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2nd week at SCPI

andy macey
So after a weekend away from the site the participants returned to complete the final week of their PDC. I had the opotunity to teach a whole session on water harvesting 1st thing on Monday morning and realised early on that this session needs to be about giving broad concepts and then giving th...
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Videoteca de documentales de permacultura en castellano

Antonio Scotti
En esta web he ido recogiendo varios documentales de permacultura en castellano o con subtitulos en castellano. Se aceptan propuestas de otros documentales para subir. La idea es que se encuentren ya subidos en youtube, vimeo u otro de los formatos comunmente aceptados en internet.
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Buying land in Oz <3

Valeria Andrews
Where would you choose to set up your permaculture haven? (:
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La Loma Viva Permaculture Project

La Loma Viva Permaculture Project
La Loma Viva is a Permaculture farm and retreat centre on the coast of Granada in southern Spain. It is working farm and Permaculture demonstration site, nestled between the Mediterranean sea and the Sierra Nevada mountain range on a 7.5 hectare olive and almond grove just outside the village of ...
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evolution of a chicken vegetable rotation

andy macey
I have been tweeking a vegetable system utilising chickens for the last 18 months or so. It is now a 5 bed system with chickens cell forraging beds connected to a straw yard, which is in turn connected to a coop and deep litter system. This provides heat to a greenhouse and is fox proof! Below ...

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Orchard to food forrest transition

andy macey
Some of the progress made over the last 6-8 months in transforming an orchard into a food forrest

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UMass Permaculture Gardens Win National Award and $25,000 in Gifts

Ryan Harb
UMass Permaculture Gardens Win National Award and $25,000 in Gifts   DATE:           Wednesday, Nov. 30 WHAT:          UMass Permaculture Wins Real Food Challenge Award WHERE:       University of Massachusetts Amherst, Auxiliary Enterprises Individuals from all across the nation voted...

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Amherst Permaculture House

Amherst Permaculture House
In September, 2009, Ryan began his graduate thesis project - transforming an entire grass lawn in Amherst, MA into an edible forest garden. He documented the process and made it intentionally visible so as to raise awareness about permaculture and growing local food at your own home. In May, 2010...
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Berkshire Permaculture Garden (UMass Am...

Berkshire Permaculture Garden (UMass Amherst, Massachusetts USA)
This is the second permaculture garden installation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This time, a harsh landscape, located outside of Berkshire Dining Common, is converted from a bare soil site into a thriving permaculture garden that provides thousands of students with a service-learn...
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Franklin Permaculture Garden (Universit...

Franklin Permaculture Garden (University of Massachusetts  Amherst)
The Franklin Permaculture Garden is located directly on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus (adjacent to Franklin Dining Common.) It is a quarter-acre site that was transformed in 2010 from a conventional grass lawn into a demonstration and educational permaculture garden for the UMass...
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Indigenous Designing with Nature

Claudette Fleming
What do we do when we are part custodian of rainforest land on the brow of a low hill and have time on hand? The land is made up of beautiful trees, lily white sand with a spring and a creek at the foot of the hill and is dependent on our wisdom and care. There is not a postman to come, the noi...
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Chapter 3

David Braden
Habitat is the interaction of the things in a place – living and non-living. Our interactions contribute to the creation of habitat whether we are conscious of their effect or not. Being conscious of our actions' effect, we can choose to contribute to improving habitat for all living th...

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Early Batches of Papercrete Mortar

Neal Spackman
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Early batches of our papercrete mortar

Neal Spackman
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Pigs at Work

Robyn Francis
Pigs are amazing biological ploughs – their snout is exceptionally strong and designed for excavating the earth in search of tasty morsels buried underground, especially tubers and roots, and also fungi and insects. In Permaculture there is frequent reference to use of pigs as tractoring ...

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Noni Collins

Noni Collins
Wirianda is a 24 acre permaculture demonstration property just outside Childers in Qld. It is here that where we can learn, share and work with a goal of living lightly in harmony with the diversity of nature.
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over 200 new permies making a difference in the world

Robyn Francis
The full time APT students armed with knowledge and skills from Cert IV and Diploma are heading off on new permie adventures. Some are heading overseas to work on permaculture projects in Thailand, Cambdia, India, Mouritias, others are planning to establish a permaculture enterprise or take their...
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