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PDC for International Development Professionals and Volunteers

Loren Taylor Luyendyk
June 18th - July 1st, 2012"My learning journey at Quail Springs helped to nurture my presence of mind to be a better and more active listener – a vital trait for the international development professional. The coursework was incredibly pertinent to my work in Uganda and without a doubt ma...

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PDC for International Development Professionals and Volunteers

Loren Taylor Luyendyk
June 18th - July 1st, 2012"My learning journey at Quail Springs helped to nurture my presence of mind to be a better and more active listener – a vital trait for the international development professional. The coursework was incredibly pertinent to my work in Uganda and without a doubt ma...

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Rich People are Unethical

Øyvind Holmstad
EMBED THE IMAGE ABOWE ON YOUR SITE HERE.
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Update on Progress on the Permaculture in Konso Schools Project and our last PDC at Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge, Konso, Ethiopia, in February 2012

Abdur-Rahman McCausland
Our community outreach program, the Permaculture in Konso Schools Project (PKSP) has now been established in 10 schools in Konso, the little south-Ethiopian nation where we are based. The schools project is supported by the Ethiopia Permaculture Foundation (EPF), a charity registered in UK. The P...
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The Sharing Economy

Øyvind Holmstad
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Permaculture Retrofit in the Mary Valley

Permaculture Retrofit in the Mary Valley
Retrofitting a permaculture design on an ex-pineapple farm in the Mary Valley.
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Hydro fracking need info

Danial Lawton
HI looking for any lagitamte information on hydro fracking ie journal articals I am doing a report on hydro fracking and would like to get as much info as i can. This is a concerning issue and i know many of you will have or know someone who has info on this subject.   I do not need comments ...
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PERMAculture CHALLENGE 2012 - The ART of LIVING / Urban Permaculture Balcony Workshops

Łukasz Nowacki
Imagine that you don't own any land to create a garden, you just live in a flat or appartment and everything you've got is a window sill and a small balcony. That's the place where all things begin - small scale urban permaculture. Now imagine a micro-forest garden, a guild of specially selected ...

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Caixa acústica em bambu para IPhone

Suzana Maringoni
A partir do modelo construído pelo engenheiro Anatoliy Omelchenko, fizemos em Yvy Porã este modelo, usando bambusa vulgaris para apeça e um pedaço de dendrocálamus para  a base. No blog da Casa da Montanha está diopsonível o passo a passo. Tomara que muitas pessoas façam o seu!
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Introduction to Permaculture Workshop in Central Florida

Tia Silvasy
Join us for a one-day introduction to permaculture workshop.  This will be held on our Econ Farm in East Orlando. The morning session will cover ethics, principals, site survey, and site design.  In the afternoon we will get our hands dirty and put permaculture into practice with a few simple p...

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Creating a garden of 500 square meters in Ayent from 2005 to 2007

Hubert de Kalbermatten
The garden is steep, full of potato soil and water. We prepare mounds of cultures with all kinds of plants and have used it for three years.

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design of a courtyard in 2010

Hubert de Kalbermatten
The list of plants and other needs: Succulent plants Berries Germinated seeds Perennial vegetables Creepers Shrubs and some trees with small sizes composts A small greenhouse stuck to the front Water points   The project is being negotiated

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Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute offers its 10th PDC Course.

Michael Burns
July 27th through August 12, 2012 Learn the permaculture design process during 15 engaging days in an off-grid learning community. Since 2005, we have been training people of all backgrounds, ages, experience and skill levels to design using natural patterns based on ecological principles. Stu...

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S'hortet d'Alconasser

S'hortet d'Alconasser
Northwest coast of Mallorca, about 7,000 square metres of terraced land and rock outcrop, neglected olive and carob trees and invading aleppo pine.
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Need help finding our new home...

Valeria Andrews
Need help finding our new home... Please name the top 3 Permaculture communities in Oz. Thank you!  -V
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Permaculture Design Course for Cities Towns and Villages: 6-19 May 2012

Shao-Lyn Low
  FACILITATED BY: Steve Cran (Australia)Chakra Widia (Indonesia)Sabina Arokiam (Malaysia)Juergen Soecknick (Austria) --------------------------------------------------------- COURSE CONTENT What is permaculture? How permaculture design works and how to apply it to different properties and...

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Eats, Shoots & Roots

Eats, Shoots & Roots
Eats, Shoots & Roots is a social enterprise that believes in the power of food as a binding force between people. Our mission is to grow communities through growing food; we do this through educational programmes and through establishing food gardens where people actually live.
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superadobe and cordwood workshops - March 2012

João Gonçalves
a low cost solution to create a shelter for hot and cold climate the house system includes passive heating and passive cooling plus superadobe thermal mass. more news will be posted soon about the proccess. some pics of the wall building work http://superadobeportugal.blogspot.pt/2012/03/ofic...
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