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Representing Permablitz on the Senate floor were (from left) Matt Lynch, Rafael Bergstrom, Allen Fanning, Sen. Mike Gabbard, Matt Davis and Hunter Heaivilin. Photo from Sen. Gabbard\u2019s office.
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Talking Story…<\/em>Mike Gabbard<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently, the state Senate honored Permablitz Hawaii. Blitz, from the German word for lightning, means a focused application of energy.<\/p>\n

A permablitz is when that energy is focused on installing a garden that’s based on permaculture design principles for sustainable living and land use. Permablitz Hawaii is a volunteer network akin to the old-fashioned barn raisings common in the early days of our country. But instead of folks coming together to build barns, it’s an informal daylong gathering, where a group of people come together to create or add to edible gardens at a home, school or other public space, while sharing skills related to permaculture and sustainable living. At the same time, the participants build community networks and have a lot of fun. On Oahu, they’ve been happening on average about once a month since Permablitz arrived in 2011.<\/p>\n

Permablitz is a reciprocal volunteer network; if you help in three blitzes, you have an opportunity to get your own space or a space of your choosing blitzed. Pretty cool! In a typical backyard blitz, one of the Permablitz designers collaborates with the residents of the home to create a plan for an edible landscape. Twenty or so volunteers will come to help, as they learn by doing, under the direction of experienced designers and practitioners. <\/p>\n

They’ll do things like dig new garden beds, mulch, put in a pond or taro patch, terrace a sloped landscape, make swales or graft fruit trees. Everyone’s enthusiasm is focused on whatever tasks are needed, leading to a finished product in just one day! An amazing thing about Permablitz is the amount of work that can be done in a short period of time, as volunteers cheerfully chat as they work.<\/p>\n

Permablitzes began in 2006 Australia as a collaboration between a Permaculture designer and a community group. Since then, there have been hundreds organized throughout the world. As of 2014, more than 150 Permablitzes have been held throughout Australia, California, Canada, Istanbul, Uganda, and Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Check out its website: permablitzhawaii.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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