’re about
Permaculture aims to regenerate healthy, productive landscapes and communities by consciously applying ecological principles to the design of human habitats. It is a theory, a mindset, and a lens for looking at the world in order to create a sustainable and just planet for all. Permaculture’s three ethics - Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share - and its twelve principles are used to design systems that create and foster healthy relationships. Through this discipline, each of us can take greater responsibility for ourselves and our world by developing life skills for sustainable living to become active participants and producers.
“Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance.” -Toby Hemenway (permaculturist & author)
What we do: We build community, share ideas and learn how to move forward mindfully and in tune with the ethics of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. Through the Seacoast NH Permaculture Meetup and other partner organizations we bring people together by offering workshops, speakers, movies, discussions, swaps, potluck meals and other events.
"We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that." -Dr. David Suzuki (geneticist, broadcaster, environmentalist)
Our mission: Seacoast NH Permaculture Group empowers individuals and communities to work together to create resiliency through the use of Permaculture in the NH seacoast area and beyond. We inspire and teach each other by sharing skills, knowledge, and regenerative practices, nurturing our connections and celebrating our work.
“You cannot save the land apart from the people or the people apart from the land.” -Wendell Berry (farmer, environmentalist, author)
Land Acknowledgment: Indigenous cultures, past and present, have been an inspiration to our learning and the development of permaculture. To honor them and to deepen our connection to and understanding of the land we are living on, we share that the Seacoast of NH is the traditional ancestral homeland of the Abenaki, Pennacook and Wabanaki Peoples. We are grateful to them for stewarding this area so beautifully for thousands of years and continuing that work now. They invite us to join their efforts – see indigenousnh.com to learn more.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- ONLINE Permaculture Topics: Patterns of Meaning with Jeremy Lent & Morag GambleLink visible for attendees
An interview with award-winning permaculture teacher and designer, Morag Gamble, and best-selling author, Jeremy Lent, discussing the urgent need to realign our patterns of meaning with the life-sustaining patterns of our planet to create thriving, regenerative cultures. ReGeneration Rising explores how regenerative approaches can help us collectively re-design our communities, cities, and economies, and create a thriving home for all on our planet.
To clarify - for these discussions, we watch/listen to/read material ahead of time and then discuss it. The authors or speakers are not joining us - we are talking about their work ourselves.
Before we meet please listen to this 1 hour podcast: https://rsa-podcasts.simplecast.com/episodes/patterns-of-meaning-with-jeremy-lent-morag-gamble
In our Permaculture Topics Discussions & Book Studies, we aim to expand our knowledge of topics related to permaculture and to have an ongoing series where members can connect to build our community. This series has a particular focus on "social/societal permaculture." Since Spring 2020, we've been especially engaging with topics such as: people care, story, right relationships, new economics, community resilience, honoring indigenous knowledge, strength in diversity, and forests & gardens as teachers.
COST: Suggested donation of $5-15 at https://www.seacoastnhpermaculture.org/ . If you do not want to use paypal, we always take checks to Seacoast Permaculture, 219 France Rd, Barrington NH 03825. *We are not requiring payment before signing up but there are limited spaces so please take your RSVP seriously.*
JOINING ONLINE: Our online programs are offered via Zoom. When you rsvp "yes" the Zoom link will become visible to you on this event page. Whenever you are logged in to your meetup account and come to this page you will be able to see it, click on it, or cut and paste it to get to the meeting. We will send you a message with the link through meetup, but your settings for your email or in meetup may mean it does not reach you, so *please remember to come to this page for access!*
The series is facilitated by Seacoast Permaculture members involved in organic growing and homesteading, education and social justice movements. The facilitators help the conversation move along, making sure everyone gets a chance to share. These are not formal classes but conversations shaped by the participants.
NOTE from SP Organizers: Want to stay in the loop beyond our Meetups? Sign up for the monthly Seacoast NH Permaculture email newsletter to get notified about additional local and online events, hands-on projects, and resources. Sign up here. Unsubscribe at any time.
- Work Party: Soil Building & Pasture ManagementLiving Land Permaculture Homestead, Barrington, NH
Building soil through hugelkultur and animal rotation are important skills. The health of our gardens, our food, and our planet all improve with these techniques.
This work party will involve moving material into place for expanding pasture and hugelkultur beds. It will not be very heavy lifting - more a many hands make light work setup! There will be a tour of areas previously created this way so you can see the results.
Please dress for work, including sturdy shoes, and bring work/garden gloves if you have them. Your own water bottle is a good idea, too.
COST: This series is an exchange of your working energy for the knowledge and skill building of our hosts. No payment is expected but your support is always appreciated!
Announcing Seacoast Permaculture Work Parties: experiential learning and mutual support events!
Over the years many have told us that they would welcome an opportunity for more hands on skill building. Books, videos, podcasts and classes are amazing, but to actually participate in the work is often the best learning experience.
We also believe that coming together to help each other with our projects is a great way to build community and support for the important work we are engaged in. It is also a joyful way to spend our time!
In 2025 we launch the program by gathering at three homesteads to learn how to build soil, to put a garden to bed for the winter and to plant garlic. These are some basic techniques that are the core of homesteading or garden management.
Come together to learn through doing!
NOTE from SP Organizers: Want to stay in the loop beyond our Meetups? Sign up for the monthly Seacoast NH Permaculture email newsletter to get notified about additional local and online events, hands-on projects, and resources. Sign up here. Unsubscribe at any time.
- The Work That ReconnectsSaltonstall Farm, Stratham, NH$5.00
In these challenging times we invite you into an afternoon of rejuvenation with The Work That Reconnects. This is a set of practices developed by Joanna Macy to support and re-energize folks who are working to create change in the world. There are four stages, beginning in gratitude, the moving through honoring our pain, seeing with new eyes, and going forth. The practices help make space for grief, anger and uncertainty while also cultivating possibility and joy.
We are gathering on the beautiful Saltonstall Farm in Stratham - a fully accessible space. We will be outside and inside the spacious, airy barn.
COST: We request a sliding scale donation of $5-50 per person. To reserve your space, we are taking a $5 deposit. You can pay that here with paypal or by check: Seacoast Permaculture, 219 France Rd, Barrington, NH 03825. The check option means you will not be charged an extra fee by meetup! Please bring cash or check if you can contribute further that day.
Cosponsored by 350NH, NH Peace Action Education Fund & Seacoast Permaculture.
CO-LED BY:
Kendra Ford currently working for 350NH engaging lots of people across the state in creative work against climate change. Before that she was a Unitarian Universalist minister for more than 20 years and had the chance to be trained in The Work That Reconnects while Joanna Macy was still offering workshops. She will be forever grateful for having Joanna's kind voice in her head saying, "we don't know how this is going to turn out!"
Amy Antonucci has been involved in activism, agriculture, and the arts in Seacoast NH for over 30 years. After receiving her B.A. in Women’s Studies at UNH Durham, she has worked on issues of ecological health, sustainable agriculture, human rights and peace. She is chair of the board of NH Peace Action Education Fund. Amy is co-owner of Living Land Permaculture Homestead in Barrington, NH. She helps organize the Seacoast Permaculture Group and the True Tales Live storytelling program in Portsmouth NH, and teaches Sacred Circle Dance and Frame Drumming. - ONLINE Permaculture Topics: Falling in Love with the FutureLink visible for attendees
Rob Hopkins, is a towering figure in the world of regenerative change. Co-founder of Transition Network, he is host of the podcast ‘From What if to What Next’, author and speaker. His new book, ‘How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World’, offers a radical, moving, deeply inspiring dive into the people and movements throughout history who have used visions of the future to inspire positive change on a large and dramatic scale. Rob brings new thinking to anyone overwhelmed with dread and anxiety for the future. He asks us to consider: what would the world look like if we all got to work imagining—and then building—a world we were deeply in love with?
To clarify - for these discussions, we watch/listen to/read material ahead of time and then discuss it. The authors or speakers are not joining us - we are talking about their work ourselves.
Before we meet listen to or read Manda Scott's 75 minute interview of him at: https://accidentalgods.life/falling-in-love-with-the-future-with-author-musician-podcaster-and-futurenaut-rob-hopkins/
In our Permaculture Topics Discussions & Book Studies, we aim to expand our knowledge of topics related to permaculture and to have an ongoing series where members can connect to build our community. This series has a particular focus on "social/societal permaculture." Since Spring 2020, we've been especially engaging with topics such as: people care, story, right relationships, new economics, community resilience, honoring indigenous knowledge, strength in diversity, and forests & gardens as teachers.
COST: Suggested donation of $5-15 at https://www.seacoastnhpermaculture.org/ . If you do not want to use paypal, we always take checks to Seacoast Permaculture, 219 France Rd, Barrington NH 03825. *We are not requiring you pay before signing up but there are limited spaces so please take your RSVP seriously.*
JOINING ONLINE: Our online programs are offered via Zoom. When you rsvp "yes" the Zoom link will become visible to you on this event page. Whenever you are logged in to your meetup account and come to this page you will be able to see it, click on it, or cut and paste it to get to the meeting. We will send you a message with the link through meetup, but your settings for your email or in meetup may mean it does not reach you, so *please remember to come to this page for access!*
The series is facilitated by Seacoast Permaculture members involved in organic growing and homesteading, education and social justice movements. The facilitators help the conversation move along, making sure everyone gets a chance to share. These are not formal classes but conversations shaped by the participants.
