Design
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Visiting an Urban Permaculture Installation, Five Months On (Video)
by Dan Palmer, Very Edible Gardens Two days ago Dan and Will returned to a large VEG permaculture design and…
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William Kamkwamba – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
When we think of wind power, we most likely think either of the huge wind farms now dotted across the…
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A Permaculture Farm in Wales – Zoning 101 (Videos)
If you are new to permaculture, these three videos provide a delightful living introduction to the topic. As Angie takes…
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An Innovative Approach to Water Storage at a Sustainable Tanzanian Home
Just outside of Arusha, Tanzania, is ‘Kesho Leo’– a sustainable home for vulnerable women and children operated by FoodWaterShelter. The…
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Sail Power Reborn – Transporting Local Goods by Boat
Peak Moment host Janaia Donaldson joins Fulvio Casali, Kathy Pelish and Alex Tokar, co-founders of the Salish Sea Trading Cooperative,…
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How to Make a Worm Mansion
This is no ordinary worm farm: it is a fun project to do with the kids, it works like the…
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Re-imagining Urban Design and City Life
by David Bollier I have been asked to address what the commons might have to say about urban spaces and…
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3CR ‘Food Fight’ Show Excerpts Evan Young on Omnivorous Diet
Zaytuna Farm – Photo © Craig Mackintosh In the middle of Winter 2011, Trades Hall in Melbourne hosted a debate…
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Innovative New Irrigation System Could Help Solve Problems for Isolated Communities
Measured irrigation at Prospect Community Garden In developed nations, at least in the cities and most towns, we take it…
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Stabilizing the Climate with “Permanent Agriculture”
Trees are one of our most powerful tools to pull carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in the soil…
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A Forest of Food in the Center of Seattle
Click for larger view In the Beacon Hill community of Seattle a revolutionary community garden is being developed to feed…
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City Kids Move to the Country – Part VII
My property has been behaving itself since my last City Kids update. Without the tropical downpours and flooding Queensland suffered…
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