Welcome to APW Digest
Here we share curations and articles on permaculture, agroecology, slow living, the latest news from our community and more. Happy reading!
An Introduction to Permaculture
Our founders Gary, Ron and Finn share their earliest permaculture memories—how, when and where they first came across permaculture.
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Growing Resilience
The principles of permaculture can help ensure that Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, is ready for almost any eventuality. By Gary Marshall, 2012
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Cultivating Resilient Food Systems: A Practical Guide to Forest Gardening in Aotearoa—Part 2
Based on the presentation by Gary Marshall at the 2025 NZILA conference, Heretaunga Hastings, 22-23 May, 2025, this Part 2 article shares some of the work that we have been doing at Aotearoa Permaculture Workshop (APW) and Resilio Studio to support the science, art and practice of forest gardening in Aotearoa.
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Cultivating Resilient Food Systems—Part 1: Food Systems and Social Change
Based on the presentation by Gary Marshall at the 2025 NZILA conference, Heretaunga Hastings, 22-23 May, 2025, this part 1 article discusses our food system and social change and highlight some of the ways these things fit together.
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SPOTLIGHT: Alumni Amandine & Benoit
An interview of APW previous students, Amandine & Benoit. In this conversation, they speak about why they are moving back to Europe, life in Aotearoa, New Zealand, what did they learn from studying permaculture and much more!
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Local Making with Xin Cheng and Adam Ben-Dror
Xin Cheng & Adam Ben-Dror are renowned artists and creatives with a passion for thoughtful living. Their latest venture Local Making is “a shared space for inspiring imaginative and caring ways of making and living together in our multispecies entanglement”. Xin and Adam both kindly agreed to answer my nosy questions about their inspiring and fascinating journeys!
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