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Tiny House Movement, Small House = Big Life
In the face of growing problems with climate change, and the unpredictable rumblings of the economy and housing challenges of…
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Village Towns
Vandana Shiva, an internationally recognized Indian activist and philosopher, explains that planning for the human being rather than the automobile…
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Take a PDC on Koh Phangan Island in Southern Thailand!
On my first trip to Jordan, during a PDC course there in October 2009, I was privileged to meet Mustafa…
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Indoor Farm in Tokyo
by Cecilia Macaulay Conference room, Head office, Pasona Group Inc. With all my Japan projects bedded down for the winter,…
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Earthen Building
Editor’s Note: Sasha Rabin is someone with enviable skills in natural building. She has been building, and teaching others to…
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Book Review: Unplanning – Livable Cities and Political Choices
In this book Charles Siegel explains the history of city planning, where we are now, and most importantly, where we…
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Step By Step Earthship Construction in Normandy
Further to our recent Earthship post, I’m adding this nice step-by-step video for good measure. We’ve put it at the…
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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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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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Ground 56%
The government has abandoned its sustainable homes policy – by redefining zero. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental…
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Jordan Valley Permaculture Project – November 2010 Update
The Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) in Al Jawaseri in the Dead Sea Valley…
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Chile Earthquake Video Update
The team from Ecoescuela El Manzano in Chile have just sent through this fine video on progress there. If you’re…
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