The Panya Project
Permaculture Design Courses with Inspiration!
Permaculture Design is sweeping the world. With currently over one million graduates of the PDC around the world, the ripples of activity are completely covering the planet. It is estimated that there are over 5000 project in over 150 countries that claim to be using the principles and ethics of permaculture in their design.
We are proud at Panya to offer world class courses at one of the lowest costs. Students regularly come out of our courses fired up to make change in their world, implement sustainable systems at home (…)

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3rd Annual
Rice Harvest Festival
Tacomepai
Dec. 1-3, 2009
Come join us for our yearly full moon celebration. Enjoy local hill tribe performances, delicious Thai food, singing and dancing. Also help us in the special ritual of dehusking rice. Come support your local farm.
Full Moon Party - Paimaculture Style
location: Tacome Pai 7 km east
contact: sandot:
e-mail: homeayone@yahoo.co.th

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Dear all,
Registration for all 9th International Permaculture Conference and Convergence (IPC9) events
is now live on the conference website www.ipc9.org. The IPC9 events are:
1. The 9th International Permaculture Design Course (IPDC9a). Harare, Zimbabwe;18 to 29 October 2009
2. The 9th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC9b). Lilongwe, Malawi; 2 to 5 November 2009
3. The 9th International Permaculture Conference (IPC9c). Lilongwe, Malawi; 6 November 2009
4. The 9th International Permaculture Site Tour (IPC9d). Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa; 7 to 30 November 2009. (You can (…)

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Here is a little snippet from the website AqueousSolutions’ (www.aqsolutions.org). This website was just launched, and is doing great things. For expanded and expanded version of the article below, check out the website:
www.aqsolutions.org
The newest editions of two of AqueousSolutions’ papers are available for download from the Resources page:
Pesticide Use in Thailand and the US: Ecological and Human Health Effects, and Agrichemicals of Concern in Northern Thailand.
article written by Joshua Kearns
These docs are packed full of all kinds of factoids, tid-bits and statistics you (…)

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Name What is Permaculture
Aim To gauge participants level of understanding of permaculture. To get participants thinking about the topic. Timing First session Resources 5 strips of paper per participant, glue, felt pens. Large sheets of paper Activity • Each participant to write on slips of paper 5 statements/words to answer ‘What does permaculture mean to you’ • Get in pairs and swap responses, merging any that say similar things (throw one slip away) and putting aside any that the other person doesn’t agree with. • Join 2 pairs together and repeat. Then decide on headings and paste (…)

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We are striving to keep the quality of our courses at a high level and to keep the costs of the courses low, including a very reduced cost for anyone woking for an NGO or non-profit organization.
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Natural Building Internship

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History of Panya Project
Volunteer or Visit
Photo Galley
Pun Pun Educational Center
Directions to the Farm (…)

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This is a report on the first Permaculture Design Course/groundbreaking for The Baan Thai Project, now The Panya Project.
Written by Monkey, one of the first students to arrive, from Australia.
Permaculture Design Certificate and on-site training, Thailand Oct 29th – Nov 17th 2006
I first heard about Permaculture a few years ago I think perhaps when I was just finishing up my environmental biology degree at university. I did a small amount of reading and saw it as a great and efficient way to grow food. Interesting ideas such as housing chickens within a glass house in a cold (…)

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Permaculture is a broad-based and holistic approach that has many applications to all aspects of life. At the heart of permaculture design and practice is a fundamental set of ‘core values’ or ethics which remain constant whatever a person’s situation, whether they are creating systems for town planning or trade; whether the land they care for is only a windowbox or an entire forest. These ’ethics’ are often summarised as;
Earthcare – recognising that the Earth is the source of all life (and is possibly itself a living entity- see Gaia theory) and that we recognise and respect that the (…)

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