Energy Systems
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Report on a Permaculture Internship – Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge (Sept-Oct, 2013, Ethiopia)
Editor’s Note: Beginning 2 December 2013, Alex is running another PDC at the developing Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge in southern…
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Funding for Small Scale Anaerobic Digesters in England
UK government starts mining agricultural wastes for renewable energy as municipal and household wastes are becoming scarce. by Dr Mae…
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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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Japanese Farmers Producing Crops and Solar Energy Simultaneously
Revitalizing the farming sector for the next-generation and could provide more than enough electricity for the entire country. by Dr…
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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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Pollinate Energy (Bangalore, India)
One of the major consequences of industrial agriculture is the steady flight of rural populations to urban centers. Economists have…
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Living Without a Fridge
by Dr Samuel Alexander, co-director of the Simplicity Institute and a lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of…
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Problem: Pollution — Solution: Biogas
In this polluted world there is good news. We can create energy from some of our waste! by Zaia Kendall,…
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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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Growing a Wild Garden
The following is adapted and extracted from the book – The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka (1978). Upon investigatiion, my…
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Creating the Alternative Tour, First Stop: Solar Living Institute – Soaking Up Some Rays of Inspiration
For background on this series, please see: Creating the Alternative Tour – Intro by Mo Lohre & William Redwine Brakes…
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