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Hawaii

PErmAbLITz

tHe Permablitz Story:
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Permablitz (noun): “Perma” is short for As of
permaculture, which is a design system march 2016,
for sustainable living and land use. As a permablitz
comprehensive design system, permaculture hawaii has
includes much more than organic food blitzed 33
gardening. Growing at least some of our homes, farms,
food where we live, however, has always community
been a central emphasis within the broader gardens, and
100% GLUTEN-FREE & NON-GMO picture of permaculture. “Blitz”, from German schools!
for lightning, means a focused application
of energy. A Permablitz is when energy is
focused on installing part of a permaculture system.
The original Permablitzes began in 2006, when a collaboration between
Permaculture designer ‘Sourdough’ Dan Palmer and friends, and a South
American community group in Melbourne, Australia, became a revolution of
people volunteering to plant edible garden landscapes quietly appearing in
backyards all over the suburbs. As of 2014, 150+ permablitzes have been held
ORGANIC & LOCALLY GROWN in and around Melbourne and throughout Australia, and have even spread
[as much as possible] overseas to California, Calgary, Montreal, Istanbul, Uganda, and now Hawaii.

Permablitz HI is a grassroots reciprocal
permablitz network that hosts permablitzes on Oahu
hawaii held its monthly or bi-monthly throughout the year.
first permablitz Anyone can come and volunteer at these
in 2011. permablitzes. Once a person has participated
in at least three permablitzes, they become
eligible to receive a permablitz at their home.
Some volunteers also choose to donate their permablitz to a school or
community organization.
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A Permablitz is a gathering involving a day on which a group
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[Closed on sUndays] • Learn and share skills related to permaculture and sustainable living.
• Build community networks.
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808-536-9680 • Share a delicious healthy potluck lunch. Potlucks are zero waste so
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Honolulu, HI 96814 For more inFormation, Go to
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