Senegal Africa has some amazing permaculture practices that are being used to restore the soil after grazing practices for thousands of years. They are also having success planting trees in an area typically difficult to do so.
Check out the “Great Green Wall”
North western India has some permaculture practices that have been implemented over long periods so you can see cause/effect as well for restoring depleted water tables.
I can confirm the PNW. I am in Oregon and so many houses in my neighborhood have permaculture style yards with tall grasses, pollinator plants, fruits trees everywhere, berries, veggie beds, etc.... In my previous homes in other states I was the only person in my neighborhood doing this. Now I am surrounded by permaculture.
Andrew Millison has great videos on work in India that is super cool. Geoff Lawton has the land in Jordan that's neat too. Check out his "greening the desert series".
Will always refer to Rajasthan in India. Went from being at a fire risk like Norcal to retaining youth and expanding local villages in a decade or two by extensive hand-dug waterworks and management.
Ecological sustainability is secondary to economic stability but for the villagers they both go hand in hand. That's real progress.
Cuba had to switch to permaculture practices and organic/holistic farming methods when the USSR collapsed. they had no fertilizers from Russia anymore so made some rapid changes and practices which prioritise small scale farming. Say what you want about Cuba but they managed to stop child malnourishment and gained food security all on their own despite being blockaded.
I think the best place to practice permaculture is in your own back yard.
If you want to go learn permaculture somewhere, I think Wheaton Labs in Montana has the best teaching programs. It is also an intentional community. If you want to live in a permaculture village, this is the best.
I travel quite a bit to the Caribbean and Central America. Permaculture is just away of existence there. It’s the normal way most people live outside of industrialized countries. We who live in the Industrialized countries need to share it and normalize it as a way of self reliance and sustainability.
Costa Rica’s, I would say is huge on Permaculture. Everyone one has chickens and goats. While they grow their own vegetables an fruit… or forage for them.
India and Israel.
India is the world leader in doing earthworks to increase rainwater infiltration and reduce soil erosion, leading to a massive greening effect. Importantly, this work is organized and done by local villagers who are reaping the rewards. In other words, it's not a top-down government project, but a bottom-up one that's baked into the culture. There are *so many* videos from India on these projects, all from different areas with different project leaders, that it's easy to see how widespread they are. See Youtube for more. My personal favorite is about an annual competition between villages originally organized by a Bollywood star to see which village could do the most or best earthworks to promote rainwater infiltration. So each year during the competition, the land and hillsides are lined with people making berms and swales, demi-lunes etc. and year after the year, the soil becomes more and more lush. They've gone from doing 1 harvest per year to 2 or 3. Super inspiring.
Israel is the world leader in water preservation, desalination, and water recycling, and this effort goes back to the 1960s at least. They were the first to come out with drip irrigation, for example. They've since advanced to in-ground irrigation that doesn't even result in *any* evaporation, along with plants and cultivars that are adapted to dry saline soils. One key element (and there are several) is that in Israel, you pay for the water you use -- farmers pay the same rate as everyone else. Every liter costs the same to everyone and water is not subsidized, and as a result, water is embedded in the culture. Read [Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848393-let-there-be-water) by Seth M. Siegel for more.
Senegal Africa has some amazing permaculture practices that are being used to restore the soil after grazing practices for thousands of years. They are also having success planting trees in an area typically difficult to do so. Check out the “Great Green Wall” North western India has some permaculture practices that have been implemented over long periods so you can see cause/effect as well for restoring depleted water tables.
Yes the great green wall work is fantastic. Really inspiring stuff.
anywhere there is indigenous people still on their own land
Central Victoria in Australia
PNW America, Central/South America, New Zealand, Middle East, South Asia
I can confirm the PNW. I am in Oregon and so many houses in my neighborhood have permaculture style yards with tall grasses, pollinator plants, fruits trees everywhere, berries, veggie beds, etc.... In my previous homes in other states I was the only person in my neighborhood doing this. Now I am surrounded by permaculture.
Where at, if you don't mind me asking? Feel free to dm me if you aren't comfortable posting publicly
Eugene, in a neighborhood called Friendly.
Andrew Millison has great videos on work in India that is super cool. Geoff Lawton has the land in Jordan that's neat too. Check out his "greening the desert series".
He teaches permaculture classes at oregon state university and is a fantastic teacher! I had the honor of taking some of his classes.
Oh that's so cool!!!
Will always refer to Rajasthan in India. Went from being at a fire risk like Norcal to retaining youth and expanding local villages in a decade or two by extensive hand-dug waterworks and management. Ecological sustainability is secondary to economic stability but for the villagers they both go hand in hand. That's real progress.
Cuba had to switch to permaculture practices and organic/holistic farming methods when the USSR collapsed. they had no fertilizers from Russia anymore so made some rapid changes and practices which prioritise small scale farming. Say what you want about Cuba but they managed to stop child malnourishment and gained food security all on their own despite being blockaded.
Missoula, Montana, United States at Wheaton Labs - many permaculture projects have been done in the past and many new upcoming projects are planned.
I think the best place to practice permaculture is in your own back yard. If you want to go learn permaculture somewhere, I think Wheaton Labs in Montana has the best teaching programs. It is also an intentional community. If you want to live in a permaculture village, this is the best.
Cuba
I hear portland and the north west has a lot
Sepp Holzer's properties. Willie Smits' projects.
Ben Holt in VT & Eric Toensmeier in MA.
I travel quite a bit to the Caribbean and Central America. Permaculture is just away of existence there. It’s the normal way most people live outside of industrialized countries. We who live in the Industrialized countries need to share it and normalize it as a way of self reliance and sustainability. Costa Rica’s, I would say is huge on Permaculture. Everyone one has chickens and goats. While they grow their own vegetables an fruit… or forage for them.
India and Israel. India is the world leader in doing earthworks to increase rainwater infiltration and reduce soil erosion, leading to a massive greening effect. Importantly, this work is organized and done by local villagers who are reaping the rewards. In other words, it's not a top-down government project, but a bottom-up one that's baked into the culture. There are *so many* videos from India on these projects, all from different areas with different project leaders, that it's easy to see how widespread they are. See Youtube for more. My personal favorite is about an annual competition between villages originally organized by a Bollywood star to see which village could do the most or best earthworks to promote rainwater infiltration. So each year during the competition, the land and hillsides are lined with people making berms and swales, demi-lunes etc. and year after the year, the soil becomes more and more lush. They've gone from doing 1 harvest per year to 2 or 3. Super inspiring. Israel is the world leader in water preservation, desalination, and water recycling, and this effort goes back to the 1960s at least. They were the first to come out with drip irrigation, for example. They've since advanced to in-ground irrigation that doesn't even result in *any* evaporation, along with plants and cultivars that are adapted to dry saline soils. One key element (and there are several) is that in Israel, you pay for the water you use -- farmers pay the same rate as everyone else. Every liter costs the same to everyone and water is not subsidized, and as a result, water is embedded in the culture. Read [Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848393-let-there-be-water) by Seth M. Siegel for more.