Wholesome healing at Noosa Forest Retreat

Article at Australian Wellbeing Magazine: What was the initial inspiration behind Noosa Forest Retreat and when did it all begin? To develop a community centred around nature and healthy food production rather than roads, cars and supermarkets. We founded Noosa Forest Retreat in 2004, where we offer permaculture education, affordable grassroots accommodation, permaculture internships, work exchange and […]

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Ian Trew at the Feel Good Community Podcast / Mahasoma

Laura Poole from the Feel Good Community podcast interviewed Ian Trew: Life, death, and everything in-between. Exploring the physical, psychological and spiritual world of Permaculture with Ian Trew from Noosa Forest Retreat Laura completed her permaculture PDC course with Ian at Noosa Forest Retreat in September, and fell in love with the way he spoke […]

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4 Ways Eco-Living Community Impacts the Future

After all this time, we are taught that living a good life is all about convenience—in which we are very dependent on corporations to provide our basic human needs such as food, clothing, energy consumption, and whatnot. But the sad reality is, we are far from the best life nature has in store for us. […]

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Study Permaculture in Australia, Where It All Began

Permaculture is slowly gaining traction in today’s society. With people becoming more and more conscious about environmental issues and their own environmental footprint, permaculture (or at least practices derived from permaculture) is one of the most popular solutions that come up, and for good reason.   Permaculture recommends a sustainable way of living where one becomes less dependent […]

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Amazing Bananas

Noosa Forest Retreat,  harvested a 52 kilogram package of sun ripened fresh banana, yes berries! They are organic, nutrient rich and of course more than just healthy. We continue to be surprised as we get larger and sweeter fruit, as our permaculture  soil fertility systems do their magic. There are approx a thousand different banana […]

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Permaculture Definition

What is permaculture? The true definition can be found if you take a closer look at the word: Permaculture. Lets put it into two parts: perma-culture. Perma is short for permanent and culture refers to our entire way of living with a particularly focus on growing healthy food. Now we put it together and voila! Constantly living! […]

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Grow Your Own Natural Surfboard Permaculture style!

This is for all keen surfers, nature and ocean lovers. Did you know that you can have a all natural surfboard that looks great, is a buzz to ride and looks after the environment at all stages of its life; manufacture, use and post use (cradle to grave)  You do not “need” fiberglass resins, polystyrene […]

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Noosa Forest Retreat offers affordable healthy accommodation, home or private retreat.

Healthy Accommodation At Noosa Forest Retreat. Short to Long term. Share or Private. Holiday personal retreat or permanent residency.  Rent, work exchange or purchase. Co-ownership options available,  limited opportunity to purchase shares for sale. We believe that when a body (our own or the earths) shows symptoms it is a healing opportunity. The symptom is giving you […]

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