Soil Composition
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Greeks Reclaim the Land to Ease the Pain of Economic Austerity
A group of community-minded gardeners have turned a former Athens airport into a blooming vegetable plot, showing how Greece’s eroded…
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Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease
What is it? Hugelkultur is a composting method that uses large pieces of rotting wood as the centerpiece for long…
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FRESH – World’s Wildest Supermarket
A holistic and most outrageous concept being turned into reality in Denmark. From: Sepp Holzer’s Permakultur, Leopold Stocker Verlag, 2008…
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Owen Hablutzel: “Water and Transformation in Dryland Systems – Resilience Science & Keyline Application” (IPC10 Presentation – Video)
Owen’s talk here is quite fascinating. While most in permaculture will recognise the importance of mainframe design, Owen’s talk goes…
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Maarten Stapper: “Biological Agriculture – a Third Way?” (IPC10 Presentation – Video)
If you didn’t catch it already, be sure to check out the previous post with Dr. Maarten Stapper’s first IPC10…
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Why Food Forests?
Image source: Permaculture a Beginner’s Guide, by Graham Burnett We’re all familiar with the concept of forests — lush, abundant…
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Maarten Stapper: “Agricultural Science and Technology is Stuck in a Rut” (IPC10 Presentation Video)
I’ve been a fan of Maarten Stapper’s work for a while now. In fact, further below you’ll find an article…
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The Rodale Institute’s 30-Year Farming Systems Trial Report
The Rodale Institute’s 30-year Farming Systems Trial report (1.3mb PDF) The Rodale Institute has been, for a full 30 years…
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Review of Geoff Lawton’s Food Forest DVD, by Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe
Click play to hear the talk! Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe (www.veganicpermaculture.com) watch Geoff Lawton‘s Food Forest video and Helen…
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Rwanda – Forests of Hope
Many of you will remember the inspiring and encouraging example of earth restoration found in the story of the Loess…
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Read the Plants, Read the Landscape
Observation is a key element of permaculture design, and plants can help us to understand the landscape under our feet.…
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Soil Biology with Paul Taylor
One of the major global concerns we face today is the heavily depleted state and continued degeneration of our soil.…
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