Urban Projects
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America’s Forgotten Food Forest Suburb
Years ago, Permaculture founder, Bill Mollison made a TV series called Global Gardener. In a 10-minute segment of that series…
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Why Buses Represent Democracy in Action (TED video)
"An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use…
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Composting Techniques for Anyone
Compost bins can be made of repurposed materials, like these pallets. Composting doesn’t have to be difficult, nor does it…
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Aquaponics on the Cheap!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaKDQiWYJow You don’t have to be loaded to get started with a really simple aquaponics setup! As a variation on…
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Success at Floriade! (Canberra, Australia)
Beautiful innovation at Floriade 2013 — Urban Agriculture Australia helps Canberra celebrate the annual festival of flowers. Spring took on…
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My Visit to the Greening the Desert Sequel Site, November 2013
The Jordan Valley Permaculture Proejct (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) in November 2013. (Photo: Geoff Lawton) I experienced…
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Urban Farm Grows Over 1000 Pounds of Produce on Two Lots to Feed Local Community (Baltimore, USA)
Boone Street Farm in Baltimore, Maryland, started in 2010, and looks to be going strong. It’s a great way to…
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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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Dam Building Time Lapse (New Zealand)
by Jon Foote A short video of the development of the dam at the ReScape Resilience Education Centre, Dunedin, New…
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A Worm Farm in Your Duck Coop! (Alaska)
In my last article I discussed the challenges of keeping ducks in backyard permaculture. There are two primary problems, at…
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Three-Month Site Transformation of Degraded Land (Bangalore, India)
It all began with my visit to Australia last September and visiting Crystal Waters eco-village and then streaming through many…
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