Resilience: the ability to withstand and/or bounce back from shock or disruption.
The Resilience Hub is a nonprofit organization dedicated to regenerating land, growing healthy food, and building strong, resilient communities. We host and organize educational workshops, permaculture design courses, and Permablitz work parties in greater Portland and around the state of Maine.
Workshops and Events
The Resilience Hub has been hosting events, skillshares, movie nights, workshops, potlucks and more since 2005. Get involved by joining our mailing list and 2900+ person Meetup group.
Permaculture Design Course
The 72-Hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course can be a life-changing experience. The Resilience Hub has led over 20 PDCs. Learn about upcoming courses here.
Portland Maine Permablitz Network
Want to get your hands dirty, meet great people, and learn permaculture techniques? Join us as we approach our 8th season organizing Permablitzes.
The Resilience Hub Blog
Weeds: Crabgrass
This is the third in a series of blogs, shared with permission, about weeds in the garden. Each blog will discuss a common and specific weed found in Maine, its history, uses, what story it tells about the soil it grows in, and how to get rid of it. The original...
Permaculture and the Myth of Overpopulation
by Lisa DePiano When teaching permaculture I often start out by doing a giant problems mind map. I ask students to brainstorm all of the major “problems” they see in the world to reflect on what brought them to study permaculture. Nine times out of ten the idea of...
The Mint Family Is Full of Medicinals
A few nights ago, a lucky group of us got to spend the evening with herbalist Mischa Schuler talking about all of the medicinal plants in the mint family. Who knew the mint family had so many plant allies? Of course most of us know about peppermint, which is obviously...