Design
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The Most Ethical Renewable Energy Systems
The main thing in renewable energy systems is the embodied energy: the energy over the lifetime of the product versus…
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Unwanted Chemical Pool Gets Permaculture Makeover
Six months into our pool to pond conversion and the problem really has become the solution. For some time, we…
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How Dry Composting Toilets Work
Dry composting toilets are an efficient, cyclical way of dealing with human waste without using and/or fouling fresh water, which…
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Greening the Desert with Permaculture
“I have never seen soil like this before” was the comment that Bill Mollison made during a visit to the…
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Permaculture chickens – 6 practical lessons from the evolution of chickens
One of the fundamentals of permaculture design is to observe, understand and work with natural ecosystems. It sounds simple enough…
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8 Abundant “Fodder Forest” plants, and how to use them
This morning when I went to feed the animals I thought I’d start with collecting some pigeon pea for our…
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Killer Natural Plaster Recipe
In this article I’m going to share with you my killer recipe for a final plaster that I have used…
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Texas Food Forest and the Results of Good Design.
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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Battery Technologies for Off-Grid Living
There are so many battery technologies out in the marketplace, and it is highly likely between me writing this and…
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Slip Straw, Earthen Floors, and Tadelakt: A Recipe for a Perfectly Natural Home
Slip straw is an easy and energy efficient way to build lightweight homes or walls. It uses materials that are…
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