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NGO "Permaculture in Ukraine"

NGO "Permaculture in Ukraine"
The general aim of Association is the support and promotion of the permaculture development in Ukraine. We want to unify the efforts of those who have already successfully apply permaculture techniques in their households and to give them an opportunity to share experiences and support newcomers ...
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Soil repairs after earthworks

Chris McLeod
My 22 acres is in a fairly cool environment for the mainland of Australia with an elavation above sea level of around 700m (with the main ridge rising to over 1,000m). Recently I've had a 20 tonne excavator in doing the sort of work that they love doing. Actually, the operator was helping clean u...

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Permaculture in Action; Water harvesting

Jan Zijlstra
Time:         Sunday 10 April, 12.00 - 15.00h Location:    Kalen`s Land                  http://goo.gl/maps/kHt0                  Govrlevo __________________________________________________________Kalen, platform for self realization and sustainable ways of Lifeinvites you to join a Permacult...
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Condor/Eagle Chapter PermaVillage

Condor/Eagle Chapter PermaVillage
Condor/Eagle Chapter of the Nemenhah Indigenous People working together as an Intentional Community to integrate Permaculture into their Healing Life Way.
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Shepherd's House (Nashville) Nemenhah P...

Shepherd's House (Nashville) Nemenhah PermaVillage
Nemenhah Chapter working together to integrate Permaculture as a Life/Healing Way.
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Ridge Dam Construction at Zaytuna

Gordon Williams
On the 31st of January the Permaculture Earthworks course at Zaytuna farm began with good weather and a group of enthusiastic students ready to see the process of laying the groundwork for functional rainwater harvesting features in landscapes. During the week a variety of works were conducte...

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PEACE Project @ James Cook University

Leon van Wyk
This is a very brief glimpse into what Permaculture Townsville, Inc. is currently planning in collaboration with James Cook University, a world renowned University in tropical Australia. As part of the TropECO Program (more details HERE <http://www.jcu.edu.au/tropeco/>) which I helped laun...
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Quiet Revolution featured on TransitionVoice.com

Matthew Lynch
Upon entering Bayan Ulgii province we saw no trees until we finally arrived in Ulgii City. Locals can remember that only two generations ago, the river flats of Ulgii City, and much of the rest of the province, were covered in trees. Just like the Lorax in Dr. Suess’ fable, all were cut do...
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forbes news: solar coming to saudi arabia

Sami email500@gmx.com
http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/04/saudis-switch-to-solar-nuclear-to-export-more-oil/
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Lowering poles

Wendy Howard
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Still more raised beds

Wendy Howard
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Bellbunya Sustainable Community

Bellbunya Sustainable Community
The Bellbunya Community has been established to model holistically sustaining ways of living. Having adopted permaculture principles as our base, we have a sustainability centre, an eco-conference and retreat centre and intentional community.
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Suco de uva (grape juice)

Suzana Maringoni
O parreiral ocupa 7000m² no cultivo orgânico de uvas já há 8 anos. O suco produzido artesanalmente pela família é vendido a conhecidos e traz um excedente de renda para a propriedade. Nesta foto, Elena , a filha dos permacultores mostrando as uvas. Separando os grãos do cacho. Sistema de...
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Solar Food Dehydrator

Daniel Broockmann
Built this in 2009 and have been enjoying the benefits of having a solar food dehydrator ever since!

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Fruits of the 2009 Season

Daniel Broockmann
All of the time and effort we put into starting out the permaculture system at the house really paid off for the 2009 season and spurred us on towards more projects!

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Finca Friucion - Permaculture Land Coop...

Finca Friucion - Permaculture Land Cooperative
Finca Fruicion a young Permaculture project and land cooperative, whose aim is to create a high quality practical permacultural model and cultivate a Culture of Well-being, to inspire solution oriented thinking. We are located in a deforested region of Costa Rica where many people are ope...
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Projects from the 2009 Summer Season

Daniel Broockmann
I bought the house in late 2008 and started a few projects, but the flurry of activity began in the spring of 2009.  We built community gardens (keyhole beds for the most part), a kiwi trellis, an herb spiral (with strawberry patches around it), and lot of other fun stuff.

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Outdoor Shower and Bath

Daniel Broockmann
I got addicted to having an outdoor shower and bath when I lived down in Tucson.  So I dug a dry well, plumbed things up with hot/cold running water from the house, and freeze-proof taps so we can soak under the stars in the winter and put the water back into the gardens.

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