Welcome to the FMDS Perma GARDEN! Officially opened to the public on March 21, 2023, the garden serves as the physical centerpiece for UPOU’s Sustainability in Action Living Laboratory Campus initiative. “Garden” is an acronym for “Growing Appreciation Toward Resilience, Development, Entrepreneurship, and Nutrition.” Credits: Jabez Flores - script, videos, photos, editing Raizza Anna Alforja - script and voiceover Music: Relaxing Ballad Musician: Alexander Nakarada P.S. It's been a while since we posted something on this blog. Now you know why ..read more

Working with Nature: Practitioners' Perspectives on Permaculture Design in Agricultural Landscapes in the Philippines Jabez Joshua M. Flores and Inocencio E. Buot, Jr. Source Title: Nature of Journal Studies Volume 22      Issue No. 1      January - June 2023 Online ISSN: 2244-5226 (Date of Publication: 6 September 2023) Abstract A reductionist view of agriculture as merely food production for profit often leads to the unsustainable management of agricultural landscapes and their surrounding ecosystems. Permaculture offers alternative views of agriculture. This ..read more

An Emerging Network for Sustainable Agriculture: A Social Network Analysis of Permaculture Practitioners in the Philippines Jabez Joshua M. Flores, Inocencio E. Buot Jr., Alexander G. Flor, Ricardo T. Bagarinao, Marisa J. Sobremisana Source Title: International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD)14(1) Copyright: © 2023 |Volume: 14 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 16 ISSN: 1947-8402|EISSN: 1947-8410|EISBN13: 9781668479674|DOI: 10.4018/IJSESD.326610 Abstract The study identified permaculture practitioners and determined how network relationship patterns can help in the mainstreamin ..read more

The PLN-6 model summarizes the relationships between the six component categories in permaculture landscape, similar to a 'food web.' Using the model, different landscape designs can be easily compared based on networked component relationships. Out of the many outputs that we have shared and released since I finished my dissertation on permaculture in 2020, I was still not yet able to publish, or event present in a conference, the model my research team created to quantify the connections identified in a permaculture design. It's called the Permaculture Landscape Network-6 model or ..read more

Aerial view of the FMDS Perma GARDEN (Photo credit: PRPH) Los Banos, Laguna This was a big week for permaculture as several permaculture-related events were held at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) from March 21 to 22 as part of UPOU's celebration of International Women's Month and the International Day of Forests.  Permaculture Systems Design Thinking (PSDT) course The PSDT course and FMDS Perma GARDEN was introduced by UPOU senior lecturer and course coordinator, Dr. Jabez Flores (Photo credit: UPOU Official Facebook Page) The special e ..read more

How is permaculture "passed around" on social media? Read: https://ijodel.com/index.php/ijodel/article/view/22/58 (2017) How do we study permaculture landscapes? Read: https://www.searca.org/pubs/books?pid=472 (2020) What do permaculture landscapes in the Philippines look like? Read: https://smujo.id/biodiv/article/view/8192 (2021) What species of plants can we find in permaculture farms? Read: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-7699-4 (2022) #permaculture #permacultureresearch #NatureBasedSolutions #regenerativeagriculture #organicagriculture #climatechange ..read more

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Los Banos, Laguna Four BS Electrical Engineering students presented their research proposals and outputs this afternoon in a virtual brown bag session organized by Dr. Anton Domini Sta. Cruz of the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, University of the Philippines Los Banos (CEAT-UPLB).  Pioneer Permaculture Research PH (PRPH) Scholar and DJI Tello drone recipient, Jayson Osayan, presented the results of his drone tech study entitled "Development of Non-GPS Drone Mission Control through Computer Vision and Ground Control Points." The research was conducted to help desi ..read more

Last Friday, September 23, the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) reached out to us to propose the development of a permaculture garden in the new Teaching and Learning Hub (TLH) building.  In addition to food security for its staff, climate change adaptation, and environmental stewardship, the garden will also serve as a demonstration site for students of the upcoming Permaculture Systems Design Thinking (PSDT) non-formal course scheduled for January 2023.  As of this writing, this is the third ongoing p ..read more

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