Soil Conservation
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Strawberry Fields Update: Flood Protection and Water Control in Ethiopia, Part II
We previously published a report on the development of our site’s flood control and defense infrastructure in October 2010. This…
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Recycling Animal and Human Dung is the Key to Sustainable Farming
© Kris De Decker, low-tech magazine (edited by Shameez Joubert) © Illustrations in red & black: Diego Marmolejo Flushing the…
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Fernglade Farm – Late Summer 2013 Update (Australia)
It’s nearing the end of summer here at Fernglade farm and what a summer it has been. Two inches of…
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Stories from our Food Gardens (e-Book)
The world is dotted with individuals that are driving change from the inside out, inspired by the principles and approach…
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Let’s Talk About Soil
Further Reading: Soil – Our Financial Institution The Story of Soil
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SOIL Wins Land for Life Award for Composting Toilet Aid Work in Haiti
In June of this year, SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods) won the new UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)…
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My Experience of Permaculture Aid Work in Ethiopia
I’m not sure it’s possible, looking back now, to say exactly what I was expecting when I hopped on that…
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Rwanda – Emerging in a Changing Climate (video)
Filmmaker and environmentalist, John D. Liu from the Environmental Education Media Project team, takes us to Rwanda again (last time…
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Finding Sustainability in Ecosystem Restoration
Before (below) and after (above), Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabiliation Project A Breakthough of Worldwide Importance In 1995, as the Chinese…
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Planting Days Are Here! (Al Baydha, Saudi Arabia)
by Neal Spackman This week the project started planting the swales with 1000 very hardy desert trees. The team is…
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Permagardens In Practice: Resilience in Action (Uganda, Africa)
PDCs are tricky. For two weeks we tumble into this community of unfamiliarly familiar, curious strangers. The constant whirlwind of…
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