Water Harvesting
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MCNF 2009 Land Restoration Field Day
With long droughts and climate change it is essential that we work to fix the erosion, degradation, and dehydration of…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – Greywater Recycling at Kuttam Pokuna (the Twin Pools)
Novice Buddhist monks listen to their instructor Photos Copyright © Craig Mackintosh Last time I spoke about the world’s largest…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – The World’s Largest Water Harvesting Earthworks Project
A mahout and his elephant (the elephant is the one on the left) Photos Copyright © Craig Mackintosh Preamble: Okay,…
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Rosella Waters – Earthworks Phase 1, Part A
After many months of planning and waiting for the earthmovers to have their equipment available, the transformation of our humble…
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Urban Design Patterns in Melbourne
by Dan Palmer, Very Edible Gardens As more and more people become aware of the many reasons to provide for…
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Life at Zaytuna – Rainy Days
Photos copyright © Craig Mackintosh The area around Zaytuna Farm recently experienced the worst floods for many years (since 1974…
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Southern Baja – Unique and Universal Water Challenges
The Baja Peninsula forms an unusual geographic feature – running about 800 miles as the crow flies from the Mexico/California…
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Each Step is the Way – Part II
[Editor’s Note: If you are involved in a project, anywhere, that is rooted in sustainability (i.e. that is aimed at…
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Each Step is the Way – Part I
Editor’s Note: David Perkins recently sat his PDC with Geoff Lawton and Darren Doherty, and has been very busy since….…
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Harvesting Urban Drool
© Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com Urban drool running down concreted channel Tujunga Wash, Los Angeles, California. Photo credit: Brad Lancaster All…
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Taking the Tragedy Out of Wildfires with Permaculture Design
Recent wildfires in Australia shocked the nation, and the world – killing more than 200 people, untold creatures, buildings and…
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