Water
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Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert, the Sequel’): “Leave All Expectations Behind”
I felt fully prepared leaving for Jordan three weeks ago. Equipped with a 55ltr backpack laden with books, a compost…
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First Steps to a Food Forest in the Southern Tablelands
by Dominick ter Huurne & Inke Falkner “We acknowledge and pay respects to the Dhurga people of the Yuin Nation, the…
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One Million People in Sri Lanka Need Your Help
Dear Friends "The disaster we are facing is second only to the tsunami," says Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, General Secretary of…
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City Kids Move to the Country – Part IV
Editor’s Note: This article was written in mid-December, when Queensland’s rains were nothing like that witnessed of late, and which…
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City Kids Move to the Country – Part III
Pit-falls, projects and laughs from our Permaculture journey When Chris and I first got together, he used to wake up…
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From Danger to Diversity – Mr Phuoc’s Farm
Jonathon (Joni) is writing from his volunteer Permaculture position with the Social Policy Ecology Research Institute (SPERI), based at their…
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Compost Power Hot Shower Report, Ethiopia
We recently submitted a short report on our hot-fast-composting system, which gave some detail on the theory and practice of…
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The Truth About Trees
by Julia Mitchell When one thinks of trees and the benefit they have for us as humans, the obvious comes…
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Constructing a Fishpond Dam
The spillway that sets the height of the water and allows for passive discharge of surplus water during large rainfall…
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Gabions: Water Soaks in the Desert
Gabions are one of the crucial feature elements of dry land landscape water harvesting design. A gabion is a leaky…
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The Methodology of Tree Planting
A footnote on the progress of the Southern Beaches Community Garden at Tugun in south east Queensland, Australia. Just after…
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Permaculture in Mecca
Geoff Lawton reports from a consultation trip to what will become the Al Bayda Project, Saudi Arabia The Al Bayda…
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