Water Conservation
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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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Urine: Closing the NPK Loop
The Stockholm Environment Institute conducted experiments and collected data that shows the usefulness of a resource every one of us…
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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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Letters from Jordan: ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ Site Contrasts Against Jordan Insanities
Staring into the eyes of the future of Jordan, one wonders how things could be…. All Photographs © Craig Mackintosh…
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Getaway Films Talks to David Spicer About Water Issues in Morocco (Video)
Here’s a sneak peek at Morocco — looking at water issues and the need to relearn traditional catchment management whilst…
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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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Urban Pool-to-Pond Conversion – Two-Year Progress Report
We’re writing on-going articles about the many aspects of this urban permaculture project in a Mediterranean climate, here in California,…
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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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Why Food Forests?
Image source: Permaculture a Beginner’s Guide, by Graham Burnett We’re all familiar with the concept of forests — lush, abundant…
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The Rodale Institute’s 30-Year Farming Systems Trial Report
The Rodale Institute’s 30-year Farming Systems Trial report (1.3mb PDF) The Rodale Institute has been, for a full 30 years…
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Poll Indicates Lack of Confidence in Murray-Darling Basin Authority Plans
by Ian Douglas Initial results of an ongoing on-line poll on water policy in Australia raise concerns that the majority…
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