Welcome, Maine Permaculture Advocates!

Re-skilling. Re-localizing. Re-connecting.

What if we could create rich, healthy and productive systems of food, housing, transport, water, and energy that, in fact, are able continue indefinitely? Permaculture is both a design approach and a "toolkit" for living sustainably in the truest, most technical sense of that word. Actually, permaculture goes BEYOND "sustainability" as most people currently employ the term. It is regenerative.

It builds RESILIENCE and helps us to weather the economic, environmental and energy storms in our future.

To practice permaculture is to actively create a positive and abundant post-carbon future, starting right now, wherever you are. Permaculture is a critical tool in helping to unleash our collective genius and creativity in the service of true sustainability.

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Permaculture (permanent agriculture or permanent culture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way.

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Click on ABOUT US to find details about permaculture design courses!

We cover topics such as (but not limited to) edible landscapes, gardening, farming, renewable energy, green building, local currency, rainwater harvesting, composting, mushrooms, local food, forest gardening, herbalism, "green" living, sustainable economic systems, conservation, community-building, relocalization and transition towns ...

You might also consider joining one of our our sister groups located in Kennebunk/Arundel, Brunswick, Midcoast or Orono/Old Town.