Permaculture Is 

Political

Food Sovereignty Is Liberation
Online Web Series

Oct 2 : 3pm-7pm AEDT / Oct 4 & 5 : 11am–7pm AEDT

Tyson Yunkaporta / Jessica Hutchings / Rasha Tayeh / Tammi Jonas / Keitha Thuy Young / Zena Cumptston / Manu Prigioni / Dheepa Jeyapalan / Maia Raymond / Starhawk / more TBC

We are excited to launch Permaculture is Political - a fundraising web series hosted by PermaQueer that brings together thoughtful speakers sharing grounded insights & practical actions that listeners can take at the individual, community & systemic level. All profits from the series will go toward First Nations organisations and food relief for Palestine.

We'll be hearing from a range of incredible initiatives & speakers from a variety of lived experiences on how we can raise the bar, claim accountability & design for empowered action.

Permaculture as it was in the 80’s looks very different to the permaculture of today and that’s something to be excited about. During a time of genocide, climate catastrophe, attacks on treaties, social and economic upheaval, the need for justice is urgent —our design choices carry real, tangible stakes. 

Food and land use can either be a force of liberation—or a tool of oppression. Historically, the permaculture movement has often claimed to be "apolitical"—yet we know nothing in an ecosystem plays a neutral role & this approach is actively harmful. Especially when systems are designed on stolen land using colonial frameworks, while our global ecosystems & frontline communities bear the brunt of systemic harm. Emerging from a desire to engage more critically this series seeks to extend on the practice of accountability & redistribution.

What we plant, what we build, and how we relate matters deeply. Designing community led ways of caring for ourselves and the planet has never been more important. Let’s reframe design & honour its critical need right now. In this time of great change, how do we become mycelial?

Becoming Mycelial

Each day of the series is grounded in fungal wisdom. Using the symbiosis of the natural world we reimagine permaculture as a living, breathing system of radical change.

  • 2nd of October 3pm -7pm AEDT (Sydney Time)

    These mushrooms thrive by feeding on decaying organic matter, permeating rotting wood and releasing enzymes to decompose complex compounds. Then a process of transformation can take place - a foundation for new life.

    Permaculture and other regenerative design frameworks hold immense potential to reimagine our current systems. But without dismantling harmful systems, they risk replicating the same extractive structures they seek to replace. Part of recontextualising permaculture as a radical framework is composting outdated structures and ideas.

  • 4th of October 11am - 7pm AEDT (Sydney Time)

    As the old structures decompose, let’s become parasitic fungi, pulling power from colonial systems of violence, & find pathways to relocate energy and resources into regenerative community based systems.


    Parasitic mushrooms help regulate our ecosystem & open space for different species to contribute. Let’s divest these resources & create new space by redefining who and what permaculture is for - accelerating the natural cycles of decay & regeneration.

  • 5th of October 11am - 7pm AEDT (Sydney Time)

    Mycorrhizal fungi are the great networkers and symbiotic collaborators. Their complex relationships with the roots of trees and other plants are key to sharing knowledge, mutual benefit and the redistribution of resources. In our communities this means creating relational systems that serve the many—not just the few & uncovering networks of liberations and mutual aid that bring diversity to our ecosystem.

    This means centring First Nations justice, queer, disabled, migrant, youth and traditionally othered voices —those pushing boundaries, expanding worldviews & building radical bridges across silos. It is with these movements we must co-design new systems as they understand most intimately the power structures we all need to decompose. 

Fundraising & Tickets

All profits from the series will go toward First Nations organisations and food relief for Palestine, with transparency around the donation process.

Speaker Details

*Speaker list will be updated with new speakers as we approach the event.