Village Development
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Rancho Mastatal: A Permaculture Site Overview (Costa Rica)
A view of Rancho Mastatal through the Zone 1 gardens I’ve had the opportunity to become of one the co-directors…
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Someone Else’s Story
Scots voting no to independence would be an astonishing act of self-harm. Imagine that the question was posed the other…
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Open Source Recipes to Make Social Innovations More Shareable
Inspired by the principles of open source software, the concept of Open Social Innovation aims to document social innovations so…
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Crash on Demand – or Rapid Transition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pFDu7lLV4 The Arctic Death Spiral and the Methane Time Bomb (Duration: 1:11:11) Please watch before continuing with the article. Can…
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Social Media – A Double-Edged Sword
Permaculture calls for us to care for the earth, care for each other and share our resources. In an ideal…
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The Right Course (Morocco)
We are still going to be achieving a number of aims in Morocco with our first PDC in October, but…
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Volunteer Manager’s Checklist
As a volunteer tourist I have really appreciated receiving tips before my trips from hosts. Now I return the favour.…
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A Tale of Three Countries: Are Farm Subsidies Necessary?
Imagine if Tom Vilsack (whose Wikipedia biography does not list any experience whatsoever with farming or farmers prior to his…
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Ten Grassroots Environmental Justice Campaigns from Around the World
Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture Andhra Pradesh in India has been called the pesticide capital of the world. Pesticides cost farmers…
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The Spreading of the Permaculture Revolution in Northern Central Tanzania, and Beyond…
Seven years since the first formal permaculture training in Tanzania by Geoff Lawton, there is now a vast network of…
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Start Growing! Part 5: The Best Employee For Your Farm or Food Hub
Imagine that your small farm or food hub just hired a new employee. Her name is Susan. But she’s not…
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Not Socialism, Not Capitalism… Distributism Seeks Community Power
Not socialism, not capitalism… distributism seeks community power. by Jay Walljasper, On the Commons Conservatives, progressives and everyone else likes…
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