Compost
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Dung Beetles – The Underground Army Enriching the Soil
This video gives an overview of the benefits of establishing and managing dung beetles. Dung beetles are fascinating insects, working…
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How One Chicago Restaurant Went Totally Trash-Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwg6ei2V6-4 Some restaurants produce eight gallons of waste every hour. Thanks to a sustainability plan, Sandwich Me stretched that time……
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How To: Wire Mesh Compost
I live in an area with a very defined and intense rainy season, and had been wanting to start a…
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FoodWaterShelter Fast Fact: Recipes for Healthy, Happy Plants (Tanzania)
The spoils of Kesho Leo’s permaculture garden beds (Arusha, Tanzania) Healthy plants in healthy soil shouldn’t generally suffer from serious…
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Building Up Soil for a Nutrient-Rich Raised Bed
All photos by David Ashwanden A lot of permaculture involves utilising waste streams and turning problems into solutions, and I…
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Soil: The Hidden Frontier
Permaculturists everywhere are crazy about patterns. We are taught to “zen-out” so we can observe patterns in nature and society.…
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Composting Toilets in Thailand
Newly completed composting toilet This is an analysis of a humanure composting toilet designed and built at the Panya Project…
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Building the Chicken Tractor on Steroids
"Who can weld?" Geoff asks. Keen to impress, my hand goes up. “I will see you at the shed after…
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Carter’s Compost: Traverse City’s Bike Powered, Neighborhood Composters (USA)
4th-grader Carter Schmidt is the proud CEO of Carter’s Compost, a bike-powered initiative that aims to build a more resilient…
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Seeds of Permaculture – Tropical Permaculture (video)
An interactive film about permaculture in the tropics, with education and inspiration as the main threads running through this hour-and-a-half-documentary.
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Bhaskar Save, the Gandhi of Natural Farming
Sage of a minimalist farming system based on non-violence and all of nature’s biodiversity that produces in abundance with no…
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How to Grow Chickens Without Buying Grain – by Only Feeding Them Compost
Whilst on a tour of the US, Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton was giving a talk at Montpelier, Vermont, when a…
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