Peak Oil
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An Eruption of Reality
Has our society become too complex to sustain? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United…
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Our Environmental Status and Future Events
Editor’s Note: Geoff Lawton spoke at Geelong, Victoria last year. Matt Whittley shares some snippets from his talks. If we…
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Things That Can’t Go On Forever, and Things That Can: A Few Thoughts
Properly defining and orienting permaculture is of prime importance in its being appropriately applied. I’ve found it to be a…
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The Edible Urban
by Kirsten Bradley When I lived in the city, I always loved the idea of a microfarm. In my head,…
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Towards Local Democracy
It’s been more than a year since we’ve started our initiative in Sopot, Poland. It has the same aim as…
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Permaculture & Detroit’s Urban Agriculture Movement: What is Done, Not What is Said
A million thoughts are racing through my head as I prepare for my upcoming trip to Detroit to teach a…
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Letters from Slovakia – Kings, Conquerors, Capitalism and Resilience Lost
The former east bloc: We look at a life that was, a life that is, and meet some interesting characters…
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Wave Power
Way back in the 1970s, in the oil crisis era, and around about the time I was experiencing carless days…
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Zero Carbon Australia?
A new study attempts to flesh out a blueprint for a rapid energy descent for Australia It’s clear that the…
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Peaking Early
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins With oil running out, and biofuels not being the answer, perhaps humans should grow…
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Resources for Herbs, Sprouts and Survival Foods
When Derrick, Isabell, and children Angela, Vicky and RIcky, shifted to Nambour in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast over…
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