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Joe Jenkins Helps Handle Humanure in Haiti
Joe Jenkins isn’t afraid of nutrients, in whatever form they may come. He’s a champion of turning waste from being…
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Sea Water Farming
by Øyvind Holmstad The two videos below are much about scaling up mangrove systems for sustainable sea water farming, done…
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Observations and Interactions at the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’)
Is it any wonder with daily reminders of the widening disparity between exponential population growth and water and food scarcity,…
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Permaculture Taking Off in Hawaii
The Permaculture Research Institute USA has partnered with Sust`ainable Molokai to embark on the bold mission of permeating the Hawaiian…
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A Solar Powered Life, Part IV – The Dirty Little Secret
Editor’s Note: This is Part IV of a series. To see all parts, click here. Have you ever wondered why…
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Looking Back on the Natural Building Course in Jordan, the Lead Teacher’s Perspective
The first blocks coming out of the machine We just finished the first Natural Building workshop at the Jordan demonstration…
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Permaculture in Public Spaces
Lake County, California, is a rural area on the edge of the San Francisco Bay Area. Though it’s surrounded by…
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Looking Back on the Natural Building Course in Jordan
A few weeks prior to the recent (end of February, 2011) 5-day Natural Building course at the Jordan Valley Permaculture…
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City Kids Move to the Country – Part V
Pit-falls, projects and laughs from our permaculture journey – Part 5 “What’s that smell?” asks Chris. “I don’t know. It’s…
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First Earth – A Cob Building Film for Inspiration
by Øyvind Holmstad First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture by David Sheen is meant as an inspirational film about earthen buildings,…
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Haiti Earthship Community Design Proposal
Michael Reynolds has been doing some great things with his Earthship Movement. One example is that after the earthquake hit…
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