The organization recognizes the initiatives of our partners and members through the endorsement and support of their permaculture sites. PPA respects preferential attachments, that’s why we hail these sites as essential nodes that can connect with other nodes, with similar foci and interests, to form hubs.
Research and Documentation
It reflects on the permaculture zones 0-1 where energy is most intensive
Standards and Accreditation
Zone 2-3 where energy is intense at certain times
Capacity Building
Zone 4 where energy is guided by skills and experience
Networking and Linkages
Zone 5, where energy comes naturally, therefore little effort is exerted
We have been working on the center, setting up renewable energy systems that require impact studies of the local ecosystem and social context of the beneficiary communities. It is all about focusing on the right concerns and bringing in people to improve their own lives.
PPA has introduced a system that can be used to screen all LGU projects for proper accreditation. Our standards, through permaculture, focus on being green, sustainable and regenerative.
We share what we know and have been training future permaculture teachers in the town at different levels: formal school, government, social movement
PPA is in the business of linking up people and their organizations. We created linkages between different entities to aid the social fabric of the town and to generate impact at all levels of society. PPA is also networking the expertise of the town with other groups, and at any given chance, we will bring in groups with specific skills, like in the case of renewable energy, where we can offer long-term prosperity to the community.
PPA created a course to generate a cooperative design that will impact the city’s agricultural and environmental services. Together, we designed a building that will house different facilities related to the productivity of the city.
PPA proposed a system for all LGU projects to be screened by a permaculture accreditation system. This is also aimed to improve the existing system for third party accreditation of organic agriculture by integrating permaculture principles and other aspects, which has been added to their original assessment criteria.
We have been pushing to train future permaculture teachers at the formal school level. PPA also shared its insights and knowledge with government officials on riparian action and how this could aid in maintaining the water quality throughout the city and protection against future climate impact.
PPA created linkages with other groups like the Talarak foundation to aid Bayawan in their plan to improve the overall biodiversity and to increase the number of natural areas. We also brought in Renewable energy opportunities for the town so the administration can consider investments in the energy sector related to hydro power.
PPA added work to its own center, which include the setting up of renewable energy systems and ways on improving the local ecosystem and social context of the surrounding communities. This PRI will become a library and center for people to study and deepen their understanding of permaculture.
All facilities are implemented according to the highest permaculture standards. We are involving the local planning office to learn with us on what will be feasible and practical in the near future.
We continue to reach out here in order to create a local training pool within the PRI, Cabiokid foundation and interested parties that contact us.
We are dedicated to create and maintain a center that will attract visitors from all over the country and beyond into experiencing permaculture and related activities in a tropical ecosystem.
The Sanayang Pangkaligtasan is intended to display various permaculture systems and technologies that can be replicated in other areas of the province to increase resilience. It can also be an experimental grounds for permaculture practitioners & enthusiast.
The province had been open to adapting the permaculture framework in increasing the resilience of several barangays.
Various agencies and sectors participated in a Permaculture Design Course conducted by PPA and spearheaded by the (Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO). As a result, a permaculture design was created for the Sanayang Pangkaligtasan in Vinzons, Camarines Norte.
A number of practitioners of permaculture and permaculture-related fields are actively working together towards common permaculture goals.
The center for the province’s permaculture research has established a collaboration between the advocacy arm and economic arm. The Isabela Permaculture Development Center and Ale-Ale Permaculture Consumers’ Cooperative have sought ways to use social entrepreneurship to fuel PRI activities.
Ale-Ale is the birthplace of the Isabela Participatory Guarantee System. The site is also a feasible Farm Business School, having all the components of being one plus much more, since it is one of the most mature permaculture sites in the country. IPDC also has certified trainers who have completed the Trainers Methodology of TESDA.
The site has been the training grounds for permaculture design courses, social permaculture, food processing and bamboo crafts. Ale-Ale has hosted agriculture students who want to expand their knowledge in organic agriculture and permaculture.
The 5th Infantry Division, based in Camp Melchor dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela, has been participating in Bayanihan exercises in the PRI, where squads partake in the maintenance and improvements of the site. Bouwarde has been sending Belgian volunteers, who pool resources to engage in community advocacies of the NLPRI. Having reached its maturity, the management of the PRI will be turned over to the Provincial Government of Isabela, led by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, after PPA has trained its key departments on permaculture concepts and principles.