Our mission:

• To promote the sustainability, diversity, and resilience of the Greater Ashhurst and Pohangina Region.
• In the spirit of this general mission, the Society will engage exclusively in activities that fit within the umbrella of the charitable purposes stated below.

Our purposes:

• Advance education in permaculture;
• Advance education that enhances the community's disaster preparedness and ability to respond non-violently to sudden change;
• Run projects within the Greater Ashhurst and the Pohangina Valley Region that enhance the community's resilience in ways that are practical manifestations of the knowledge and values advanced through the educational purposes set out above.

Pecuniary gain is not a purpose of the Society.