Energy Systems
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Woody Agriculture – On the Road to a New Paradigm
by Philip A. Rutter, B L. Rutter-Daywater, and S.J. Wiegrefe, originally published on the Oil Drum. In any attempt to…
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Life is Simple When You Live Simply
My husband Tom and I live with my 11 year old son in a small Queenslander on Australia’s Sunshine Coast.…
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Consultancy: Who Needs It? Why Do It? Are You Ready For It?
Photo © Craig Mackintosh It turns out that very few of those that do a PDC end up being consultants.…
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Maya Mountain Research Farm Update: Pigs and Biochar
Maya Mountain Research Farm (MMRF) is a small NGO and working farm located in southern Belize. The farm has about…
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Geoff Lawton’s Zaytuna Farm Video Tour (Apr/May 2012) – Ten Years of (R)Evolutionary Design
Paradise Dam, April 2012, from the now-climaxing food forest Zaytuna Farm Video Tour, duration 41 minutes Having spent the last…
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World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011
by J. Matthew Roney Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world…
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Turning Garbage into Gas
I’m far from being an engineer, but to my untrained eye this looks interesting. "In a matter of months" the…
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William Kamkwamba – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
When we think of wind power, we most likely think either of the huge wind farms now dotted across the…
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Sail Power Reborn – Transporting Local Goods by Boat
Peak Moment host Janaia Donaldson joins Fulvio Casali, Kathy Pelish and Alex Tokar, co-founders of the Salish Sea Trading Cooperative,…
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Innovative New Irrigation System Could Help Solve Problems for Isolated Communities
Measured irrigation at Prospect Community Garden In developed nations, at least in the cities and most towns, we take it…
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Earthship Huts – Low Hanging Fruit in the Fight Against Poverty
Beavers and wasps can build their own homes… — Michael Reynolds History Modern Earthships are shelters built to sustain their…
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