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At the beginning of each year, the European Permaculture Network (EuPN) hosts the PermaTalks – a lecture and discussion series running every Thursday at 18:30 CET, from 15 January to 5 March.

We’re currently looking for one additional discussion guest for two upcoming PermaTalks:
• Permaculture Courses – share your experience in teaching, structuring, or improving courses.
• Permaculture Project Implementation – bring your perspective from real-life design and implementation work.

On the 14th of October 2025 I gave a presentation / talk about Digital Permaculture for members of the Permaculture Association Britain

I used up all the taking time - over 1 hour, hence there was no time for discussions at the end. I promised to answer any questions by mail. 

Permaculture began with gardens, chickens and food forests. In its early days, it was all about designing sustainable systems for growing food in harmony with nature. And rightly so; these practices remain vital in a world facing ecological breakdown.

But something deeper has been growing beneath the surface. Over time, permaculture has expanded from landscapes to lifescapes. From composting kitchen scraps to composting cultural norms. From planting trees to planting the seeds of new ways of being together.

Mastering permaculture knowledge and practice can begin with a lecture or a short introductory course, or by studying literature, films, and online content. Traditionally, and in a structured manner, permaculture education begins by attending a course sometimes called the 72-hours Permaculture Design Certificate course (PDC for short). These courses can be led by permaculture diploma holders from Croatia and abroad and are organized by them either in cooperation or independently.

Ovladavanje permakulturnim gradivom i praksom može započeti na nekom predavanju ili kraćem uvodnom tečaju, odnosno proučavanjem literature, filmova i sadržaja na dostupnog na internetu. Tradicionalno i na strukturiran način obrazovanje za permakulturu započinje sudjelovanjem na tečaju koji se ponekad naziva 72-satni tečaj permakulturnog dizajniranja (eng. 72-hours Permaculture Design Certificate course; skraćeno PDC). Te tečajeve mogu voditi diplomirani permakulturni dizajneri iz zemlje i inozemstva, a organiziraju ih u suradnji ili neovisno.

They came for two days and stayed for five; the kind of extension we don't just welcome, but celebrate!

Last week, a fellow permaculture family visited our homestead in the heart of Croatia. What started as a short stopover turned into a beautiful five-day cultural and creative exchange. We shared not only food and space, but values, questions, stories, and laughter.