Irrigation
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An Innovative Approach to Water Storage at a Sustainable Tanzanian Home
Just outside of Arusha, Tanzania, is ‘Kesho Leo’– a sustainable home for vulnerable women and children operated by FoodWaterShelter. The…
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Permaculture Resiliency Project with the San Bushmen in the Kalahari Vergenoeg, Namibia
In a land of contrast, mystery and years of imperialism, a small village of over 300 people on the edge…
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Innovative New Irrigation System Could Help Solve Problems for Isolated Communities
Measured irrigation at Prospect Community Garden In developed nations, at least in the cities and most towns, we take it…
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Taranaki Farm Videos
How To Move Your Farm Animals Taranaki Farm shows you how to move a herd of cows, a flock of…
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Earthship Huts – Low Hanging Fruit in the Fight Against Poverty
Beavers and wasps can build their own homes… — Michael Reynolds History Modern Earthships are shelters built to sustain their…
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Permaculture in Damaged Lands: Degradation and Restoration in New Mexico
A certain coal-strewn road in Madrid, New Mexico — the remnants of a now defunct railway. Alternately barren and spectacular,…
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Swale Fail?
Editor’s Note: It’d be great if more people would share their successes and failures in similar fashion as Greg has…
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Who Needs Grass?
The Kniskerns’ yard is a sustainable smorgasbord Over a period of less than 10 years, James and Mary Kniskern transformed…
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Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease
What is it? Hugelkultur is a composting method that uses large pieces of rotting wood as the centerpiece for long…
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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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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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