It was 30 years ago that I accompanied Bill Mollison to India to teach the first full Permaculture Design Course (PDC) there in 1987. This year I returned to India to honour the anniversary as a keynote speaker at the 13th International Permaculture Conference (IPC), held in Hyderabad, and as lead teacher of the IPC-PDC. […]
Robyn Francis Conference Presentations & Talks -videos
IPC-11 Cuba International Permaculture Conference keynote presentation Autralasian Permacuture Convergence, New Zealand Evening seminar in Santa Barbara CA, USA
Videos of Robyn Francis
Nature Calls the Shots – Robyn Francis’ Permaculture Story Nature Calls the Shots is a 37-minute observational documentary film produced and directed by Juan Francisco Salazar that offers a glimpse into the life and work of pioneer permaculture designer and educator Robyn Francis, and the story of Djanbung Gardens in the community of Nimbin, northern […]
My Favourite Sauerkraut Recipe
Sauerkraut is one of my favourite ways to eat cabbage – not the bought bottled or canned sauerkraut that’s been pasturised and lost it’s living probiotics, but the homemade kind. Sauerkraut uses a natural lactic fermentation process that not only helps store cabbage for longer, it enhances it’s nutrient value including vitamin C and K, […]
Permaculture comes to China
Fenzhou is a small city by Chinese standards, just 1.5 million population near the coast of southern China. The flurry of a decade or so of rapid development is evident in the glass and concrete forests of tower blocks, many newly completed and still uninhabited and many more under construction. I’m driven through the city […]