Village Development
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Consensus, Community and Addiction
by Theron Beaudreau A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. — Martin Luther…
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Permaculture in Nyumbani Village, the Birth of PRI Kenya, and a New Course With Warren Brush
Nyumbani Village, which is a program of the Children of God Relief Institute (COGRI) caring for both HIV infected and…
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Letters from Slovakia – Contemplating the Roma and Other Minorities in a Post-Peak Oil World
In a world of decreasing energy excess, will ancient hostilities get reignited or defused? What will peak oil and economic…
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Rob Hopkins: Transition to a World Without Oil
Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement, gives a great TED Talk.
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Shifting to Community-Scale Food Thinking
This week I received all our yearly seed catalogs, and, as usual, started planning feverishly. How many is too many…
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Rwanda – Forests of Hope
Many of you will remember the inspiring and encouraging example of earth restoration found in the story of the Loess…
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Gold Coast Permaculture Connects With the Community
by Vanessa Fernandes The Beginnings of an Urban Agriculture Project In conjunction with the Gold Coast City Council sponsored Active…
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A Lesson from the Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project
This Korean tale of an ancient stream which got paved over to make a freeway, before becoming a nightmare of…
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Sustainable Agriculture and Off-Grid Renewable Energy
Small integrated farms with off-grid renewable energy may be the perfect solution to the food and financial crisis while mitigating…
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Jail Time for Planting Front Yard Garden?
This is by-law madness, and it’ll have to change…. I rather blatantly encourage everyone to disregard dumb rules like this…
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Quail Springs – a Season of Growth
The most frequently asked question of me lately has been about this past October’s flood and its long-term impact on…
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Letter to Mr. Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.
Originally published on Biourbanism.org Apple’s planned new donut-shaped campus…. Dear Mr Jobs, Due to the wonders of the iPad, I…
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