Ranch of the Seven Rays is a 180 acre property in the Sierra Foothills near Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.

The day started out lazy and slow, as it was hot and humid, but after 15 minutes things started looking very promising... almost 30 women were working away, loosening the soil in preparation for building the raised beds!! We hadn't seen this positive energy since the first day when we made co...

Transition Initiative focused on Holistic Healing, Natural Nutrition and Earth Care

Planetary Permaculture Pilgrimage   A once in a lifetime opportunity to do advanced study with many of the greatest teachers of permaculture.    Australian Learning Adventure Information   Delvin and Tamara have finished Geoff Lawton’s teacher training and are enjoying Robin’s 6 day creat...

Check out the film section of http://www.permaculturetravels.com   or from drop box link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49127140/orlperma.mp4  

The primary goal of this project is to green the Carrizo Plain through reforestation. It may be impossible to create an abundant food forest due to the salted landscape dominated by Soda Lake and extreme weather conditions, however it is desired to at least be able to support around a 10% fruit/n...

Implementation of a property design and community cooperation

In early march I started by planting garlic, sjalots, peas and fava beans. The next weeks and months I sowed onions, swiss chard, mixed salad leaves, rucola, radishes, spinach, beets, brocolli, brussels sprouts, carrots, kohlrabi, turnips courgettes and runner beans. From april till the end of ju...

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/14/114-year-old-electric-car-gets-same-40-miles-to-the-charge-as-chevy-volt/   http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/05/the-status-quo-of-electric-cars-better-batteries-same-range.html

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/672465444/low-cost-sterling-engine   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZbVXTqEoyc   http://www.frequency.com/topic/off-the-grid   http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Ismael_Aviso_Self-Charging_Electric_Car    

Recently Nick gave a talk at TEDx Canberra. He talked about stewarding nutrients, how we can solve the problem of peak phosphorous, and about how to grow the best cumquats ever. Yes, Nick was talking about why taking responsibility for our poo and our wee, our most basic waste streams, i...

Imagine, you're perusing the Sunday paper, thumbing through various articles, world news, sports, opinion pieces... yea, we've all been there. What feelings arise for you as the images pass by your eyes? Article after article, world news and local... everything seems so dismal.In disgust and with...

We all want the same things . . . to be fed, to be safe, to be loved. We seek fulfillment through the groups to which we belong and conflict between groups is the greatest threat to our well being.   There are six of us as of this writing. We are of diverse backgrounds and circumstance...

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Início: 10 de dezembro às 8:00h Término: 11 de dezembro às 18:00h Local: Chácara Boa Vista - Campo Largo (região metropolitana de Curitiba) - PR Valor: R$ 120,00 Inclui: oficina, hospedagem (alojamento na chácara), alimentação, certificado, cd sobre bioconstrução e permacultura. Inscrições: ...

I don't know if anyone else is doing this, but here goes. Bottom 5gal bucket holds the liquid. Put hole in bucket lid. drill hole in bottom of different 5gal bucket. place this on collector bucket. place old screen (anything that strains) into 2nd buckets bottom. Place dark planter (gets h...

Due to the continued drought (along with the pond dropping 5' ) the decision was made to add a flat land water harvesting garden. This thing worked great. Any water overflowing from the swales was directed into this baby. The ground-cover on the outer ring wound up cover the water collecte...

Here at Bustan Qaraaqa they don't simply sort their recycling, compost their vegetable scraps and put out the rubbish to be collected weekly - they take REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE to a whole new level. With no municipal waste management in Palestine, they have adopted a policy of 'what comes on si...