Learn all about green building, biodiversity and seed saving, hands on, at The Panya Project. This 4-hectare organic farm, set in the Mae Tang valley, offers permaculture design courses as well as the option to stay and experience sustainable ways of living. Daily activities include farm work every morning, followed by communal lunches prepared as a group. You can also roam through the expansive food forest, boasting some 40 species of fruit trees, to the “natural” sauna in a mud brick house.