Philippine Permaculture Association

29/05/2026

24/05/2026

Permaculture Design Course on July!

🌿 READY TO LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY? 🌿
Join the Basic Permaculture Design Course (PDC) this July 4–10, 2026 at the Ecodee - Permaculture Research Institute, Nueva Ecija and discover practical ways to create a regenerative, eco-friendly lifestyle! 🌏💚🌱🌿 🫧🍃
✨ Learn sustainable farming
✨ Experience hands-on workshops
✨ Connect with like-minded changemakers
✨ Explore permaculture, natural systems, and resilient living
Whether you're a farmer, student, gardener, entrepreneur, or simply curious about sustainable living — this transformative experience is for YOU.
🌱 Limited slots available! Reserve your spot now.
📌 Register here: https://forms.gle/dL9Ajfcsik4kHxXb6

12/05/2026

Lets get everyone on board!

🌿 READY TO LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY? 🌿
Join the Basic Permaculture Design Course (PDC) this July 4–10, 2026 at the Ecodee - Permaculture Research Institute, Nueva Ecija and discover practical ways to create a regenerative, eco-friendly lifestyle! 🌏💚🌱🌿 🫧🍃
✨ Learn sustainable farming
✨ Experience hands-on workshops
✨ Connect with like-minded changemakers
✨ Explore permaculture, natural systems, and resilient living
Whether you're a farmer, student, gardener, entrepreneur, or simply curious about sustainable living — this transformative experience is for YOU.
🌱 Limited slots available! Reserve your spot now.
📌 Register here: https://forms.gle/dL9Ajfcsik4kHxXb6

11/05/2026

🌿 READY TO LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY? 🌿
Join the Basic Permaculture Design Course (PDC) this July 4–10, 2026 at the Ecodee - Permaculture Research Institute, Nueva Ecija and discover practical ways to create a regenerative, eco-friendly lifestyle! 🌏💚🌱🌿 🫧🍃
✨ Learn sustainable farming
✨ Experience hands-on workshops
✨ Connect with like-minded changemakers
✨ Explore permaculture, natural systems, and resilient living
Whether you're a farmer, student, gardener, entrepreneur, or simply curious about sustainable living — this transformative experience is for YOU.
🌱 Limited slots available! Reserve your spot now.
📌 Register here: https://forms.gle/dL9Ajfcsik4kHxXb6

06/05/2026

🌱 Sa Mother's Day (MAY 10), halina't i-celebrate natin si Inang Kalikasan. Sali na kayo sa special Perma-Kapihan namin sa UP Lagoon ng 9 AM. Magkakape, magku-kwentuhan, at bonding tayo with our fellow Permies. In the spirit of permaculture, let's learn how to care for our planet and each other. We'll share insights, tips, and inspiration for a more sustainable and resilient future. What to Bring: Your own camping chair or banig. Coffee mug, snacks to share.

RSVP: Click the link to confirm your attendance. https://tinyurl.com/Perma-Kapihan

02/05/2026

Day 2: Designing for Daloy 🌀🌊

If Day 1 was about finding our rhythm, Day 2 was about surrender to the Daloy-the natural flow that happens when we stop resisting the landscape and each other.

In permaculture, we don't force water to go uphill; we design for its natural gravity. Today, we applied that same logic to our humanity. We stopped trying to "organize" a camp and instead allowed the natural cycles of work, play, and rest to take over.

This is where the permaculture lens of love becomes visible: it is the joy found in the absence of friction.

The Ecology of Joy
From this lens, love isn't a resource we have to manufacture; it is the natural effortless "yield" of a well-designed system.

When persence with Daloy is clear, love and joy flows effortlessly through these principles:

Self-Regulating Systems: By blurring the lines between organizer and participant, we moved like a forest. There was no "top-down" control-only a shared responsibility for the clay, the bamboo, and the cooking fire. When we stop policing schedules and structures, we start practicing People Care in its purest form.

The Edge Effect: We brought together a "polyculture" of strangers from vastly different social classes and backgrounds. In the pool and around the singing circle, these differences became our "edges"-the most fertile, productive, and joyful parts of our ecosystem.

Energy Cycling: The singing, the laughter, and the shared labor are how we "Catch and Store Energy." We are composting our old social barriers and turning them into the fertile soil of new friendships.

Love as the Path of Least Resistance
When we align with the Daloy, we realize that joy isn't something we have to work for-it's what happens when we remove the "dams" of hierarchy and ego. Like water finding its way through a swale, our collective energy moved toward the lowest point: the place of shared table, shared song, and shared heart.

We are learning that the most sustainable way to love is to simply let it flow in line with the cycles already present within and around us. We simply just have to show up and be present.

Sweaty, muddy, tired, and completely full. Onward to Day 3. 🌿✨

02/05/2026

The next permakapihan is May 10.
A Special Mothers Day Picnic
UP Sunken Garden 9am
☕️

18/12/2025

Are you coming to perma-kapihan this sunday? See you then!

🌱 CONNECT OVER COFFEE & PERMACULTURE! 🌱
Join us for Perma-Kapihan sa EcoHouse—a cozy, informal gathering for everyone passionate about permaculture or simply curious!

WHAT TO EXPECT:
☕ Free coffee & snacks
🌿 Laid-back conversations on permaculture, projects, sustainability, community and life!
🍪 Optional: Bring your favorite merienda (snack) to share.
💚 Mutual aid welcome (sliding scale) to fund future kapihans—pay what feels right!

DETAILS:
📅 Every Sunday
⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM
📍 The Philippine Permaculture Association, Hereford st., Marikina
👉 RSVP HERE: https://tinyurl.com/Perma-Kapihan

Why come?
→ Swap stories with fellow permaculturists
→ Sip coffee in a relaxed, green space
→ Grow our permaculture community!

First kapihan is THIS SUNDAY! Let’s nurture connections as we nurture the earth. 🌍✨

✨ Bring a friend, a snack, or just your brilliant self!

13/12/2025

Helloooo Metro Manila! Kita kits bukas sa Sunday Permakapihan! Just a simple coffee and chit chat moment at the PPA Ecohouse in Marikina! Bring snacks to share and any curiosity, stories, or listening ears. ☕️🌱

🌱 CONNECT OVER COFFEE & PERMACULTURE! 🌱
Join us for Perma-Kapihan sa EcoHouse—a cozy, informal gathering for everyone passionate about permaculture or simply curious!

WHAT TO EXPECT:
☕ Free coffee & snacks
🌿 Laid-back conversations on permaculture, projects, sustainability, community and life!
🍪 Optional: Bring your favorite merienda (snack) to share.
💚 Mutual aid welcome (sliding scale) to fund future kapihans—pay what feels right!

DETAILS:
📅 Every Sunday
⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM
📍 The Philippine Permaculture Association, Hereford st., Marikina
👉 RSVP HERE: https://tinyurl.com/Perma-Kapihan

Why come?
→ Swap stories with fellow permaculturists
→ Sip coffee in a relaxed, green space
→ Grow our permaculture community!

First kapihan is THIS SUNDAY! Let’s nurture connections as we nurture the earth. 🌍✨

✨ Bring a friend, a snack, or just your brilliant self!

13/12/2025

Join Us for a 7-Day Permaculture Design Course!
📍 Cabiao, Nueva Ecija
📅 February 21–27, 2026
Learn how to design abundant, resilient, and regenerative systems for land and community. This immersive PDC is perfect for farmers, educators, community organizers, youth leaders, and anyone passionate about ecological living and sustainable development.
🌾 Hands-on learning
🌀 Real-world design projects
🌍 Transformative insights into sustainable living
📌 Limited slots available
✅ Register now at: https://forms.gle/aURgiKEFNa9z1CRs8
📩 Or email us at [email protected] for more info!
Let’s build the world we want—one design at a time.