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Notes du rencontre de Permaculture Portneuf - 16 mars, 2014

Kate Alvo
Dimanche le 16 mars 2014 PREMIÈRE RENCONTRE PERMACULTURE PORTNEUF ACCUEIL  .Liste des contacts.Formulaire-questionnaire à l’ordi Présentation du groupe à tours de rôle Les intérêts sont divers:.curiosité.préoccupations pour l’environnement.jardinage écolo.culture commercial.implication dans ...
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The Rustbelt Collapse Video

Geoff Lawton
Does history repeat itself? This week I'll look at the Rustbelt Collapse of an entire industry in Holyoke, Massachusetts and the lost opportunity that could have been prevented if people thought differently and redesigned their way using some proven Permaculture techniques - https://vimeo.com/16...
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Big Pine Ranch

Big Pine Ranch
To create water secure land, which translates into food and resource security, capable of supporting our extended family over generations to come. To engage and support our local community with our labor, our knowledge, and our friendship.
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Fundraising and Information Video

Angela Goldsmith
Here is our non-professional video for information and fundraising for our initial design step implementation at NPH! We are sharing it because the Incited.org crew are awesome and if you are trying to raise funds for educational endeavors, this is one way to go!  You have the option for progres...
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Urban Home Gardening Workshop

Aaron Jerad
Read more on my blog: http://aaronjerad.com/blog/urban-home-gardening-workshop-permaculture-style/  
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Central Oklahoma Permaculture

Central Oklahoma Permaculture
Sustainable homesteading and agriculture/Permaculture demonstration site. Central Oklahoma 40-60 acres
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Drainage Lots in Dhahran

John Oberlin
Driving around the residential hills of Dhahran, a city near Dammam, Saudi Arabia, one sees some lots left empty for rain water drainage. The lots are concave with a drain coming in toward the top. They usually seem empty of plants; just a place for the water to go away.  These lots might be a g...
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8 Acres in the Ozarks

8 Acres in the Ozarks
To transform 8 acres of oak/hickory forest into a diverse system of abundance for a small family.
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Update

George Coe II
We went and purchased six hens at the local farm store last week. They are still in the brooder and will be for a few more weeks. We still need to build the coop and hen house. Have to hurry on that now that they are here they are growing fast. A new experience for me and my family. Picked up s...

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Home-scale conversion of plastics to oil

Lesley White
The machine produced in various sizes, for both industrial and home uses, can easily transform a kilogram of plastic waste into a liter of oil, using about 1 kW·h of electricity but without emitting CO2 in the process. The machine uses a temperature controlling electric heater instead of ...
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Volunteers Invited!

Geert Cuypers
VOLUNTEERS INVITED:What is needed, and who can help?1. Digging 1 1/2 miles of swales: Anyone who can wield a shovel is welcome! The use of dirt moving equipment (excavator, back hoe) would obviously greatly speed up this initial phase, but that costs money.2. Sheet mulching. Anyone who can provid...

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From Sandbox to Island of Green - STAGE ONE.

Geert Cuypers
THE PLAN: From sandbox to Island of Green.The picture below shows where we'll work and what we start with: a 10-acre sandbox. legend of the colors used on the pictures: orange: don't touch, taboo, protected area.green circles = non-mesquite trees that are still alive.azure circles = mesquite tree...

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'Island of Green" is alive!

Geert Cuypers
I planted my first tree!The tree on the right  in picture #1 will be remembered (at least by me, if no one else ) as the first tree that was planted in this project, that made "Island of Green" more than just some lines on paper. It was a bit unexpected. I came back from town and saw a distant ne...

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