Irrigation
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Fernglade Farm – Mid Summer (January) 2014 Update (Victoria, Australia)
The author, testing out the new sprinkler Australia is a country of extremes. One part can have floods, whilst the…
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A Bicycle-Powered Water Pump (Malawi, Africa)
Sitting quietly at Butterfly, on the shores of Lake Malawi, it always struck me as odd when I would hear…
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Keyline Design as an Organizing Pattern for Permaculture Design, Part 2 (Sweden)
This is part 2 of a series of 5 articles looking at design considerations for our Cold Climate Permaculture site…
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Desert Food Forest and Organic Commercial Production in Three Years – Update on Wadi Rum Consultancy (Jordan)
Outside the fence On August 6, 2010 Craig Mackintosh posted on my initial consultancy for the site I’m reporting on…
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Keyline Design as an Organizing Pattern for Permaculture Design, Part 1 (Sweden)
Having spent the past few years on a busy international schedule Richard Perkins has purchased a farm in Sweden where…
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India’s Dangerous ‘Food Bubble’
Editor’s Note: As is often the case with the Earth Policy Institute (EPI), crucial solutions are largely missing from the…
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UNCCD Land for Life Award Winners for 2013 (India, Mexico, Africa): Practical, Doable, Magic
Educating small-holder farmers in India Every year the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) presents awards and supportive prize-money…
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Gangi Setty and the Green Tree Foundation Project (India)
The Green Tree Foundation is a small non-profit organization that promotes permaculture techniques to local farmers in the Antapur district…
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The Miracle Water Village – Water Harvesting in India (video)
As the world reels under the threat of unrelenting climate change, erratic monsoons and fast depleting groundwater reserves, The Miracle…
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Free Water (Video)
Watch "Free Water" — a 3-minute film on the potential of urban water harvesting featuring Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater…
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture – UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food System
A rising chorus from UN agencies on how food security, poverty, gender inequality and climate change can all be addressed…
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Report on Permaculture Training in Dembe Dollo, Western Ethiopia (Part 3)
This is part three of a report on a community training program we ran in Dembe Dolo, Wolega, Eastern Ethiopia…
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