This practical and engaging online course will serve as an introduction to permaculture, which is an ethics-based design framework for creating sustainable and regenerative systems inspired by natural ecosystems.

A piece of kids in Nature republished in Honest Weight Food Co-op’s ‘Coop Scoop’ magazine.

The aesthetic of this product may appeal to those obsessed with the suburban credo of manicured lawns. But what are the ecological downsides?

Here we explore the terms aspect, microclimate, and sectors as they relate to designing sustainable landscapes, and more generally in permaculture design.

You can find a short article by us in the Spring 2024 issue of the local Coop Scoop Magazine! Read the article by clicking here, or by stopping in to Honest Weight Food Co-op and picking up a print version!

You are invited to attend one or both of our Earth Month themed talks at Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany, New York.

With approximately 55% of the world’s population currently living in urban areas, and nearly 90% of the United States’ population now living in only 50 urban aggregations, we are facing a huge issue that is often glossed over, and that is organic waste.