Food Shortages
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My Beloved Weeds
by Mari Korhonen I’ve been exploring the world of edible weeds, and so found a new layer of bounty in…
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Why Societies Fail and a Lesson from the Game of Monopoly
They say if we don’t study history, we’re destined to repeat it. Many of you will be familiar with Jared…
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The Driest Inhabited Continent on Earth is Also the World’s Biggest Water Exporter!
While the Murray-Darling Basin Authority apparently struggles to find even a paltry 7,600 gigalitres of water in its increasingly compromised…
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When the Nile Runs Dry
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Nile River Irrigation in Egypt A new scramble for Africa is under way.…
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Martin Crawford’s Forest Garden
Yesterday we were talking about the great need to transition our agriculture (and our culture for that matter) to be…
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National Sustainable Food Summit Talks
In Melbourne, on April 5th and 6th, was held the National Sustainable Food Summit, where key Australian food and agriculture…
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Permaculture Reforestation With and For the Indigenous Tribes of Mindanao, Philippines
by Christian Shearer Project Background The Malungon area of the Sarangani province, located in the southern region of The Philippines,…
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Observations on Permaculture Aid and the PRI’s Project Aid Worker Training Course
Interns at PRI’s Zaytuna Farm There are few things in this life as disturbing as the suffering of another human…
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Education Leads to Lower Fertility and Increased Prosperity
by Brigid Fitzgerald Reading, Earth Policy Institute Photo © Craig Mackintosh As the world continues to add close to 80…
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The Grass Isn’t Greener…
by Rob Avis If you’ve been following permaculture, then you’ve probably been hearing about Permablitz – the transformation of lawns…
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