Urban Projects
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Michelle Obama Begins Kitchen Garden on White House Lawn
Here’s a little more on arguably the best news to come out of politics this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTISywReu4o And, word around…
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Taking the Tragedy Out of Wildfires with Permaculture Design
Recent wildfires in Australia shocked the nation, and the world – killing more than 200 people, untold creatures, buildings and…
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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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Project Thoreau Updates – December-February
Project Thoreau – December 2008 Update Before… I have further broken my mantra of not using chemical pesticides when I…
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Research From the Field
Field Research Article: Case No. 02192009 Location: Jordan Valley Permaculture Project Subject: Using Drip Irrigation On Mulched Trees Observations: Checking…
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An Interview with Jules Dervaes
Today we are pleased to talk to a very interesting man – a man on a very interesting mission; on…
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Food Forests Across America
For Erik Ohlsen, a Californian based Permaculture teacher and designer, 2009 is shaping up to become a year like no…
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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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‘Project Thoreau’ Updates
Ezanee Cooper gives us some excellent updates on progress with ‘Project Thoreau‘. Use the comments form below to share your…
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Look Mom, There’s a Farmer in Our Back Yard
Normally the words ‘business’ and ‘environmentally friendly’ do not fit harmoniously together in one sentence, but here’s a money-making venture…
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