Water Conservation
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Recycling Animal and Human Dung is the Key to Sustainable Farming
© Kris De Decker, low-tech magazine (edited by Shameez Joubert) © Illustrations in red & black: Diego Marmolejo Flushing the…
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Fernglade Farm – Late Summer 2013 Update (Australia)
It’s nearing the end of summer here at Fernglade farm and what a summer it has been. Two inches of…
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Ridge to Valley – a Holistic Watershed Perspective
This excellent little 20-minute video does a great job of covering the basics of watershed management and landscape rehydration. You…
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Water Not Fit to Drink
From pathogens, biological drugs, illicit drugs to arsenic, by Prof Joe Cummins A fully referenced version of this article is…
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Greening the Desert Internship 2012 – Greener than Ever
Our one month long internship at the Greening the Desert Project (the ‘Sequel site’) just ended. Ten students arriving from…
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Food Forests, Part 7: Watering and Soil Food
Someone remarked to me yesterday that the fruit trees in the food forests here at the farm must require an…
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Psychedelic Garden Love
by Dr Samuel Alexander, co-director of the Simplicity Institute and a lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of…
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Thoughts on Vocational Training Centers for Ecological Restoration
John D. Liu I’m often asked “What can I do to help?” to restore the Earth. Over the years I’ve…
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My Post-Electric Washing Machine: The Deindustrial 2020
by Dr Samuel Alexander, co-director of the Simplicity Institute and a lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of…
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Cleaning House the Permaculture Way
In permaculture design we look at the inputs and outputs of various components, and try to connect things to each…
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SOIL Wins Land for Life Award for Composting Toilet Aid Work in Haiti
In June of this year, SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods) won the new UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)…
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