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Bancos de Tiempo del Instituto Ná Lu´um

Tierra Martinez
Un banco del tiempo no es un banco en si, sino que es una herramienta solidaria por la cual usuarios pueden ofrecer o demandar productos o servicios sin que intervenga la moneda oficial del país.El banco del tiempo es una herramienta que fomenta de manera comunitaria servicios de cooperación y so...

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Asian Vegie Growing Workshop

Mariette Tuohey
Perennial Vegetables will give your garden longer term food security - no longer tied to only annual crops, spending time and effort growing perennials will crop year after year. Seila will go into the details of how to grow these food crops with actual examples growing in the garden. The class f...
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Volunteering at PermaLot Centre of Natural Building between 5/8 and 18/8 2011.

Max Vittrup Jensen
Do you need a break from the city? Want to experience life on a permaculture farm, get to know more about natural building and organic agriculture? We’ll be hosting a large international event in end of August, and we’re running behind with all of our chores!  We’re a Czech...

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Designers & Consultants Resources Page

Nick Huggins
Since I starting teaching at the PRI with the new Urban Landscape Design Course there have been calls to make the information from the course available to students and interested people out there in the world that can’t jump on a plane and get to The Channon.   Our fearless webmaster Craig Mack...

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Perennial Vegie Growing Workshop

Mariette Tuohey
Seila Hierk of PermaBlitz fame will run this workshop on Saturday 17 September from 10am at the Ashwood College Permaculture Food Garden. Class cost is $40 per person and bookings are essential via [email protected]. There will be an opportunity to buy at least some of the perennial vegies aft...
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Bringing Moisture Back to the Land

Craig Sponholtz
View this youtube video of Craig Sponholtz by Loa Tree Productions on Guiding Principles to Bring Moisture Back to the Land.  This five minute excerpt explains unique methods used to re-hydrate arid landscapes using natural patterns and processes.  For more information about this approach visit w...
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PRI New Zealand (Koanga Institute)

PRI New Zealand (Koanga Institute)
A national seed saving organisation dedicated to saving the heritage food plants of Aotearoa. Providing a broad range of Permaculture based workshops and education programs.
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Kotare Village Community Land Trust

Kotare Village Community Land Trust
A rural intentional community for 30 families, using a Community Land Trust legal structure for land ownership.
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An Elderberry Volunteers -Applying Permaculture Principle Number One in Our Backyard

Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper
Work With Nature Rather Than Against It: We can assist rather than impede natural elements, forces, pressures, processes, agencies, and evolutions. Observe and Interact: By taking the time to engage with nature we can design solutions that suit our particular situation. Elderberry volunteer...
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Applied Watershed Restoration course, October 19-22, 2011

Craig Sponholtz
Applied Watershed Restoration course, 19-22 October, offered by Dryland Solutions (www.drylandsolutions.com), approximately 1.5 hours northeast of Santa Fe, NM. Details are still being finalized, and should be posted on the Dryland Solutions website within a week's time. This course is designed t...
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European Straw Bale Gathering

Max Vittrup Jensen
Dear International 'Balers',Here's an update on the latest ESBG development:New web page: http://www.slamenestavitelstvi.cz/ , (means straw bale building), which not only links to the ESBG, but is also designed to unify all information about straw bale building in Czech Republic. It got introduce...

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Trees

Shari Blake
A quick note on trees because many people ask me what we have planted. We know fruiting trees are very important in permaculture and so we are attempting to plant as many different fruiting trees as possible. At the moment we have avocado, julie mango, coconut, lime, paw paw (a.k.a. papaya) and b...
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LCH Residential Permaculture

LCH Residential Permaculture
Creating a food forest garden at home - on a hill, with terracing
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Chácara Boa Vista

Chácara Boa Vista
Instalação de uma Estação de Permacultura com espaço para difusão de conhecimentos através de cursos, palestras, oficinas e vivencias.
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Yacon syrup

Tom Kendall
"Yacon syrup is a sugar substitute native to the Andean region of South America. It is glucose-free, and does not increase blood sugar levels. Because of this, yacon syrup is often recommended as a sweetener to those suffering from diabetes or at risk of becoming diabetic. The syrup is derived f...
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“2017: Trathen Heckman & DailyActs.org replaces the local government in Petaluma.” Journal Entry #3. Summer Class 2011, Urban Permaculture Institute, SF. By Willi Paul. Vibes from sacredpermaculture.net

Willi Paul
“2017: Trathen Heckman & DailyActs.org replaces the local government in Petaluma.” Journal Entry #3. Summer Class 2011, Urban Permaculture Institute, SF. By Willi Paul. Vibes from sacredpermaculture.net
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Quinta Espiritu da Natureza

Quinta Espiritu da Natureza
A new project aiming to create a small eco project where Permaculture is the foundation of our vision.
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Earth Dam (I)

Victor Barahona
One of the most important steps to take in our site is to ensure enough water for the whole year, even in the driest period. In our case we decided to make an earth dam, according to the techniques given in the Permaculture Design Course (PDC). In another article later will we get pictures ...
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