Practical Permaculture Institute of Zanzibar
Greener Zanzibar - Nurturing Nature, Empowering the Community
Get to know Us
The Practical Permaculture Institute of Zanzibar (PPIZ) is an educational and demonstration center founded in 2015 to promote sustainable living and environmental regeneration through permaculture. Located near Stone town, it trains local communities including teachers, women, youth, and farmers in practical, hands-on skills for food security, self-sufficiency, and ecological restoration across East Africa.
PPIZ aims to expand permaculture education across East Africa, targeting developers of a greener future.
Courses
We teach Permaculture skills to local farmers and primary school teachers to empower them to sustainable livelihoods and a life in tune with nature, and carrying their knowledge into communities. Creating abundance, regenerating the land and water.
Projects
We teach Permaculture skills to local farmers and primary school teachers to empower them to sustainable livelihoods and a life in tune with nature, and carrying their knowledge into communities. Creating abundance, regenerating the land and water
"The Permaculture Institute Zanzibar is transforming lives through practical, sustainable farming. It’s an inspiring space for learning, growing, and restoring the environment."
FAQS
Permaculture is a design system that works with nature to create resilient and sustainable human settlements and social systems that are eco-friendly. Permaculture is not only limited to sustainable farming even though perennial farming is part of it because you cannot separate human settlements and food
As already explained permaculture is not only farming and building; it can be practiced in how you deal with your waste, how you produce and consume products etc. How you approach daily life activities can be in the lens of permaculture ethics and principles which surrounds every single aspect of human life and can be applied in many ways.
Sure, permaculture teaches us to mimic nature and nature is abundant. You can use a variety of techniques in producing as much as you want. Some of these techniques are mulching, polyculture, zero tillage, composting and integrated pest management.
If you want to learn how to design a piece of land in an ecologically and economically sustainable way then the two week PDC Course is just the right thing for you.