Design
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Cecilia’s 13 Steps to Creating Beauty in the Permaculture Garden
Introduction and article concept – Erin Marteal Words, pictures and illustrations- Cecilia Macaulay Intro: After encountering numerous objections to permaculture…
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A Solar Powered Life – Part III
When the band Bananarama penned the ditty, “A cruel summer” back in 1983, I’m sure they must have been singing…
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Bamboo: a Great Building Material Gets Even Better
The easiest, strongest, cheapest, and most durable material for building structures may now come from your garden. A new book…
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Chinese Salt Water Fish Ponds
Like the Hawaiian salt water fish ponds, there are some traditional Chinese salt water fish ponds that work very well.…
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Options for Alternative Buildings
Here we are looking at options for building alternative structures, especially small buildings for the suburbs which can accommodate people…
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Design Exercises in Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Courses
Melbourne PDC Design Photo © Craig Mackintosh It is standard format, in the PDC curriculum, that students are given an…
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Natural Building Fun!
by Theron Beaudreau, Austin, Texas Building slipform walls out of woodchip mulch and paper pulp. We put together this video…
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A Solar Powered Life – Part II
In case you hadn’t realised it, I’m a big fan of renewable energy systems. In the article A Solar Powered…
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Michael Pawlyn: Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture
How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn…
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A Solar Powered Life – Part I
Photo of the house showing some of the solar panels and solar hot water system I was happy to read…
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Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert, the Sequel’): “Leave All Expectations Behind”
I felt fully prepared leaving for Jordan three weeks ago. Equipped with a 55ltr backpack laden with books, a compost…
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