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Rough, Ready, But Very Real – a November 2013 Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ Site)
Project from above, featuring a garbage-accumulating fence edge Well, you would be hard pressed to find a tougher block of…
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The Architect Has No Clothes
by Michael Mehaffy & Nikos A. Salingaros 1. Seeing the World Differently For 40 years, people have been talking about…
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Bamboo Village Kuala Lumpur Hosts PDC with Rhamis Kent (January 2014)
A fellow by the name of Mr. Ramadan has created this unique resort just outside of Kuala Lumpur in an…
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Creating Buildings and Environments that Support Life (Podcast)
by James Alexander Arnfinsen Our society is drunk, it is intoxicated on pursuing novelty, it is pursuing novelty at all…
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Zero Net Energy Households
A "zero net" home is a household with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually — essentially, the…
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Permaculture in the Bahamas
At the same time as the 36-inch snow storm hit the East Coast of the US in early February, 2013,…
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The Three Legs of the Integrated Permaculture Design Stool
by Rob Avis I woke up this morning with a realization — nothing I didn’t already know in principle, just…
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Dezhou Solar City (China)
For one day only we were able to make a stop in Dezhou, one of China’s famed ‘Solar Cities.’ As…
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Emergency Shelters Made From Paper (TED video)
Long before sustainability became a buzzword, architect Shigeru Ban had begun his experiments with ecologically-sound building materials such as cardboard…
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Come On Out, The Water’s Fine: Rob Talks Rain Tanks!
by Rob Avis, Verge Permaculture //www.youtube.com/embed/gPJFa2KUoUc Hey everyone. I just shot a short video on setting up a low-tech rainwater…
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Extendable/Retractable Roof Overhang for Sun and Shade Harvesting
This video highlights how properly designed roof overhangs and window awnings can provide free shade and cooling in the hot…
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We the Tiny House People (Video)
What does it mean to have a house? What defines a home? Is there an appropriate size or should there…
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