Water Conservation
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Cover Crops Solutions Chart
Click pic to download PDF As most readers of this site will recognise, nature always works to protect the soil…
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Regenerating Rusinga Island (Lake Victoria, Kenya)
In January, 2013, I wrote an article titled, "Helping Small Farmers Help Themselves on Rusinga Island". In December of 2012,…
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How to be Water Wise
We are constantly being reminded of the necessity to use water with great care, yet this does not mean we…
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Climate Change Adaptation Technologies – Permaculture Design Brings Results
//www.youtube.com/embed/RQkiv_U5AoU Climate Change Adaptation technology: Stone Lines (The Sahel)(More videos below) It’s uber exciting to see simple design solutions bringing…
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Geoff Lawton’s Zaytuna Farm Video Tour – Part II
Last year I took some time out to make a Zaytuna Farm Video Tour for you all (embedded here, with…
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Water is Life
How Integrated Natural Resource Management improves water security for small farmers. by Dinabandhu Karmakar, Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN),…
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Hidden Gardens of a Sacred Landscape (Egypt)
The Makhad Trust works to restore the mountain gardens of the Jebalia Bedouin in St Katherine’s governorate, Sinai, Egypt. by…
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Chinampas 2.0 – an Elegant Technology From the Past to Save the Future
Chinampas in Tenochtitlan My name is Rodrigo Lañado and I’m known as “El Hombre de Maiz” (the maize man) and…
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One Desert City Turns Stormwater into an Abundant Oasis using Green Infrastructure Practices
At 7:30 Sunday morning, April 21, 2013, people began to gather on a barren lot in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The…
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Where Hope Flows
If the “hardest-worked river in the world” can recover to this extent, almost anything is possible. by George Monbiot River…
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Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge: Kitchen Grey-Water System Report of Implementation and Design Update (Ethiopia)
As most of us know, grey water is a term used to refer to “waste” water that has been used…
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SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods) Turns Problem into Solution With Composting Toilets (Haiti)
A few months ago I shared a three minute video from John D. Liu of the EEMP about the work…
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