Design
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When “Eww” Turns to “Ooh!”
Photos © Craig Mackintosh You’ve heard the Zaytuna Farm composting loo story before, but since this is the first time…
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Domestic Uses for Wood Ash
Wood ash can be obtained by sieving the remains of burnt, non-treated wood. The composition and amount of the ash…
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Trellises For Your Summer Food Crops
If you are thinking of planting tomatoes, cucumbers, winter squash, peas, beans or any vining plant, it’s worth considering growing…
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Geospatial Analysis and Living Urban Geometry
By Pietro Pagliardini (1), Sergio Porta (2) & Nikos A. Salingaros (3). Chapter 17 in: Bin Jiang and Xiaobai Angela…
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Let’s Explore Ridley Grove Community Garden! (Adelaide, South Australia)
What do you do with an old church car park? Turn it into a community garden, of course! And that’s…
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A Recipe for a Hugelkultur Raised Bed
I’ve been wanting to do a hugelkultur bed ever since I saw an article about a village store garden where…
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Constructed Wetlands Treat Waste Water with Weeds
Overview Effluent processing all over the world requires large amounts of energy and/or chemicals to treat the waste water, or…
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Integrating Garbage in the Landscape
Filling tyres with trash bricks We recently spent a month volunteering in Indonesia, on the beautiful and luxurious island of…
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Establishing a Permaculture Project in Southern Portugal
Having been a self-sufficient farmer in the Northern Isles of Scotland and having worked for ecological charities that have helped…
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World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011
by J. Matthew Roney Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world…
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Turning Garbage into Gas
I’m far from being an engineer, but to my untrained eye this looks interesting. "In a matter of months" the…
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Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg
Richard Heinberg not only talks the talk, but also walks the walk, as we get to see in the video…
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