An episode of the Reskillience podcast in which host Catie Payne interviews David Holmgren. The conversation covers his inner life and daily practice at Melliodora, land sharing, housing alternatives, and debt-avoidant living. An unusually personal and wide-ranging conversation with one of permaculture’s foundational thinkers.

An article by David Holmgren documenting the RetroSuburbia Roadshow journey from Burrum Biodynamics in Queensland to Melliodora in Victoria.

An eco-village project in central Victoria associated with David Holmgren. Fryers Forest is an intentional community demonstrating shared land ownership, ecological building, and cooperative living in a rural context — a practical example of the community-scale permaculture design and alternative tenure models discussed in RetroSuburbia.

A community forest project associated with David Holmgren and the Melliodora property in Hepburn Springs, Victoria. Spring Creek represents an applied example of community-scale land stewardship and woodland management informed by permaculture principles, demonstrating collaborative approaches to local forest care and community land tenure.

A letter by David Holmgren published in Renew Magazine in January 2005 making the case for firewood as a legitimate sustainable energy source.

An essay by David Holmgren examining public and regulatory debate around wood smoke pollution and its implications for sustainable households.

Brenna Quinlan’s illustration of cool cupboard design, sourced from David Holmgren’s RetroSuburbia. A cool cupboard is a passive cooling storage solution — a ventilated cabinet positioned to draw cool night air and maintain lower temperatures without refrigeration.

An essay arguing that garden-scale food production represents a radical improvement in water efficiency over broadacre agriculture. Holmgren makes the case that intensive household and community food gardens can produce more food per litre of water than conventional farming.

A free, shareable PDF summary of permaculture concepts and principles drawn from Holmgren’s Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. Available in many languages, it introduces the three ethics, twelve design principles, and core ideas of the permaculture framework. A widely used starting point for those new to permaculture.

Choosing the right property isn’t about market trends — it’s about securing a site that can actually sustain you in an uncertain future. This RetroSuburbia chapter by David Holmgren provides a framework for evaluating properties on solar access, water, soil, neighbourhood, and proximity to services.