Permaculture Institute

 

Organization

Permaculture Institute

Organization Mission

The Permaculture Institute is a movement of subsistence farming families working to improve their environment and adapt to climate change. They aim for self-sufficiency and food security by implementing sustainable agriculture practices, as well as strengthening community organization.

Borderless World Team

Nico Buxbaum and Kaila Bolton
  • Address the environment and social challenges posed by unsustainable farming practices
  • Find local solutions to external shocks, such as climate change, population pressures, natural disasters and unstable weather patterns
  • Worked with the local team to farm the land, engaging in tasks that included weeding, planting, tying up plants, building trellis’, clearing the land, harvesting and cooking what they had harvested
  • Traveled to local communities’ school gardens to provide advice on how to use permaculture techniques