Public-service associations
The Belarusian NGO “Ecohome” by the middle of 90s began to popularize the permaculture in Belarus including the ecological design, agricultural and construction approaches and methods. The main aim is to create ecosystem constructed and functioning according to principals of natural ecosystems. The team of certified trainers has bee working in “Ecodom” which from 2000 conducts seminars in permaculture in the informal education system. The book “The Introduction to Permaculture” by Bill Mollison and the brochure “What is Permaculture?” were issued.
In 2006, the public association “Women for Revival of the Naroch Region” (village Komarovo, Myadel district, Minsk region) began to carry out the project of “Development of Pollution-Free Agriculture in the “Naroch” National Park”. Within the project, it is planed to create the model of ecological farm on the area of 20 hectars, to create the model of transition to organic agriculture, to develop the methodological recommendations, and train the specialists in ecological agricultural field.