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Cornflower Response (Ireland) the Utili...

Cornflower Response (Ireland) the Utilisation and conservation of native species
Ireland: The conservation and utilisation of native plant species using Permaculture design: 1. PC as a business model, to develope a sustainable business. Est'1990) 2. To grow native species crops, harvest them and sell them. Our original aim was to form living gene banks of species for c...
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Marilene Richardson and SongCroft

Marilene Richardson
Marilene Richardson’s passion for permaculture and bringing sustainable living information and community-building skills to people of all ages prompted her to create the Foundation for Sustainable Community and SongCroft School. Marilene received her Permaculture Design Certificate after stud...
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Fake it Until You Make It

Anton Lo
We live in a society where we are encouraged to give up personal responsibility in so many ways.  Instead of doing things for ourselves, we're supposed to cede power to a so-called expert who REALLY knows what he is doing (the expert can be a she, but usually is a he).  That's why it can be scary...
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Druid Circle Outdoor Classroom

Druid Circle Outdoor Classroom
This outdoor classroom Druid Circle is the core of the Permaculture demonstration garden at the Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture at Oregon State University. It's been built by Permaculture design courses and interns, and is being planted out this season.
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My neigbours are jealous of my green lawn!

Frank Gapinski
You may have noticed that over the last few months up here in Queensland we've had a fair bit of rain between floods and cyclones. What happens after a big flood is that grass starts growing very strongly. After all that grass, there's generally a rise in the populations of insects. ...
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Earth Wisdom Permaculture

Shantree Kacera
2011 Programs  Earth Wisdom Permaculure      

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The Anarchist Irish Ecological Permaculture Designer

Sandro Cafolla
I had been a pollitical ecological landscape designer for few years when I met Bill and Sandy in The UK and Ireland, along with Sylvia Eagle and more. They spotted me, and convinced me to be a PC designer. Dan the Man hemenway then came on a course we organised with Richard webb for 3 weeks to t...

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Bio-Mimicry

Byron Joel
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture.html
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appropriate technology

Elaine Codling
http://backtotheland.com/html/wheat_thrasher.html This thrasher speaks for itself. Anyone who has experimented with growing grains on a small plot knows that growing it is the easy part. This little gem fills the technology gap and makes grain growing a productive endeavour.
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Bike awareness

Mark Brown
On the last Saturday of each month we gather outside the Organic Feast Shop in East Maitland. erect a marque for protection from weather and set about maintaining bikes. If people bring their bikes in, we will look to do minor adjustmeents and repairs. People bring in bicycles they no longer want...

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Ashmore Community Garden

Ashmore Community Garden
Ashmore community garden,is part of the growing community garden network being established on the Gold Coast.With over 50 registered members and many more sponsors and supporters we expect to be fully operational mid 2011.
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Land share available.

Mark Brown
Through the new "landshare" web site Purple Pear is offering the use of a mandala for the right person to grow food. We will talk to anyone with the Pc ethic who has any proposal for land use that complements the operation here at Purple Pear. You can take a closer look here http://www.landsharea...

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Lincoln School Garden

Lincoln School Garden
Permaculture redesign of school garden, implemented by neighborhood volunteers and managed by students and a school garden manager. Includes rainwater harvesting in tank and landform, perennial polyculture edges, realignment of beds for maximum garden space, greenhouses for propagation, and reuse...
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ACIL Experimentation Site

ACIL Experimentation Site
As part of the Aspen Centre for Integral Living's ongoing mission, the Experimentation site acts as a primary landbase for ecological restoration, woodlot establishment, reafforestation and educational efforts.
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Tacomepai Organic Farm

TACOMEPAI is a traditional organic farm run by a Thai hill tribe family who strive to maintain a sustainable and environmentally caring way of life. We are an active community of volunteers, local residents, guests and travelers working to preserve the customs, traditions and environment of the l...
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The Seed Savers' Network

The Seed Savers' Network
The Seed Savers’ Network, founded in 1986 as a Permaculture project. It is based in Byron Bay, Australia to preserve the genetic basis of tomorrows' food.
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Willi Paul – A Quest Lecture in the New Permaculture Mythologies and Alchemy

Willi Paul
Willi Paul – A Quest Lecture in the New Permaculture Mythologies and Alchemy - Open to All. The Art Institute of California - San Francisco, CA, February 22, 2011. Noon - 1 PM, Bldg 10UN, Room 207. 1170 Market Street, SF http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1790      

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Earthbag workshop Limerick comp winners!

Kirsten Bradley
Thanks to everyone who entered to win a spot on our EarthBag Building Workshop. Here are the winning limericks! ADAM: Barbedwire, earthbags and sand, A new house we will build on your land, All bound like a sausage, We will build a new cottage, With many people lending a hand.   KATARINA:...
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