1/2 The LINK project we (our association Vihreä Pourusmäki) has been running for the last 15 months is coming to an end. One of the bigger activities we did was the Peripheral LINKs Convergence last month. It was a week-long get-together of people around Europe working towards a sustainable future.

Eilinen Permakulttuuria kotipihassa -luento meni mukavasti! Hyviä kysymyksiä esitettiin ja keskustelua syntyi. Kiitos kaikille kuulijoille ja Valkeakoski-opistolle ja Kangasalan kirjastolle järjestämisestä 🧡 #permakulttuuri #regenerativedesign

Wohoo, now Lumia is an Assured Teacher too! The European Permaculture Network certification means the teacher has sufficient education to teach permaculture on a high-quality level, and has been assured by a peer teacher. Check it out permaculture-network.eu/permaculturi... 🥳

Our summer course and event calendar is finalized and available on our website beyondbuckthorns.com/courses-events 🌿 Check it out, check your calendar and see what could interest you! Hope to see you this summer 🌞 #beyondbuckthorns #permaculture #regenerativelife #talkoot #communityevent

Kiinnostaako permakulttuuri? Tule kuulolle Kangasalan kirjastolle 😊 #permakultturi #kangasala

Tervetuloa!

The season continues this Thursday with an interesting session 🤩 In the session Mayi Lekuona, Cathrine Dolleris and Dominik Jais will discuss "Permaculture design"

The season continues this Thursday with a session: Dominik Jais and Aimee Fenech from the Digital Circle (thedigitalcircle.org) of the Permaculture Colab will talk about their research project "From proprietary to open source: a dive into permaculture research." #permatalks #permaculture #opensource

The Peripheral LINKs Convergence is almost here! The online gathering is taking place from 9–13 February 2026. Monday we'll start the week with a session of welcomes and first connections, and continue with project presentations and a workshop 😍 Register at links.vihreapourusmaki.fi/convergence

PermaTalks continues with Tom Henfrey's session on Shamanic Permaculture in Practice: Designing with the Spirits of the Land at Quinta Sol na Eira🤩 Tom is an action researcher in Human Ecology; practitioner and teacher of Core Shamanism; Permaculture teacher, practitioner and tutor. #permatalks

PermaTalks starts in a few days! The first call on the 15th January at 18.30 CET is a dialogue, where Aimee from Permaculture CoLab, Lumia from Beyond Buckthorns and Ryan from Earthed Up! will be talking and reflecting about Permaculture project implementation 😍 More: permapuheet.fi/en/volume-6

One of our main events of the year, PermaTalks, are back! Season 6 is starting in two weeks and consists of 10 amazing sessions in, about and around permaculture 🌱 Read more permapuheet.fi/en/volume-6 and join in to learn & get inspired! Together we are stronger 👏 #permaculture #sustainability

Merry Christmas from us to you 🎄

We’re co-organising the Peripheral LINKs Convergence (9–13 Feb 2026), an online event for people and projects working on sustainability and related fields. We’re looking for session proposals: workshops, discssions... Read more and submit your idea by 23. Nov 👉 links.vihreapourusmaki.fi/convergence

Dominiks @dominikjais.bsky.social photo exhibition "Into Drakeness" at the Pälkäne Pääkirjasto Arkki in November 2025. Welcome! #art #photography

Dominik @dominikjais.bsky.social is talking in the next PA Campfire event 🔥😍 Welcome! 🌼 LINK: buff.ly/hNIwLE6 Topic: Digital Permaculture - design for personal digital sustainability Discover how permaculture ethics and principles can transcend garden gates! #permaculture #digitalpermaculture

Tervetuloa kekrijuhlaan! Luodaan yhteinen pöytä satokauden antimista, muistellaan vuotta ja kasvukauden oppeja nuotion ääressä, kuullaan musiikkia - esiintymässä J Mikael -, puretaan patoutumat huutorunoustyöpajassa ja saunotaan! Ilmoittaudu mukaan links.vihreapourusmaki.fi/fi/kekrijuhl...

This workshop is in three weeks' time 👇 Join our hands-on workshop on biogas, solar panels, solar vacuum tubes, solar air heaters, and biomass to create sustainable energy solutions 🌱☀️ More info under www.beyondbuckthorns.com/course/renew... #BeyondBuckthorns #renewableenergy #sustainability

6.40 am 🌞 good morning #suomi #summer #rurallife

PermaTalks Vol 5 sessions now free to watch. Alfred Decker's lecture about the social microclimate has been published - watch it at permapuheet.fi/alfred-decke... #permatalks #permaculture #education #community #network #sustainbility #socialpermaculture #eupn

Almost time for the Introduction to Permaculture course, starting in 50 minutes! Miss Sophie is awaiting the guests, too 🌼 #permaculture #permakulttuuri

Are you working on making the world a better place – on the edge? Let’s connect 🤝 The network is still open for new people! I have to say, the calls we've had so far have been amazing! Sign up at links.vihreapourusmaki.fi/creating-con... #culturalchange #ecosocial #bethechange

June was so cold and so rainy, I was scared summer may never arrive! But it did, and the heavy rains have mostly benefitted the garden. Now with some warmth I am hoping the harvest will be good this year. Enjoy this garden blog post, aka a glog! www.beyondbuckthorns.com/content/glog...

Tule mukaan talkoopäivään Beyond Buckthornsille (Pälkäne) tiistaina 29.7.2025 klo 10 alkaen 🌱 Come join us at the talkoot / working together day at Beyond Buckthorns on Tuesday 29.7.2025 starting from 10 onwards 🌱 www.beyondbuckthorns.com/course/talko... #talkoot #pälkäne #permakulttuuri

August starts with Design Camp! If you want to give your permaculture designing skills a boost, spend time in nature and hang out with nice, like-minded people for a weekend, this is the event for you. Welcome 🧡 #finland #permaculture #regen www.beyondbuckthorns.com/course/desig...

Lumia's Diploma finally arrived! Great present for juhannus 🤩🌼 #beyondbuckthorns #permaculture

Vielä mahtuu mukaan, tervetuloa 🌱 Kiinnostaako kestävä elämäntapa ja konkreettinen toiminta? Tämä kurssi on sinulle, jolle permakulttuuri on uusi tai vain vähän tuttu aihepiiri ja olet kiinnostunut käytännöllisistä ratkaisuista kohti parempaa maailmaa 💚 #permakulttuuri #pälkäne #kestäväelämäntapa

The Empowerment retreat is behind us! Such good work and shared ideas. Here a few impressions. #beyondbuckthorns #vihreäpourusmäki #retreat #link #peripherallinks #haltianpappila #designweb #workthatreconnects #gratefulheart

Working on a better world in the EU and feeling alone? Come join the peripheral LINKs network! What now? Read more at links.vihreapourusmaki.fi/creating-con...

Charcoal making is always fun - and always HOT 🙂 Watch the time lapse video youtu.be/Gfu599ADmHY #charcoal #permaculture #suomi @beyondbuckthorns.bsky.social

Sign-ups by next Friday please! links.vihreapourusmaki.fi/peripheral-l...

Indigenous Peoples are among the most effective environmental stewards. Yet, they receive less than 1% of international climate funding. A new UN report calls for reforms that will benefit these communities: news.un.org/en/story/202...

Would you like to play your part in building a more sustainable society? Join us on this empowering retreat Pälkäne, Finland next summer. Co-teaching also @kathy-otto-regen.bsky.social and @dominikjais.bsky.social More info at 👉http://bit.ly/4lWFM8v🌱 #finland #sustainability #culturalchange

Happy May Day! 🥳🍀🌱

The early bird tickets for this and Renewable Energy Workshop 2025 are for sale until the end of April. If this is something that interests you, it's worth it to act fast! More at www.beyondbuckthorns.com/courses

We've gotten some questions about the retreat, so here are some answers 🧵

Local planners: 7 years and $1.2 million. #Beavers: just vibes and sticks. Nature's engineers get it done. No permits required

Would you like to play your part in building a more sustainable society? Here's some info about an event in Pälkäne, Finland next summer. Please check it at 👉 links.vihreapourusmaki.fi/peripheral-l... 🌱 #finland #sustainability #culturalchange

Kiinnostaako permakulttuuri? Tule meille kurssille! 🧡 Tämä permakulttuurikurssi keskittyy permakulttuurin perusasioihin: sen eettisiin arvoihin, keskeisiin periaatteisiin, suunnittelumenetelmiin sekä käytännön ratkaisuihin ja tekemällä oppimiseen. Lisää: www.beyondbuckthorns.com/fi/course/pe...

Do you have a vision you'd love to bring to life, but feel too overwhelmed to get started? Do you already have a project and feel alone with it, like no-one around you understands you? Then check this retreat we're co-creating for this summer out!

Happy Spring Equinox! Today is a nice day indeed. First, as today is #yksinäinennarsissi day, a "lone daffodil day" by Kauniisti kotimainen, my Mum found a daffodil waiting alone in the wild 😄 brought it home and gifted it to us. Thank you Pellikan Puutarha for the lovely daffodil!

If you are in Finland and you are into Permaculture you might want to check out Lumia's and my homestead Beyond Buckthorns www.beyondbuckthorns.com - we accept volunteer via WWOOF. #permaculture #sustainability #designhub #permaculturehub #permaculturelink #ecology #wwoof

PermaTalks' this seasons last session next Thursday is by Steven Hart and his topic is Global networks strengthten our dynamic 🥰 Join us next Thursday, or watch the recording at your own time. Read more and sign up 👉 permapuheet.fi/en/volume-5 💚

"Digital Permaculture" is at the edge of permaculture and IT - combining those two while using permaculture design to design for personal digital sustainability - www.beyondbuckthorns.com/digital-perm... #digitalsustainability #greenit #permaculture #permaculturedesign #design

PermaTalks' next week's session is a brand new discussion format called "Match & Hatch", and the speakers are Barbara Scheltus and Dominik Jais, and their topic is their experiences in the Diploma system🥰 Join us next Thursday: read more and sign up 👉 permapuheet.fi/en/volume-5 💚 #permatalks

PermaTalks' next week's session is by Tom Henfrey and his topic is Shamanism and Permaculture🥰 Join us next Thursday, or watch the recording at your own time. You get all the lecture recordings no matter when you sign up! Read more and sign up 👉 permapuheet.fi/en/volume-5 💚