Swales
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John D. Liu’s Green Gold Documentary – How the West (and East, North and South!) Could Be Won
As most of our readers will know, John D. Liu caught a vision years ago, and, thankfully, he ran with…
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Swales: The Permaculture Element That Really “Holds Water”
by Rob Avis Michelle, Rowen and I were driving home from a vacation in the mountains when we passed by…
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Permaculture in Damaged Lands: Degradation and Restoration in New Mexico
A certain coal-strewn road in Madrid, New Mexico — the remnants of a now defunct railway. Alternately barren and spectacular,…
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Swale Fail?
Editor’s Note: It’d be great if more people would share their successes and failures in similar fashion as Greg has…
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ABC Rural Talks to Matt Kilby About Farm Restoration Through Installing Trees and Swales (Podcast)
Consultant Matt Kilby stands before one of the swales he has put in at Gippsland farm, Nambrok. Photographer: Kath Sullivan…
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Greening the Desert Video – now also with French Subtitles
Many thanks to Jeremy, Christina, Erik, Lamia and Kristen for all the work that went into creating the French translation…
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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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Small Update on the Recent Small Dam and Fish Pond Installation (Video)
Five days ago I edited together and uploaded some video files that Geoff Lawton sent through of a recent small…
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Small Dam/Fish Pond Installation – October 2011 Earthworks Course with Geoff Lawton
In this short video Geoff walks us through an overview of a small dam/fish pond installation at the PRI’s Zaytuna…
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Review of Geoff Lawton’s Food Forest DVD, by Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe
Click play to hear the talk! Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe (www.veganicpermaculture.com) watch Geoff Lawton‘s Food Forest video and Helen…
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Sandot Sukkaew’s Tacomepai Farm (Thailand): A 20-Year-Old Permaculture Project
Sandot Sukkaew explains the difference between his own organic rice paddies and the chemically-treated ones in the background. As the…
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