I was just reading an article about a couple who began using permaculture methods in Malawi, a country I visited more than a decade ago.

It intrigued me that permaculture can happen anywhere - my stereotypical mindsets are just beginning to whir into gear. I've always seen permaculture happen in an Australian setting and hadn't really considered that others in different countries would be doing the same, or how that would look.

Don't put me in a box. I'm a non-practising advocate of sustainable agriculture and even moreso when it comes to the home garden, but where I stand in ideology I fail to fulfil in practical living. Sure - I compost, I plan to grow my own vegetables and I'm going to have chooks eat our scraps. Apart from that there's little else we do. We don't recycle our own greywater (let alone our own effluent), collect rainwater or limit our fertilisers to just worms and organic matter.

But then I'm wondering if this okay? Am I doing enough or should I be more proactive?