These permaculture groups usually have a number of individual PASA members but are not necessarily Associate Member Organisations of PASA

Adelaide Hills Network
Meets as needed (projects initiated by individuals)
Contact Michael Tel: 8339 5250

Eastern Suburbs Permies (aka the ESP group):
Contact: Kevin Tel. 8363 1959 Meets 10.30am on alternate Saturdays at Vege To Go in the  Norwood Mall

To find out more go to http://web.me.com/saulitaire/ESPNews/ESP_main_page.html

Eyre Peninsula Group
Usually meets on the 2nd Tuesday each month in Port Lincoln. Field trips on the following Saturday to a variety of interesting properties in the district. Chairperson: Bill Ridgway. Secretary: Tom Dolling. Treasurer: Pauline McNair. Librarian: Heather Curtis. Contact: Bill Ridgway, 8684 3515

Go West (Western Metro area)
Contact Atma, ph: 8445 6145 or 0431 861 079

Usually meets monthly towards the end of the month (except Dec and Jan) for lunch and working bee. We bring food to share and over lunch discuss anything of interest re  permaculture, resources and whatever else is relevant. Activities can vary; work on a project  in the host’s garden,  assist in garden design, sometimes have demonstrations eg pruning. New members welcome.

Mitcham Hills area:
Who? Anyone interested around the foothills or surrounds of Belair, Blackwood, Stirling…. and beyond. Why? A chance to get together and make positive steps in our community. Contact: Chris Day 0402 222 480 or Rosemary on 82787476

Northern Friends of Permaculture (Gawler and region)
Contact to be advised.

North East Suburbs Suburbs
If you live in Pooraka, Para Hills, NE, Salisbury, Elizabeth & surrounding areas, please contact Alison Miller Tel: 8359 6781

Ring of Parks Permaculture
Contact to be advised.

Southern Grazers & Growers (Marion Area)
Contact Andrew Tidswell Tel: 8278 8327

Permaculture Southern Flinders

Contact Susan Greentree Tel: 8662 4101 Email info@earthspiritorganics.com

Willunga Basin Bio-regional group:
Currently in recession. If interested contact Joyce Ph 8557 7956

Yorke Peninsula.
Contact Wendy Rushbrook Tel. 8822 7022

Mid-North Region

Contact Jonathan Hawkins-Clarke Tel. 8663 2172

Mt Gambier district

Contact Sharn Ph. 0407 601 431 for more info.

About Bioregionalism

a bioregional group is about commencing to build an alternative that is based on a philosophy of individual responsibility for community survival. The bioregion is our home address, the place where we develop our culture and regional networks.

Much has been said and written on the theme of Bioregionalism. Planet Drum disseminated the original concept, and it was eagerly adopted by all who found modern man-made geographical boundaries arbitrary and unsustainable.

Here are a few definitions and interpretations:

Bioregion
Bio meaning “all of life; living things” region meaning “within a physical or geographic boundary”

‘The work of the bioregional group is to assess the natural, technical, service and financial resources of the region, and to identify areas where resources ( water, soil, money, talent ) leak from the region.’
Strategies for an alternative nation – Bill Mollison – Bioregionalism

‘Bioregionalism is about the consciousness and ideas that are developed by the people within that bioregion about how to live in a place.’
Rosemary Morrow

‘A bioregion  both to geographical terrain and a terrain of consciousness – to a place and the ideas that have developed about how to live in that place.
Discovering and describing that resonance is a way to describe a bioregion.’
Reinhabiting a Separate Country by Peter Berg & Raymond Dasmann

‘Bioregional action is based on local control, and decentralisation; nonviolence; sustainable lifestyles; and on a revaluing and redefining of home.’
Revaluing Home; Feminism and Bioregionalism – Judith Plant

Living bioregionally
‘Living a bioregionally-conscious life means making choices daily that focus on local ecology, economy and culture.’

‘In with community activists and ecologists PLANET DRUM developed the concept of a bioregion: a distinct area with coherent and interconnected plant and animal communities, and natural systems, often defined by a watershed. A bioregion is a whole “life-place” with unique requirements for human inhabitation so that it will not be disrupted and injured.’

Some seminal are reviewed on Planet Drum’s Front Page, while going to ‘Writings’ reveals some of the original essays and talks on the subject. There is much more, including a ‘Links’ page.

See also PROPERTY RIGHTS AND BIOREGIONALISM for more discussion on the subject