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Garburgh Gardens project

Garburgh Gardens project
Turning a long lawn into a highly productive food growing system and a lovely place to be. This will be a document of my journey through the process.
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Cours d'Initiation au jardinage écologique du 30 mars au 27 avril

Wen Rolland
Pendant les 15 heures de cours, nous explorerons le jardinage écologique sous toutes ses coutures : démarrage et planification d’un nouveau jardin, fertilisation et amendement, rotation de culture, biologie du sol, démarrage de vos semis à l’intérieur, insectes nuisibles et maladies, compostage...
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New goat area

Riki Armstrong
As the weather is so nice we decided to start the goat area.  We're going to build 4 areas in total so the goats can move from one the the other.  It's slow going as there are so many small oak trees to cut down and move out of the way.  We're thinking of using the small trees as the fencing.  Wi...
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Al Baydha Project

Al Baydha Project
The Al Baydha Project is helping settled bedou develop an abundant desert community. "Greening the Desert" on steroids.
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Jean-Pain compost hot water system

Wen Rolland
Here is the video on the Jean Pain experiment at my collective garden. We had a very fine mulch of residues from pruning and tree leaves. We made a pile with this mulch, keeping it wet and compacted. With a hot water tank in the centre of our compost pile, we had hot water (50 °C) throughout the ...

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Extreme cold chicken shelter design in Mongolia

Matthew Lynch
[Excerpt from SEAL 2011 Permaculture Design Training Report, by Matthew Lynch]   Mongolian chickens are very cold hardy breed that lay one egg every 1-2 days from March until October.  There are successful breeders currently raising chickens in Ulgii City; ADRA staff brought us to one fam...

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Composting Toilet Design in Bayan Ulgii

Matthew Lynch
Designing composting toilet systems for Islamic cultures is a delicate matter that demands diplomacy; Moslem belief holds that human organic waste matter is dirty and is something best dealt with by putting it out-of-sight and out-of-mind.  Most households have pit latrines dug into t...

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Permaculture Design Certificate Course, 25 Apr - 8 May 2011

Sabina Arokiam
The standard 72-hour certified Permaculture Design Course will be held in the village setting of Batu Arang, about 40 km away from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Hosted by Embun Pagi, the course will be taught by Greg Knibbs, a certified permaculture trainer. Greg will be covering a broad rang...
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Urban Agriculture in Taiwan

Urban Agriculture in Taiwan
Taiwan is a highly urbanized country, which relies heavily on imported energy and the ration of food supply from the country itself is only 33%. Thus we (Earth Passengers) are promoting urban agriculture through community activities.
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A Depth Psychological Exchange on Alchemy, Mythology, and Permaculture: A Candid Conversation with Bonnie Bright and Author/Researcher Willi Paul, Founder of OpenMythSource.com & PlanetShifter.com Magazine on depthinsights.com radio

Willi Paul
A Depth Psychological Exchange on Alchemy, Mythology, and Permaculture: A Candid Conversation with Bonnie Bright and Author/Researcher Willi Paul, Founder of OpenMythSource.com & PlanetShifter.com Magazine on depthinsights.com radio

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Currently looking for..

Erin Newell
Especially looking for: Ramps Skirrit tree collards saltbush
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Uniao Progressiva Chao Sobral

Uniao Progressiva Chao Sobral
This legal association project at Chao Sobral (hamlet with 100 people) is the context for people of all ages participation in leisure, education, environmental and cultural activities. Every year the project is created and managed by local volunteers/members of the association.
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Fire Trace clearing Gayap

John Stollmeyer
Gayap is creole for work party or lend hand. On Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th April we will be cutting and raking fire traces on the south and west boundaries of the site to the sound of drum music, food will be provided 
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Sector de hierbas y Hortalizas de Ná Lu´um

Tierra Martinez
A finales de Noviembre de 2010 comenzamos con este proyecto. Usamos la base del ecosistema local, en medio de un clima extremo entre inviernos y veranos. Decidimos utilizar patrones naturales para el diseño, imitando la formación de las sierras que nos rodean (ocurrio hace 250 millones de años) ...

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meet one of the locals...

Rhonda Ayliffe
 
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Tectonic Anomalies

Byron Joel
Hi,   I have recently realized that my passion lay in specializing in Food Forestry. I have a background in horticulture. I have done a whole lot of net browsing already but im wondering if you guys could offer some fresh ideas as to where i might look for info? Books, DVDs, interviews, blog...
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Poisonous Zuchinni

Mark Brown
This very healthy plant has produced toxic fruit. When used in cooking, it gave a disgusting, bitter taste and made the cook very sick when tasting the dish. Beware!http://www.foodreference.com/html/fzucchini.html I have continued my education after a startling event that happened earlier this...
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Killers lurk.

Mark Brown
28 spot ladybeetle on a Belladonna - with a pristine zuchinni in the background.   Evaluation forms are a great tool for presenters. They tell you much about yourself and your presentation and also much about your audience and their presence of mind. The talk started, as normal with much to ...
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