Delvin Solkinson

“If we want to grow and harvest crops, we have to build soil and fertility with time, not destroy it. The only way to reach these endpoints is to improve the life in the soil.” - Dr. Elaine Ingham Our newest artful collaboration with Dr. Elaine Ingham @soilfoodwebschool, @heather.b.oregon, @doctorcobb, @carlamacport, Loida Vasquez and the extraordinary permaculture illustrator @brenna_quinlan sharing a vision of the Soil Food Web. The organisms represented in this illustration are representatives of diverse ecosystems from around the world. Here are the specific organisms depicted, and one example of where they can be found: Plants - Baobab - Africa Reptiles - Leopard Gecko - Asia Birds - Quetzal - South America Mammals - Wombat - Oceania Earthworms - Nite Crawler - Europe Macro-Arthropods - Dung Beetle - Middle East Fungi - Fly Agaric - Eurasia Crustaceans - Pill Bug - Europe Micro-Anthropods - Red Velvet Mite - Europe Archaea - Volcanic Type - Hawaii Protozoa - Amoebae - Global Organic Matter - Leaf Litter - Global Micro-Animals - Tardigrades - Antartica Bacteria - Alfalfa Root Nodule - Europe Viruses - Phague - Oceans Nematodes - Fungal Feeding Nematode - Global Protista - Algae - Global You can enjoy exploring the ways these organisms live in complex interconnection with each other at the Soil Food Web School @soilfoodwebschool The first online course section of the new Graham Bell Legacy Permaculture Design Certificate we are doing with Soil Food Web School @soilfoodwebschool is live : Level Up your Soil. Soak up the essential science of ecology and biology so you can steward resilient soil ecosystems. Dive deep into the transformative world of practical microbiology. Explore with Dr. Elaine Ingham and over a dozen additional Soil Food Web School Science Educators to level up your collaboration with living systems. Link in comments

"In permaculture, we consciously design what we do. This is a long term, incremental process. Permaculture is not a destination, it's a direction." - Graham Bell Joyed to have a feature article celebrating the life and work of beloved Permaculture Pioneer Graham Bell in the new Permaculture magazine @permaculturemagazine Grace Solkinson @gracealchemy is featured in Graham and families famous northern permaculture site Cottage Garden on the cover! Currently working on Graham Bell's legacy online PDC with Soil Food Web School @soilfoodwebschool which shares his wisdom and that of an extraordinary guild of permaculture teachers from around the world. Reshare @permaculturemagazine WELL HERE IT IS! A little peek at the new issue, coming at the end of July. Have you subscribed yet? It's packed with practical solutions to help you live a more resilient lifestyle. We have articles from: Delvin and Grace Solkinson (@visionary_permaculture) – Grace is our stunning cover photo Rob Hopkins (@robhopkins5085) Manda Scott (@mandascottauthor) Liz Zorab (@liz_zorab_byther_farm) Swn Y Coed Transition Town Wellington (@wellingtontransition) Maddy Harland (@maddyharland) Ruhstaller Beer (@ruhstallerbeer) Lush Spring Prize And so many more! Take a look at the full contents, and make sure you subscribe to never miss an issue! PLUS subscribers get free digital access to all 116 back issues, and 25% off all our permaculture books – what's not to love! Links for PM117 and to subscribe, can be found in our profile links.

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Last chance to help us sleuth & share secrets of nature’s success. Epic level 260 card deck / Nature Oracle / Design Compass / Learning Game / Toolkit of Toolkits Including wisdom gems learned from many permaculture pioneers. 3 DAYS LEFT to pre-order and help us plant this seed of permaculture in the world! LINK IN BIO/COMMENTS

“Permaculture is revolution disguised as organic gardening” - Mike Feingold “Cultural Emergence is revolution disguised as a card game” @loobymacnamara Grateful for our extraordinary learning adventures with @SkyeJinArtist sharing a card from Looby’s CEED Deck here. The Cultural Emergence Empowerment and Design Deck includes shares an abundance of thinking tools, design tools, connection tools and reflection tools. I use it daily to support, enhance and uplift the design of my own personal culture. How can I become better? How can I reach my goals? How can I be a more effective decision maker? What can I do to care of myself and those around me even more? @loobymacnamara distributes her CEED Deck directly from the UK. We also have a stack of these decks here in Canada for those here in North America. #lifeisagift #upliftingquote #shareyourgifts #culturalemergence #permaculturelife #regenerativeculture #sustainability #empowerment #lifedesign #becomingbetter #bekind #loveistheanswer #personalevolution #loobymacnamara #permacultureassociation

“There is a story we herbalists have conjured up that I particularly enjoy. Cosmeos, a mythical Greek goddess whose name meant harmony and balance, personified radiant health and inner beauty that flowed from a core of harmony and balance. Cosmeos never sought to mask what she was or how she looked; rather, she fed her inner fire with the eternal gifts of the earth. Her beauty was as unique as the flowers growing wild on the hillside and as powerful as the granite bones of the mountain. Wanting to endow the world and its inhabitants with greater beauty, Cosmeos gave to mortals the gifts of herbs, flowers, and other simple pleasures to nourish the body and soul. The modern word cosmetic stems from the Greek word kosmeticos, meaning “skilled at adornment.” This is precisely what Cosmeos is all about. It was never her intent to cover up; she used her creations to revel in who she was. She is one of my favorite goddesses. I envision her as a wild woodland creature running freely through the forests with her sister herbalist Artemis, whose name also has been immortalized in the name of a plant.” –Rosemary Gladstar Joyed to journey through @ravenhillherbfarm , a ‘beyond organic’ herb and vegetable farm celebrating nature’s abundant diversity of food and medicine. Fieldtrips to a diversity of living classrooms to learn with plant and people teachers are some of my favourite days on the Permaculture Design and Resilient Ecosystems Diploma @pacificrimcollege. Honoured to journey with the extraordinary permaculture design learning guild @party_wig @_daddyanne @jomelorider @dylanincarnate @youeller @elijahleeimprov @brynnja @songdog_mousing @michellelauraax @gracealchemy with special thanks to @lindenlight our gardening and herbalism instructor who has also brought the class to Ravenhill for adventures in learning #herbalist #herbalism #rewild #greenwitch #bekind #permaculture #permaculturedesign #wisewomanway #returnofthegoddess #permaculturegarden #forestschool #herbalism #homestead #wildweeds #herbalist #druid #greenwitchcraft #witches #setintentions #witchythings #witchy #witchyways #witches #seasonofthewitch #druids #druidcircle #goodwitch

“The Earth is like a big beating heart. When humans started to look at the land in terms of ownership instead of in terms of guardianship, it smashed into millions of pieces and they’re still breaking. It’s our job to heal all that and put it all back together.” - Mary Reynolds @wildmarymary Rewild yourself, your yard, your community. Permaculture is a path towards our inner and outer nature. Reshare @brenna_quinlan Feeling a bit meh? A bit disconnected from your body and from the earth? Feeling tired, overwhelmed, blegh, or auto pilatey? We are animals. Animals exist in the ecosystems around them. Like a mycelial network, we’re connected to the air, water, and the soil, as well as the birds, the other people, the microbes, the animals. But modern life tends to separate us. Domesticate us. Push us into a box. We’re encouraged to focus more on career goals, socials likes and our appearance. These hollow measures of success leave us, well, hollow. What DOES nourish us is to go outside. Hands in the earth, diving into a river, ocean spray and stopping to watch the kangaroos watch the sunset. Giving less f-s about what we look like our how important we are. Being real. Rewilding. I’m ready. Who’s with me? How much do you need this rn? Awesome Art by @brenna_quinlan #saveplanetearth #rewild #greenwitch #bekind #permaculture #permaculturedesign #wisewomanway #returnofthegoddess #permaculturegarden #forestschool #herbalism #homestead #wildweeds #herbalist #druid #greenwitchcraft #witches #setintentions #witchythings #witchy #witchyways #witches #seasonofthewitch #druids #druidcircle #goodwitch

“Design is an opportunity to create your own path through the wilderness of life and to continually choose and refine decisions” - Looby Macnamara When life offers opportunities to unlock the next level we pay attention and give thanks. One of our most formative and inspiring teachers @loobymacnamara has done it again! Reading an advanced copy of her upcoming book ‘Design Adventures’ has been life changing in the best of ways. You know that exciting feeling while reading a brilliant new book that is transforming the way you view the world, yourself and your life? This book is a profoundly awesome life upgrade for anyone interested in becoming better, being a change maker, or gaining a wonderful new perspective on what is possible. Follow @loobymacnamara for opportunities to pre-order the book, celebrate the release in September and key into all manner of awesomeness. Here in Canada we have copies of Looby’s CEED Deck, Cultural Emergence Book, People and Permaculture Book and 7 Ways to Think Differently book for sale. #culturalemergence #loobymacnamara #designadventures #permaculture #permaculturedesign #awesomebook #designlife #bebetter #socialpermaculture #newbook #bestbook

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” - Dr. Seuss Next Level Awesomeness! Permaculture Design and @culturalemergence Skill Up Flights booked, arrangements made, pilgrimage set! Inspired to gather with awesome creative people for an Advanced Design Adventure at @applewood_permaculture_centre over Autumn Equinox Weekend in September. Final moments to book with the early bird rate! Join with amazing people on an adventure into design with four facilitators @loobymacnamara, Chris Evans, Delvin & Grace Solkinson @visionary_permaculture Thanks for the fun Permie art @brenna_quinlan #culturalemergence #loobymacnamara #chrisevans #permaculture #permaculturedesign #advancedpermaculture #applewoodpermaculturecentre

“I love gardens. When gardening, or just being in a garden, I feel truly alive, as if the garden connects me to a deep nourishing source of energy. Gardens remain a positive and vibrant joy in the centre of the lives of many people struggling to understand and cope with a pretty stressful and possibly crazy world... When we spend time in the garden we are re-connecting ourselves to the living processes of the planet Earth, our home. Gardening is active leisure: not a ‘pass-time’ activity, but a creative enriching experience. When we garden we make contact through all our senses with the vagaries of weather, the changing moods and demands of the seasons, even the relative movements of the stars and the phases of the moon. In doing so we re-develop within ourselves an understanding of the quality of the fertile processes which make our gardens abundant, and feel ourselves again as part of the continuum of life, rather than separate observers. This process of designing our lives from observations of nature based on seeing ourselves as part of nature has been called Permaculture.” - Graham Bell We are joyed to be co-creating a permaculture design learning garden on the farm campus of @pacificrimcollege with an awesome learning guild @party_wig @_daddyanne @jomelorider @dylanincarnate @youeller @elijahleeimprov @brynnja @songdog_mousing @michellelauraax @gracealchemy with special thanks to @lindenlight our gardening and herbalism instructor on the Permaculture Design and Resilient Ecosystems Diploma #orgnanicgardening #permaculturegardening #gardenersofinstagram #permaculture #permaculturedesign #pacificrimcollege

“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.” – Henry David Thoreau Chickens, chickens, chickens! We are gearing up to build our dream permaculture design chicken system with the crew of the Permaculture Design and Resilient Ecosystems Diploma @pacificrimcollege. Multiple styles of natural building include Cordwood, Cob, Waddle and Dob, Light Straw Clay. Rotational forage and drylot system with four runs. Easy access to cleaning and maintenance. We welcomed the hens with open arts to their new home in the Permaculture Design Demonstrate Site at Tiny Tree Herb and Flower Farm. Yay Heritage Breeds including Black Austerlorpe, Barnedelver, Cochins including the epic Buff Dutchess Gloriana Estelle Featherington the First. Plus some beautiful Noirans, Artic Ice Legbars and Olive Eggers. Permaculture Design with Animals and Natural Building courses are led by Professor @gracealchemy Grace Solkinson in collaboration with the awesome @michellelauraax @youeller @elijahleeimprov @brynnja @party_wig @songdog_mousing @_daddyanne @jomelorider @dylanincarnate and yours truly Delvin Solkinson.

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“Permaculture Design sciences are now used by homeowners, architects, land use planners, landscape designers, farmers, and community service organizations world wide. Instead of the “one size fits all” approach, nature is allowed to direct the land use plan. By skillfully using permaculture methods of site analysis and evaluation, elements such as buildings and roads and practices such as farming and forestry are established only in areas with optimum conditions, working with nature in an efficient and economical way.” - @larrysantoyo Learning and growing together, it has been awesome to explore different permaculture design sites around Victoria with this years Permaculture Design and Resilient Ecosystems Diploma @pacificrimcollege The Vision of the Compost Education Centre @viccomposted is to cultivate resilient communities, which enable the land and all living beings to thrive by reconnectnig many people, young and old, to simple, land based, resiliency practices. The extensive community gardens, and many permaculture demonstrations modelling working examples of things like forest gardens, off-grid aquaponics, composting, rain gardens, mushroom inoculated mulch pathways and organic gardening are an inspiration for affordable, achievable and practical things people can do where they live Loving permaculture design adventures with epic learning guild @michellelauraax @youeller @elijahleeimprov @brynnja @party_wig @songdog_mousing @_daddyanne @jomelorider @dylanincarnate @gracealchemy #orgnanicgardening #permaculturegardening #gardenersofinstagram #permaculture #permaculturedesign #pacificrimcollege