Design
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The Man Who Stopped the Desert: What Yacouba did next…
Those who watched The Man Who Stopped the Desert (trailer here), will want to follow up with this short video…
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Food Forests, Part 4: Humanure (black water)
Poo. We all do it. Even the smallest microbes do it. However, when you are connected to a centralised sewerage…
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Solar Power: Is it Convenient for You?
Trying to live more sustainably and save a buck or two…. Sustainability and economics Almost every time, more sustainable systems…
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Permaculture, a Step by Step Change, Part III – Solar Water Heating: Change and Save
Welcome back to my Step by Step permaculture process. We have been studying the uses of passive solar space heating…
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Firewood Igloos – Adapting an Austrian design for Australasian Conditions
In certain parts of Austria, firewood igloos are a traditional way of storing firewood without needing a permanent shelter. Placed…
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David Holmgren on Retrofitting the Suburbs for the Energy Descent Future
Introduction by Samuel Alexander of the Simplicity Institute: I’m pleased to announce that David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept,…
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Permaculture, a Step by Step Change, Part II – Further Steps: Solar Heating, Easy and Cheap
The most important step Maybe the most important step in the permaculture change is mindset. The day you get motivated…
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Sinking the Lifeboats: Reflections on a Visit to Herbaiet A Nabi, South Hebron Hills
It was on the second week of the PermaNegev course that I arranged a visit to the small village of…
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Woody Agriculture – On the Road to a New Paradigm
by Philip A. Rutter, B L. Rutter-Daywater, and S.J. Wiegrefe, originally published on the Oil Drum. In any attempt to…
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Gorgeous Gardens From Garbage: How to Build a Sheet Mulch
One of the first projects for anyone who wants to garden is building a garden bed. There are some pretty…
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