Beyond Buckthorns got featured in the Viherpiha magazine nickisan Fri, 23.02.2024 - 15:14 We are pleased to share that Beyond Buckthorns has been featured in the Finnish Viherpiha magazine - issue 2/2024 on 5 pages.  ..read more

Book review: People & Permaculture by Looby Macnamara lumi Thu, 18.01.2024 - 11:23 If you think permaculture is all about gardening, read this book ..read more

PermaPuheet Volume 4 is here lumi Tue, 19.12.2023 - 18:12 PermaPuheet is back! The fourth season of the popular lecture & talks series PermaPuheet (or PermaTalks for all non-Finns) is starting on January 18th ..read more

Nordic Permaculture Festival Design - Part Three, Action Phase lumi Mon, 18.12.2023 - 13:10 Design for the 2022 NPF in Vesilahti, Finland. Part Three, the Action Phase. We have the team, the processes and the technical side set-up, so it is time to get rocking. I describe some problems we encountered in the team and how they were solved. You will find information about our decisions as well as our plans in Integration & Action. In Momentum I describe the “designing in the flow” during the festival. The design ends with some reflection ..read more

Nordic Permaculture Festival Design - Part Two, The Festival Project lumi Mon, 18.12.2023 - 12:52 Design for the 2022 NPF in Vesilahti, Finland. Part Two, setting up the team for the task, including team building and management with the goal of ethical and principle-based co-creation of the 11th annual Nordic Permaculture Festival ..read more

Nordic Permaculture Festival Design - Part One, Kick-Off Phase lumi Mon, 18.12.2023 - 12:12 Design for the 2022 NPF in Vesilahti, Finland. Part One, the process of kicking off the ethical and principle-based co-creation of the 11th annual Nordic Permaculture Festival – a gathering of permaculture people from all the Nordic countries to a permaculture event in the spirit of learning and sharing ..read more

Measuring the electric energy consumption in comparison to production nickisan Mon, 25.09.2023 - 12:39 In September 2023 Elenia installed a new electric meter in our house. This new electric meter is from the company Aidon and it comes with a HAN port (Home Area Network). When the meter gets installed the HAN port is inactive. It requires a Mail to Elenia’s customer support to get it activated ..read more

Introducing the EuPN certified PermaHub – a modern data driven approach to accreditation nickisan Tue, 19.09.2023 - 19:04 This design is to show a data driven approach to assessing and accrediting permaculture places. It was driven by the frustration I got working with the LAND (Learning, Action, Network and Demonstration) system in Finland. The PermaHub, as I call it, is a lean and straight forward approach to assessing permaculture places. Find the details in this design. The design process used is an experimental. (I will write about it later ..read more

Reflecting on Tools for cultural change course lumi Wed, 30.08.2023 - 17:27 As I reflect on the week I spent in Denmark on the Erasmus+ course called Tools for cultural change, I feel grateful. This intensive program dived into the complexities of cultural transformation, offering both profound insights ..read more

Exploring Permaculture Design: Insights from the 2023 DesignCamp nickisan Tue, 08.08.2023 - 10:39 On August 5th, we hosted our 3rd DesignCamp, a crash course in Permaculture Design. Unlike the standard curriculum required for the Permaculture Introductory Course, our DesignCamp focuses exclusively on the design process itself ..read more