Waste Systems & Recycling
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An Innovative Approach to Water Storage at a Sustainable Tanzanian Home
Just outside of Arusha, Tanzania, is ‘Kesho Leo’– a sustainable home for vulnerable women and children operated by FoodWaterShelter. The…
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How to Make a Worm Mansion
This is no ordinary worm farm: it is a fun project to do with the kids, it works like the…
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3CR ‘Food Fight’ Show Excerpts Evan Young on Omnivorous Diet
Zaytuna Farm – Photo © Craig Mackintosh In the middle of Winter 2011, Trades Hall in Melbourne hosted a debate…
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The Howard-Higgins EcoSan and Waste Management System
In January 2010 Richard Higgins, founder and CEO of Well End Permaculture International, arrived at the epicentre of the Haiti…
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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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John Hardy: My Green School Dream
Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to…
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Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease
What is it? Hugelkultur is a composting method that uses large pieces of rotting wood as the centerpiece for long…
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The Jean Pain Way
In the book Another Kind of Garden, the methods of Jean Pain are revealed. He spent his entire short-lived life…
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A Litre of Light
This is perhaps the most resourceful use of plastic crap I’ve ever seen.
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Urine: Closing the NPK Loop
The Stockholm Environment Institute conducted experiments and collected data that shows the usefulness of a resource every one of us…
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Jordan Valley Permaculture Project Update: Post IPC Happenings
An aerial view of the site Although the landscape here could be seen as a model for scarcity, what there…
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