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Scagnello Permaculture Design Course

Pietro Zucchetti
Scagnello Permaculture Design Course The Rainbow Tree, Scagnello, Piedmont, Italy (72 hours over ten days) 19th - 28th May 2012 Tutors: Aranya with Pietro Zucchetti and Ezio Gori This course will be taught in English, with some translation a...
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Goulburn Wetlands Restoration

Goulburn Wetlands Restoration
A Wetlands Restoration may sound unusual for a Permaculture Project, it is. But if we are to regreen our civilisation, Permaculture people need to fully engage with the areas of business, government and sustainable economic development. This is one of my community projects to do just that. In r...
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Calabash

Marty Miller-Crispe
Upon returning to Australia last July I decided to return to university studies (Master of Environmental Management) and concentrate on developing my own property.  Hopefully we can create a demonstration site here over the next few years. I had already put in swales and built some gardens befor...
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Calabash Permaculture, Mt. Nathan, Qld

Calabash Permaculture, Mt. Nathan, Qld
8 acre property at Mt. Nathan (Gold Coast hinterland).
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Worm farm

Gregory Amos
During my 2 PDC, one statment I often heard was: "Improve your soil". Indeed, the soil is where your plants grow, where water is retained, and where the micro-organisms develop. There are many simple techniques to improve a soil, and one of them is using worm compost. "worm compost can hold 4 t...

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Work on buildings nears finish

Patrick O'Neill
I have just returned from 3 weeks in Datam. Spent much of this time continuing soil making, meeting local authorities who might help us and getting buildings ready for roofing A major job is the courtyard and associated stormwater control. This is being held over until the roofs are on as it wou...

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Buildings closer to finishing

Patrick O'Neill
I have just returned from 3 weeks in India. Spent much of this time continuing with soil making, meeting local authorities who might help us and getting buildings ready for roofing. A major job is the courtyard and associated stormwater control. This is being held over until the rofs are on as i...

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List of perennial vegetable plants for Colorado?

Jim Sincock
I'm looking for a list of perennial vegetable plants for Colorado, and they don't have to be "traditional" vegetables.  The CSU Ag "experts" don't have much to say on this topic, and several other permies in the area haven't had an realistic lists either.  How about you? I'm looking for plants t...
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PRE - Permaculture Urban Landscape Design Course Practicum

Nick Huggins
Click onthe link here to book for the Urban Permaculture Landscape Design Course running from 13th February 2012. Come and get hands on design, client interaction and design delivery experience in a tight time frame of 7 hours — or 77 person hours including me — in the process of site assessment...
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Permaculture Urban Landscape Design Course - by Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor January 16, 2012

Nick Huggins
During this intensive 5-day Permaculture Urban Landscape Design course, students will learn the fundamentals of running a professional permaculture design and consultancy business. This is a hands-on learning experience, from the ground up. You will be able to manage contractor bidding and inst...
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Zane Doherty PDC Presentatation

Darren J.  Doherty
Our son Zane is a born designer & engineer. He has attended many of our courses & workshops over the years & this was borne out in this presentation to a Permaculture Design Course in September 2011 in Greece. He presented this to the other students of this course, Costa Georgiadis ...
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Cheap Electric Netting Fencing & Energisers Update!!

Darren J.  Doherty
G'day,Last couple of days before this offer closes. So far we have 30 x Speedrite S1000 Energisers, 60 GrazeNets & 67 ChookNets on order so this will go ahead as we passed the minimum order needed (120 rolls). If you still want to be part of this offer then please let me know by the 20 Januar...
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Springett House Project

Springett House Project
A Permaculture garden to provide practical activities and sensory stimulation for clients with physical and/or mental disability.
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PDC in Southern Highlands 2012

David Johnson
Permaculture Southern Highlands is hosting a PDC at  Berrima this year. The course will cover the background knowledge, design skills and practical techniques of the 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course. This PDC course will run over a full year, giving participants plenty of time to a...
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PDC at Goulburn 2012

David Johnson
Goulburn Permaculture Association, newly formed in 2011, is hosting a PDC at Goulburn, NSW this year. The course will cover the background knowledge, design skills and practical techniques of the 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course. This PDC course will run over a full year, giving p...
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Warrnambool Community Garden

Carolyn Payne-Gemmell
Warrnambool Community Garden Demonstration plot Warrnambool community garden 4x4 mt plot at the Warrnambool community garden showing the process of setting up a no dig bed. The soil is mixed council fill, clay, sand, rocks and mostly grows kikuyu and couch grass. We placed down very thick ...
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Permaculture Tools on facebook

Danial Lawton
Permaculture Tools on facebookThats right Permaculture Tools is now on facebook and with the two sickles almost here and a whole heap of new tools no the cards. Any sugestions on tools that should be supllied are welcome.
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Ecuador Reforestation

Ecuador Reforestation
Reforesting my land & helping communicate with other land owners, indigenous communities, and school age children the importance of Ecuador's reforestation initiative. Education focuses on importance of past and current trends in deforestation/reforestation and how it affects climate chan...
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