Robyn Francis is an Australian
permaculture
Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole-systems thinking. It applies these principle ...
figure founder of
Permaculture College Australia.
Having worked in Permaculture since 1983
permaculture
Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole-systems thinking. It applies these principle ...
throughout Australia and overseas, Robyn was founding director of Permaculture International Ltd (PIL) in 1987, designer and creator of
Djanbung Gardens, Australia's leading permaculture centre.
Permaculture College Australia and Djanbung Gardens
In December 1992, Robyn began developing a permaculture training centre and demonstration farm on 5 acres of degraded cow pasture in sub-tropical Northern
NSW
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. 19 years later,
Djanbung Gardens has a wide range of working systems demonstrating approaches to sustainable living and design through guided and self-guide tours as well as training programs including short courses, part and full-time accredited training, and residential internships. Permaculture Education and Permaculture College Australia operate from Djanbung Gardens.
Projects
*Developed Accredited Permaculture Training
*Permaculture Trainer, Permaculture Education & Permaculture College Australia Inc
*Design Consultant Nimbin Ecovillage
*EcoRecreation Reserve, Nusajaya, Malaysia
*Permaculture Design Consultant, Canyon Ranch Bali
*Consultant, NSW Dept. Planning Sustainable Futures Planning & Design
*Design Consultant, Jarlanbah Permaculture Hamlet,
Nimbin
*Cummeragunga Aboriginal Village, Community & Land Development
Writing
*Design for the Human Life Cycle – Building, Eco-Villages, Energy Systems, Land, People Systems. 10 November 2008
*Design with Energy in Mind – Building, Energy Systems, Waste Systems & Recycling, Waste Water. 18 November 2008
*Bamboo in Permaculture – Pip Magazine, March 2015
See also
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Permaculture College Australia
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Djanbung Gardens
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Permaculture
Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole-systems thinking. It applies these principle ...
References
External links
Permaculture College Australia/Djanbung GardensPermaculure Australia
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Australian women scientists
Living people
Permaculturalists
Year of birth missing (living people)