A Must-Read for Aspiring Permaculture Practitioners and Educators
Planet Schooling: How to Create a Permaculture Living Classroom in Your Backyard by Lucy Legan is an inspiring, practical and deeply thoughtful guide that bridges the gap between education, sustainability and action. Whether you’re a teacher, parent, or simply someone passionate about creating a greener future, this book is invaluable.
What Sets It Apart
The book’s strength lies in combining practical permaculture principles with hands-on activities that make learning about sustainability accessible and engaging for all ages. Lucy’s conversational tone and clear explanations make even complex concepts easy to understand, empowering readers to take action in their own spaces—no matter how big or small.
Highlights
- Step-by-Step Guidance: From planning a garden to nurturing soil and implementing permaculture ethics, the book walks you through every phase of creating a thriving, regenerative system.
- Creative Activities: Each chapter is packed with engaging activities that transform theoretical knowledge into practical application. These activities are particularly useful for teachers and parents seeking to inspire children with hands-on learning experiences.
- Global Perspective, Local Action: Lucy’s respect for traditional knowledge and Indigenous practices adds depth and cultural richness to the book, encouraging readers to consider worldwide sustainability and local impact.
Why It Matters
 Planet Schooling offers hope and actionable steps for creating positive change in an age of environmental uncertainty.It’s not just a book—it’s a call to action for anyone looking to align their lifestyle with permaculture principles, educate others, and cultivate a deeper connection to nature.
Who Is It For?
Whether starting your first garden, teaching permaculture in a classroom, or dreaming of transforming your backyard into a vibrant learning space, this book is a treasure trove of inspiration and knowledge.
- 150 activities
- 260 pages
- 12 chapters
Tomoe –
Exactly what I was looking for,to grow up together with my children. So many information with attractive activities for both little and grown ups.This book will help us to get interested in life, nature and harmonically living. I am so happy to have this book!
Dani Wolff –
Such a fab book! There are so many out of the box activities to do with kids to get us outside & interacting with nature. I’m so excited to explore it all with my toddler as she grows.
Sophie –
This book is such an incredible resource for home, schools, and the education of us all – both young and old. My daughters are loving reading it by themselves and together as a family I love that we are able to engage with each other and connect in a meaningful way. I can highly recommend this book.
Megan –
This is an excellent and comprehensive environmental resource. It’s well organised and easy to read. Fantastic value for money as it has so much information and lots of thrifty tips. Highly recommend this book.
Cindy Picton (verified owner) –
A fabulous educational resource for our current times. A book for anyone with an interest in our world and how they can positively influence it.
Kornelia (verified owner) –
Great book! Many practical ideas to do permaculture with kids! And I really love the structure and the layout of the book!
Izabela (verified owner) –
All great. Fantastic book! Thank you.
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Anna (verified owner) –
Great service and fun book. Thank you :)
Sarah Kirley (verified owner) –
I adore this book! It along side some others in our permiculture collection make for a fantastic way to create lessons for our little homeschoolers.
TOMAS ENOS (verified owner) –
A great resource to launch our program in 2023