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Holistic Goals and Decisions Shape Resilient Futures

Owen Hablutzel
Whirlwind Community Farm encompasses 240 acres (96 ha) of desert in southwest New Mexico, a scant three miles from the Mexican border. It was purchased in 2006 by author and teacher Sankara Saranam. The intention was for this property to serve as a location to establish a community of like-minded...

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Polytechnic Permaculture - Coming Soon

Alex Vincent
Hello Permie World! I would like to share with you all the exciting news that a year's work for my architecture thesis is nearly complete.  The book is entitled Polytechnic Permaculture and it examines how permaculture can be a tool to establish change in univerisity institutions, particularly a...

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Teaching in Australia next week, then new Internship Program

Kay Baxter
Off to Oz to teach a few workshops, Bob is teaching a 2 day Community Land Trust workshop at the PRI then another in Melbourne for Very Edible Gardens. When we come home we will be preparing for our new 10 week internship program beginning in September, after our PDC. All the details of this e...
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PermaNegev week 5: A cornucopia of a week!

Jonathan Hughes
Its Friday, 19th May, 2012; and the end of an action-packed penultimate week on PermaNegev; the permaculture design certificate in a fledgling Bedouin permaculture project in the Israeli desert. We have gone from 5 to 12 participants (approx) with the permaculture exchange students up from Lo...
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PermaNegev week 5: A cornucopia of a week!

Alice Gray
Its Friday, 19th May, 2012; and the end of an action-packed penultimate week on PermaNegev; the permaculture design certificate in a fledgling Bedouin permaculture project in the Israeli desert. We have gone from 5 to 12 participants (approx) with the permaculture exchange students up from Lo...

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Wwoofing (volunteering)

Morag Embleton
Our Wwoofer's caravan is ready! http://www.theforestgarden.com/wwoofers-caravan-is-ready/ please see this page to help plan your stay: http://www.theforestgarden.com/contact-us/wwoofing-volunteering/ All the best Morag
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A weekly rest day

Zaia Kendall
Relax & unwindPhoto by bjearwicke (http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bjearwicke) When we mentioned to one of our interns that there is no work to be done on a Saturday on our property, she was amazed. She proceeded to say that she never had a day when she just did not do anything. She was always bus...
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Starting a Mandala Garden

Maria Louwé
The small plot of land was to be a patio, I want to turn it into a mandala garden. But, contrary to all that I have read thus far in leaving the vegetation, all the grasses have to go because the grounds have to be leveled back. And the big rootstructure keeps us from doing that. At first I saved...

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SustainALivity

SustainALivity
Research on alternative food production and education in sustainable autonomous living... A Path to Abundance
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Permaculture Design Course

John Champagne
The Crossing Land Education Trust near Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW are hosting their 5th Permaculture Design Certificate Course. This course is specific for those wishing to reside or work in temperate regions.  PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE The Crossing - Bermagui, NSW. Se...
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KISS - Keep it Sustainably Simple

KISS - Keep it Sustainably Simple
KISS is in short how to live like a King on the income of a pauper under the canopy of Overarching Natural Law
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Merrick Valley Farm

Merrick Valley Farm
Design and implementation on 120 Acre existing forest and fallow cropland valley. Integration of sustainable and independent plant and animal species. Many water features including a 3 acre pond.
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My new podcast on the importance of infant potty training, or how to use a diaper or two a day, preferably cloth...

Kelly Ware
http://www.richsoil.com/permaculture/1769-158-diapers/
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ROLE Foundation Island Sustainability C...

ROLE Foundation Island Sustainability Centre, Nusa Dua, Bukit Peninsula, Bali
The ROLE Foundation in a NGO working to create a more sustainable future for Bali through Environmental and Social Education. ROLE's Island Sustainability Education Centre is located in the hills overlooking Nusa Dua, in the Bukit Peninsula, Bali. The Foundation is seeking volunteers ...
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greenroof eco-construction workshop 27June-3July Portugal

João Gonçalves
Greenroof eco-construction workshopDivulgaçãohttp://permaculturaportugal.ning.com/events/constru-o-de-telhado-verdeOficina de Eco-Construção de Telhado VerdeUtilização de materiais locais, naturais e de baixo custo.O Programa de trabalhos vai decorrer fora das horas de maior calor, entr...
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