Soil Conservation
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Bio-Agriculture – a Solution to Climate Change
Carbon deficient soil at left, carbon rich soil at right. It’s not difficult, but it could make all the difference.…
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How to Handle Biomass in Dry Tropical Systems: Mulch Pit Gardens
The dry tropics cover a significant land area of the planet, particularly around the regions of the tropics of Cancer…
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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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Holistic Management
Allan Savory has an interesting background. Amongst his experiences, he is also a biologist. I think this will have served…
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Hope in a Changing Climate – the Loess Plateau Revisited, and Other Examples of Earth Healing
Remember the A Call to Large Scale Earth Healing and Lessons from the Loess Plateau post? It was an uber-encouraging…
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Permaculture Creek Repair
Story by Nick Huggins. Video by Patrick Blampied. For the past month I have been in and out of airports…
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Drip Irrigation in Ethiopia – the Need, the Equipment, the Set-up and Establishment
Prior to July 2010 we had been over-using water at Strawberry Fields. This disturbed me for a number of reasons.…
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Green Manure Resources
Editor’s note: Red clover is a useful leguminous green manure. Growing taller than other clovers, it can be easily cut…
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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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Making The Case For Earth Repair Work – Part 2
Over the past couple of years, there has been quite a bit of attention paid to the purchase of massive…
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The Art and Science of Making a Hugelkultur Bed – Transforming Woody Debris into a Garden Resource
Wooden debris will decompose faster, (and be transformed into a resource) when hugelkultur techniques are employed. Used for centuries in…
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A ‘New’ Discovery – Soluble Nitrogen Destroys Soil Carbon
How many times must we ‘discover’ something we’ve discovered before – particularly when our lives and our futures depend on…
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