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Earthships & Permaculture: A Potent Tag-Team
I’ve recently been doing research on Earthships after being formally introduced to them while talking to my friend Paul "Ringo"…
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Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century
by Dmitry Orlov A decade and a half ago the world went from bipolar to unipolar, because one of the…
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The Great Vampire Squid
A shameless, unasked for and completely unauthorised plug for the New Economics Foundation initiative. Click for full view Courtesy: Marc…
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Empathy is the Most Important Survival Skill of the 21st Century! John Marshall Roberts Explains (Video)
While today’s systems are built on and designed around greed (capitalism) and segregation (modernism), we need societies of empathy and…
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Saudi Arabian Philippines (with Tropical Desert Possibilities) – Discovering the Cultural Edges
A Filipino garden — in Saudi Arabia! Working in Saudi Arabia on a large project, in this case the Al-Baydha…
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America is Bankrupt: It’s Going Full Circle
Yes, it’s a strong title. But, it’s very real. The United States of America, built on incredible potential and an…
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We Won! (and are Winning)
Do you remember my mentioning we were amongst the finalists for the Humanitarian Water & Food Award for 2010? Well,…
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Anti-Pattern Capitalism
Obtain a yield — Permaculture principle three At first glimpse it might seem like capitalism is a fulfillment of permaculture…
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Permaculture in Mecca
Geoff Lawton reports from a consultation trip to what will become the Al Bayda Project, Saudi Arabia The Al Bayda…
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Alms and the Man
Click for larger view Courtesy: Marc Roberts Thanks to Craig Mackintosh for pointing this out. Think again before you reach…
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