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Who’s Coming Then?

The 2025 All Ireland Permaculture Gathering is on! So… who’s coming then? Tents are being dug out, beetroot will be dug up, sunshine is being booked, and all are swotting up on the permaculture principles (only joking!) That can only mean one thing – the All...

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All Ireland Permaculture Association Formed

All Ireland Permaculture Association Formed

After the big announcement last year at the gathering a group of us have worked for some months to finally get the All Ireland Permaculture Association (AIPA) off the ground.  After much wrestling over bureaucratic hurdles to be able to get an official bank account,...

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Reboot of the Permaculture Gathering

Reboot of the Permaculture Gathering

After a 5 year interval the much anticipated reboot of the All Ireland Permaculture Gathering finally took off and some 200 people gathered at the Slieve Aughty Centre over the weekend of 24/25 August.  It was brilliant to see many old friends again, and meet new...

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All Ireland Permaculture Gathering 2024

All Ireland Permaculture Gathering 2024

Hurrah!!! The All Ireland Permaculture Gathering is back! After a 4 year hiatus this year we finally managed to get our act back together and this year’s gathering will take place at the Slieve Aughty Centre in County Galway in association with CELT Ireland on...

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Ireland’s First Co-Housing Project Looking for Members

Ireland’s First Co-Housing Project Looking for Members

  Ireland’s first co-housing community is about to become a reality. Co-housing is a concept that was first started in Denmark in the 1960’s among people who wanted a living environment with community at its core, whilst at the same time wanting to...

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Irish Permaculture Association in the Making

Irish Permaculture Association in the Making

By Heiko Vermeulen – Permaferry, Co. Down When I first arrived back in Ireland for my second stint in the autumn of 2014, I immediately put my feelers out to find my tribe, the permaculture community. I had lived in Italy for 10 years previously, running a small...

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Mapping permaculture across Ireland

Mapping permaculture across Ireland

We’ve made many improvements to the website, not least getting the process of mapping permaculture in Ireland under way. The new map is open for anyone to add to, and we want to cover as many permaculture projects as possible. Categories currently include...

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