Showing posts with label philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philippines. Show all posts

Saturday, July 4, 2020

Finally! Permaculture is now in the National Agenda




Last Thursday, July 2, we were invited to participate in "Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Pathways," a web show hosted by Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda organized in cooperation with the Climate Change Commission Philippines. On the show we shared some of our findings from our study, particularly on mapping of biodiversity in permaculture landscapes. Inputs from researchers, Malvin Biguerras and Erickson Tabayag, were highlighted. We're very grateful that our research will be used for promoting permaculture in the Philippines.




Related stories:
Legarda: “Everyone Must Benefit from Permaculture”
July 02, 2020 Thursday

“There’s so much we could do together to help implement existing environmental laws. When we design small or big farms in rural or urban areas, let’s make sure that every local government, people’s organization, and citizen can understand, implement, operationalize, and benefit from permaculture,” said Legarda.

No going back to the ‘old normal,’ says Loren Legarda
Published June 8, 2020, 4:57 PM

"House Bill No. 6864 also calls for the promotion of circular economy to aid in the implementation of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, and promotion of permaculture, and implementation of agro-ecology, and resilient and green local food supply system."
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Monday, May 18, 2020

'Permaculture: Why it Matters to Sustainable Agriculture' Webinar Hosted by Dream Media/Dream AgriTech


Thank you to our friends at Dream Media and Dream Agri Tech for inviting us to do this webinar on permaculture. Below are some resources to aid you in your permaculture journey:

Permaculture organizations in the Philippines:
Philippine Permaculture Association 
Green Warrior Permaculture
Green Releaf
Cabiokid Foundation, Inc.
Isabela Permaculture Development Center

Permaculture Facebook groups in the Philippines:
Philippine Permaculture Practitioners
Solution: Permaculture
Permaculture and Wellness Club of the Philippines

Permaculture farms, projects, initiatives:
Lorenza' Garden and Food Forest Farm, Isabela
The Justice German Lee Jr. Nature Sanctuary, Cebu
Aloha Natural Farm, Palawan
Alpas, Antique
Kai Farms, Cavite
Layog Country Farm, Mountain Province
Tara Farms, Laguna
Umaleng Organic Farm, Zamboanga del Sur
Glinoga Organic Farm, Pitogo, Quezon
The Pitak Project, La Union
Bukid ni Bogs, Zamboanga del Sur
I-mazingPH

Permaculture Reference Database

YouTube Videos:
UMASS Permaculture
Oregon State University Ecampus (permaculture course)
Documentary on permaculture in the Philippines
Dito Sa Laguna Permaculture Episode

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Thursday, May 14, 2020

Webinar on Permaculture Presented by Dream Agritech Consultancy Services


For the next webinar in our Agriculture 20-20 series, we are going to talk about #Permaculture!

Join us on Monday, May 18 at 3 pm (UTC +8)!

The webinar will be conducted by Jabez Flores from Permaculture Research PH!

Register via this link: https://forms.gle/5JmpvBMdsSZ3hvB6A

See you on Monday! Stream will be live here on FB and on our Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXb1kgihxzbDAN_kDuSEJQ)! #DreamAgri2020
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Map of Permaculture Projects in the Philippines


Presented here is a map of the 12 permaculture sites we studied for our research. We hope to document and study more sites soon, if ever we get the support that we need to continue in this endeavor. We also encourage students, researchers, and scientists to see and visit these places and conduct their own researches to contribute to our understanding of what "permaculture" is in the context of the Philippines. We believe that permaculture is an important emerging social movement that would help in the realization of our country's sustainable development goals. 

Below are the links to each site. Feel free to contact them and learn more from these permaculture practitioners.

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Luzon
Site: Olaussen Permaculture Park in Layog Country Farm, Tadian, Mountain Province
Contact Person: Flordelina Layog 



Region II, Luzon
Site: Lorenza's Garden and Food Forest Farm, San Manuel, Isabela
Contact Person: Enrico Navea



Region II, Luzon
Site: Isabela Permaculture Development Center, Ilagan City, Isabela*

Region III, Luzon
Site: Cabiokid Foundation Inc., Cabiao, Nueva Ecija



National Capital Region, Luzon
Site: Eco-house, Philippine Permaculture Association Office, Marikina, Metro Manila
Contact person: Bert Peeters



Region IV-A, Luzon
Site: Kai Farms, Silang, Cavite
Contact person: Karla Delgado, Thomas Caristea



Region IV-A, Luzon
Site: Glinoga Organic Farm, Pitogo, Quezon
Contact person: Nenieveh "Weng" Glinoga



Region IV-A, Luzon
Site: Tara Farms, Bay, Laguna
Contact person: Paulo Sandoval



Region IV-A, Luzon
Site: Foronda-Bonita Residence, Jubileeville, Bay, Laguna
Contact person: Edu Foronda



Region IV-B, Luzon
Site: Aloha House/Aloha Natural Farm, Puerto Princesa, Palawan
Contact person: Keith O. Mikkelson



Region IV-B, Luzon
Site: Aloha Ranch and Organic Farm
Contact person: Keith O. Mikkelson



Region VI, Visayas
Site: Alpas, Tobias Fornier (Dau), Antique
Contact person: Kimberly Eng



Region VII, Visayas
Site: The Justice German Lee Jr. Nature Sanctuary, Carcar City, Cebu
Contact person: Edna Lee and Joel Lee



Region VII, Visayas
Contact person: Edna Lee and Joel Lee

Permaculture-inspired hotels and lodging:
West Gorordo Hotel, Cebu City, Cebu*

Mayflower Inn, Cebu City, Cebu*

Elicon House, Cebu City, Cebu*

Region IX, Mindanao
Site: Umaleng Permaculture Farm/Dumingag Organics, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur
Contact Person: Joan Pacalioga Abejuela and Elgyn Pacalioga




Region IX, Mindanao
Site: Bukid ni Bogs, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur*
Contact person: Bogs Castro



*Visited but not included in study

Thanks to Malvin Biguerras for making this map. This endeavor would not be possible without the financial support of SEAMEO-SEARCA and DOST-SEI. Special thanks to UPLB, UPLB-GS, and UPLB-SESAM for making this possible. 
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Researcher’s Blog 01 - Permaculture in the Philippines: When and where did it start?

Permies convene in Los Banos at the 2nd Philippine Permaculture Convergence held last year.


Phase 1 of PRPH’s research is to find out how the permaculture movement began in the Philippines. Though it’s impossible to pinpoint ‘who’ exactly is responsible for this (everyone has their own story!), it is possible for us to identify the key figures in the movement and then start from there.  

By now a lot of people must have heard about ‘permaculture’ especially those in the organic farming and backyard gardening circles. And probably you…because you have access to our Facebook page or this blog site. But did you ever wonder when it arrived in the Philippines?  

For sure ‘permaculture’ has been taught in agriculture schools and undergraduate courses. And even graduate courses. But the topic, according to some, was only mentioned ‘in passing.’ It wasn’t really discussed thoroughly. 

If you ask permaculture designers (also known as ‘permies’) here how they learned about permaculture, I’m sure they all have different stories to tell. But what we do know is that permaculture began in Australia in the 1970s and was immortalized by the book, Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual by Bill Mollison (1988). He’s the co-founder of permaculture along with DavidHolmgren (if you’re a UP student you can borrow a copy from the UPLB MainLibrary).

When our research team traveled the country to interview permies, there was one common theme in their stories: The Internet. This was not surprising at all because I myself am a ‘student’ of Google and YouTube.

If we check Google Trends, there was a sudden spike in Google searches for ‘permaculture’ in March 2005 in the Philippines. This was 7 years prior to me discovering permaculture.

So the best place to start looking for permies is online. In social media, in particular. And on Facebook to be more specific. The research team searched for permies in public databases (i.e. Permaculture WorldwideNetwork), searched on Google, asked for referrals, and we also posted a survey using Google Forms. Then in 2018, we were able to come up with a list of 144 self-proclaimed practitioners using this methodology. But do these people know each other? Is it possible to create a social network using this list of names? We can do this by creating a social network map or a sociogram. A sociogram consists of actors (or nodes) and links (or edges) to help visualize social relationships. Using social network analysis as a tool, we can find out who are the prominent nodes using an index called Degree Centrality. Which basically is the number of links attached to a node. In other words, yung pinaka-sikat (popular). Social network statistics was obtained using Social Network Visualizer, a free software which you can download here.

To make the long story short, one particular node stood out…Node 2. It had a DC score of 48 out of a possible 143 (33.56%) connections. The closest DC score was 31. We then ranked the nodes according to DC score and asked them one by one if we can visit them. We visited the first 12 people to respond to our request. And Node 2 was one of them.

If you’re a permie, you probably know Node 2. He’s Bert Peeters. The same Bert Peeters who taught you permaculture in Cabiokid, Nueva Ecija or any Philippine Permaculture Association (PPA)-led PDC course. Bert was also my teacher back in 2014 in Cabiokid. This was finally my chance to ask him, “Bert, how did you get into permaculture???” To those who don’t know him yet, Bert is a Belgian development worker who has been in the Philippines since his early 20s. He speaks fluent Tagalog and is currently the Executive Director of PPA.

How did he come across permaculture? He heard it from Columban priest, Fr. John Leydon, in 2000. From there, he searched it online and attended courses in Scotland and Australia where he met Geoff Lawton—whose video, Introduction to Permaculture Design, was the first permaculture video I watched.


Then we learned the backstories of the other 11 permies we interviewed together with their family, friends, and employees for a total of 19 actors. I then made a sociogram which I called a ‘Mentorship Network Graph’ (see photo) tracing the passing on of permaculture knowledge. Red nodes are external sources, yellow nodes are the ‘actors’ we interviewed, and the white node, that’s me. I wanted to see how I was related to all of them. We can see from the graph how Bert is connected to Geoff Lawton and Geoff is connected to the founders of permaculture itself…Mollison and Holmgren. Bert is a mentor to almost all of the yellow nodes except for nodes 10 and 11 who both came from the United States. It’s also interesting to note that node 13 also got her permaculture exposure from a Catholic network in the US.

The sociogram doesn’t suggest that permaculture in the Philippines began with Bert Peeters. It only shows how influential he is in the movement today—a movement that is also growing online. Even his students have formed permaculture networks of their own. For sure there are some people who knew about permaculture even before Fr. John Leydon or Bert Peeters did. It was just good timing. The early 2000s was the era when the internet started to go mainstream in the Philippines. Facebook started in 2004 and YouTube was founded in 2005. It was easy for people to look for resources and courses.

It was just good timing.

That’s it for this blog! There’s more to Phase 1 that we would like to share. Stay tuned!

*I hope to do this regularly until I write the draft of my dissertation manuscript in July. 


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Friday, March 29, 2019

Agriculture Grad Gives Tour of Permaculture Center [VLOG E06]





Para sa aming pang-anim na episode, sisilip lang tayo saglit sa Isabela Permaculture Development Center o IPDC. Dito kumuha ng Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course sina Weng and Bittie Glinoga ng Glinoga Organic Farm (Vlog Episode 1). Kasama din namin sa episode na to si Enrico Navea ng Lorenza's Garden and Food Forest Farm (Vlog Episode 5).

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Location: Ilagan City, Isabela, Philippines

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Young Farmer Practices Sustainable Pig Farming [VLOG E03]



Para sa aming pangatlong episode, pupunta tayo sa Tara Farms sa Bay, Laguna. Kakausapin natin ang Nu Wave Farmer na si Paulo Sandoval tungkol sa pag-alaga ng mga native pigs. Ang native pigs ang naging pangunahing design component sa Tara Farms gamit ang permaculture design method na kung tawagin ay component (or element) analysis.

Kung interesado kayo bumisita sa kanilang farm, paki-like ang kanilang Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/tarafarmsph/) at padalan ng mensahe si Paulo.
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Location: Bay, Laguna, Philippines

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Welcome to Bukid ni Bogs


by Bogs Castro
Farmer, Peace Builder, Music and Arts Advocate
Bukid ni Bogs (BnB) is a PermaFarm based in Dumingag Zamboanga del Sur run by no other than the PermaTito himself Bogs Castro. Apart from being an organic farmer, he also works with the LGU of Dumingag as a music, arts and culture advocate since February of 2018. The inspiration behind BnB is simple - compassion. 

Bogs was introduced to organic farming and permaculture when he met Mrs. Elgyn Pacalioga of Umaleng Farm, the wife of Jun Pacalioga who started the Genuine People's Agenda revolution in Dumingag back in 2007. This collaborative endeavour provided the foundation that helped save the Dumingagnons from poverty, hunger and sickness. A monumental movement and success story that continues to gain recognition from all over the world. 

The organic practice and culture of interconnectedness has been the backbone of BnB ever since it was established last March 2018. Dedicated to spread awareness and inspiration, BnB promotes a culture of energy exchange where people who visit the farm can gain knowledge and experience about organic farming, permaculture, organic soap making and meditation in exchange for anything the visitor feels his/her time in the farm is worth. Everything is free, even the seeds, because the farm believes that seeds come from nature and should be enjoyed and cultivated by all. 


True to the farms advocacy of promoting fair share, they provide additional livelihood opportunities for our local growers through the handmade organic bath bars that BnB and Umaleng Farm is producing and now distributing all over the country. All of the organic ingredients that are used in the soap come from the farms in Zamboanga del Sur. With more than 50 resellers from every corner of the Philippines, it would seem that the farm's goal of providing an affordable and eco-friendly bath for all the Filipinos will be realized soon. Bukid ni Bogs is still in its early stages, but Bogs believes that there's no rush in promoting a sustainable lifestyle. Slow is still progress as long as it's moving forward. And to continue learning and growing each day, in the space between no longer and not yet. 


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