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How Fractal Patterns Perpetuate Through a Tree, and Then a Forest
How the same fractal pattern found in a tree is perpetuated throughout its home forest. Fascinating information for permaculture design.…
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From Prairie to Monoculture
From Prairie to Monoculture is a three-minute video tour of the industrial food industry. Let your friends know that monoculture…
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The Earth – A Living Creature (NASA video)
We’ve all seen images of extreme weather from space. But none of those could prepare us for this video just…
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Permaculture Site Establishment: Phases of Abundance
An abundance of jackfruit at Project Bonafide in Nicaragua Five years ago I had the opportunity to join a land-based…
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A Glimpse of Climate Smart Agriculture (Kenya)
There are many ways to describe Maurice Kwadha: farmer, entrepreneur, and climate-smart are some of them. But some in Kombewa,…
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World Bank and UN Carbon Offset Scheme ‘Complicit’ in Genocidal Land Grabs – NGOs
Editor’s Note: On Monday The Independent published an article titled "Britain has only 100 harvests left in its farm soil…
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What’s Possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F8Vv_vRjF8 What happens when Louis Schwartzberg and Morgan Freeman collaborate? A poetic message filled with hope and optimism. Presented to…
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Discovering an Oasis in the American Desert
We’re out in the hot Sonoran Desert, somewhere near Tucson, Arizona. It’s hot. Very hot. I’m down to a small…
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Wendell Berry – Agriculture for a Small Planet, 1974
Many will have been interested to see a video interview with Wendell Berry that I submitted previously. Here is another…
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A Little Knowledge Can Be a Dangerous Thing
I had a conversation with my eldest son, Michael, some time ago. We discussed: “Why can’t knowledge be used to…
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What to Expect When Volunteering on Farms (and What Farms Expect from You)
My front garden on Ometepe Island in Nicaragua “WWOOFing” has become a very common form of budget travel these days.…
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Advice for Developing a Permaculture Internship Program
Timber-frame raisings have become an annual intern group experience There is no better way to gain hands on experience in…
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