Earthworks & Earth Resources
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Rosella Waters – Earthworks Phase 1, Part A
After many months of planning and waiting for the earthmovers to have their equipment available, the transformation of our humble…
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Life at Zaytuna – Rainy Days
Photos copyright © Craig Mackintosh The area around Zaytuna Farm recently experienced the worst floods for many years (since 1974…
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Each Step is the Way – Part II
[Editor’s Note: If you are involved in a project, anywhere, that is rooted in sustainability (i.e. that is aimed at…
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Each Step is the Way – Part I
Editor’s Note: David Perkins recently sat his PDC with Geoff Lawton and Darren Doherty, and has been very busy since….…
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Tackling Urban Water Runoff in a Sydney Suburb
Swales aren’t often found in backyards, and water systems are the backbone of a permaculture design, so the Permaculture Sydney…
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Report on our Iranian Consultancy Trip of December 2008
Editor’s Note: Iran has been making headlines in the media a great deal over the last few years. Here’s a…
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Greening the Desert Project Outcomes Profiled
Most readers will be familiar with the awesome, seemingly miraculous work Geoff and Nadia Lawton accomplished with the ‘Greening the…
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Street Orchards for Community Security
© Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com Fig. 24.The heat island effect. An excessively wide, exposed, solar-oven-like residential street in Tucson, Arizona absorbs…
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Vetiver Grass – A Hedge Against Erosion
PIJ #54, March – May 1995 Soil erosion is perhaps the world’s most chronic environmental problem that is literally costing…
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The Muffin Tin and the Sponge
Two simple ways of illustrating how to plant the rain Brad Lancaster, author of the award-winning books “Rainwater Harvesting for…
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