Permafunk

Sustainable farming strategies

Through spoken word rhymes, Permafunk lays out a comprehensive and concise overview of sustainable living solutions. Made for millennial and an internet-generation audience, these 1-3 minute spoken word rhymes creatively and quickly outline strategies for creating abundance around your home and community.

This is a condensed version of The Permaville Course, Sustainable living made simple.

Humans, and all living creatures, need homes food and water to survive. In this course, you’ll learn how to make compost, make mud and store and filter water. With these skill sets, and many other strategies, you can create a regenerative landscapes.

Here’s an overview of other things we'll talk about

Origins

Brief story of humans
Story of perma
Definition of perma
Goal –> Home food water to all
Patterns

Natural patterns –> Point wave spiral torus circle point
Golden ratio, Fibonacci sequence
Human body proportions
Phi equation
Site analysis

Climate / microclimates
Zones, natural sectors
Urban strategies
Maps
Earthworks

Swales, bunds, terraces, ponds, gabions
Pond liners
Footpaths and roads
Fences
Building

Building with earth
Making mortar mix, adobe bricks
Natural plastering, sealants and paints
Building with cob, earthbags, rammed earth, bamboo, strawbale
Water

Hydrological cycle
Water catchment and storage
Water filtration, heating, pressure
Greywater and conservation strategies
Sanitation

Recycling bins
Flush and compost toilets
Bio-gas basics
Soil

Soil food web
Elements in the soil
Soil layers
pH
Compost

Making compost
Short term pile, long term pile
Compost tea
Mulching
Microbes

Indigenous and effective microorganisms (IMOs and EMOs)
Natural fertilisers
Mushrooms
Worm composting bins
Bu

Kombucha
Simplest cheapest cleanest water filter system
Compost tea, charcoal maker
Collecting IMOs
Nursery

Greenhouse design
Potting soil
Plant propagation
Seed saving
Garden

Types of gardens
Crop rotation, cover crops
Garden data logs
Trees

Tree planting methods
Layers of a forest
Forest succession
Food forest design
Fish

Pond design
Stocking your pond with fish and plants
Chinampas basics
Creatures

Bees
Animal care
Kitchen

Kitchen elements
Fermentation
Food preservation
Technology

Charcoal
Simple machines
Hand tools, power tools, heavy equipment
Renewable energy
Coin

Story of trading
Ways to sell farm produce
Alternative economics