Food Shortages
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Permaculture in Lesotho
The PRI editor has been encouraging me to give a little more background info on my work on the ground…
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Endgame Strategy
Why the Revolution Must Start in America The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions in Ivory Coast, the hunger…
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Report on Permaculture Training in Dembe Dollo, Western Ethiopia (Part 1)
It was the beginning of June this year and we were off on another exciting permaculture adventure in Ethiopia. This…
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Food or Fuel?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute At the time of the Arab oil export embargo in the 1970s, the…
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How Non-GM Cassava Can Help Feed the World
Great strides are being made in improving this important staple through conventional breeding by Prof Peter Saunders A fully referenced…
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Nightshade, Peach and Money for Jam (Lesotho, Africa)
Peach blossoming in Lesotho Along roadsides, and in wild parts of the countryside and vacant lots here in Lesotho, many…
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North Korea Permaculture?
A tractor in North Korea (Wikimedia) Having lived in South Korea for two years, I have learnt a lot about…
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Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute In 1938 Walter Lowdermilk, a senior official in the Soil Conservation Service of…
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Peak Water: What Happens When the Wells Go Dry?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to…
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Climate Change Adaptation Technologies – Permaculture Design Brings Results
//www.youtube.com/embed/RQkiv_U5AoU Climate Change Adaptation technology: Stone Lines (The Sahel)(More videos below) It’s uber exciting to see simple design solutions bringing…
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Cow Horns, Weeds and Worms (Lesotho)
Miles Durand (right), in Lesotho Introduction Lesotho is a small, mountainous country in Southern Africa. There has been an alarming…
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Elevation
Who do Bono and the ONE campaign really represent: the very poor or the very rich? It was bad enough…
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