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A Visit at Son Barrina
In November 2021 Declan, Patrick Schulte and I visited Mallorca, Spain. Through Daniel Wahl and Mandy Merklein we connected to several people and places on the island, involved with permaculture. The Los Círculos de la Permacultura at Son Barrina was one of the sites....
14 Principles of Sustainable Urban Design
Daniel Wahl interviews Declan on Mallorca in November 2021 to update the conclusion of Margrit and Declans 1996 book "Designing Ecological Settlements". They go through the vision section one principle after the after. See pages 228 to 230....
The 12 Permaculture Design Principles
Applied to Kennedy’s Solar-Retrofitted House https://youtu.be/RFleiNF-3Kc The 12 Principles of Permaculture are somewhat abstract. Declan Kennedy brings them to a practical level in this short film, basing them on the 1985 to 88 retrofitting of his own house in...
Kennedy’s Solar-Retrofitted House – 35 years later
This building, here described as a solar-retrofitted house, was originally accommodation for munitions-factory workers, built in 1938 to 39. As part of the new ecovillage Lebensgarten Steyerberg in Germany, Declan and Margrit Kennedy revamped it as a dwelling house...
Humus Toilet
This film shows the humus toilet in Declan Kennedy's house. It demonstrates the development from a composting to a fermenting toilet. The final product is Terra Preta (the black earth of the Amazons). The difference of the two methods (composting and fermenting) is...
Earth-Magneto Methodology in an Orchard
As a practitioner of Radiesthesia and Geobiology, Declan Kennedy had quite a lot of experience in working with under-earth-surface electro-magnetic fields. He was motivated to change the usually perceived negative effects of this phenomena to a possible positive...
A Life Shaped by Permaculture – A Biography of Declan Kennedy
On January 15th, Peter Krause's biography about Declan Kennedy has been published. Declan Kennedy is one of the pioneers of permaculture. He has worked in various countries at various universities and was a professor at the Technical University of Berlin for many...
The new book Prof. Declan Kennedy
At long last it has happened: the book “A Loving Uni-Verse – Poems and Reflections” by Prof. Declan Kennedy has seen the light of day. This collection of very personal poems and reflections, written over the last 10 years or so, is intended to be a impulse for the...
From above and between
It’s a feeling that is for another being Yes, intangible with no limitation I open my heart to a beautiful thought I go deeper within, willing, seeing No picking and choosing, no discrimination Music, harmony, beauty caught It’s love from above and between We often...
Loneliness and pursuit of happiness
I’m inclined to connecting with people. And then I still get the feeling I need to do things – and have time – for myself. I have to do something where I am very definitely Declan, and even if I am not doing it for myself, it’s still Declan doing it for others. Being...