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Positive Examples of Agricultural and Community Transformation in Kenya
I’m adding the following clips as a positive supplement to the preceding post. I think it’s important to see that…
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Observations and Interactions at the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’)
Is it any wonder with daily reminders of the widening disparity between exponential population growth and water and food scarcity,…
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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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Permaculture at the Al-Baydha Project in Saudi Arabia – Neal Spackman, Video 1
Do you remember Geoff’s recent Saudi Arabia consultation? Well, left behind in the Kingdom as project manager to implement the…
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Strawberry Fields Update – Flood Protection and Water Control in Ethiopia
One of the biggest challenges of doing Permaculture in a semi-arid place like Konso is the drought-flood hydrology besets in…
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A Call to Large Scale Earth Healing and Lessons from the Loess Plateau (Video)
The world is coming unglued. The world burns. What are we going to do about it? Map of fires in…
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What (and not) About that Natural Pool Conversion on the Gold Coast?
April 2008 It’s been about a year now since I had the pleasure of Craig at my house to do…
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Vetiver – One Grass Revolution
During my relatively short time in the Permaculture movement I have only heard Vetiver mentioned a few times. Could it…
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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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