Research Timeline

Kudos to the all the people who have been part of the research team since last year. It's a long process but we will get there. The people we studied...their voices will be heard in due time.

Permaculture research in the Philippines still has a long, long, looong way to go. We really believe that permaculture can be part of the sustainable development agenda here in our country. It's a philosophy that focuses on what we can do right here, right now, with what we have. And this mindset, worldview, and advocacy is manifesting physically in landscapes across the country. We commend all the practitioners here, who in spite of ridicule and hardships, are trying to adapt, to be resilient, to be sustainable. Their landscapes reflect what's in their hearts...it's a heartscape.

We need radical solutions to address complex problems like food security and climate change. Permaculture is radical in a way that it encourages you, the reader, to step up and do something in your immediate environment, no matter how small it is. Of course this is not the solution to everything. But if you know how to cook what's growing in your backyard, then it's a solution to your hunger at the moment. For some this is a huge step, but my goodness, we live in desperate times.