Month: October 2010
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Bio-Agriculture – a Solution to Climate Change
Carbon deficient soil at left, carbon rich soil at right. It’s not difficult, but it could make all the difference.…
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Toxic Brew
The Tea Parties didn’t arise spontaneously: they were boiled up by big business. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and…
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How to Handle Biomass in Dry Tropical Systems: Mulch Pit Gardens
The dry tropics cover a significant land area of the planet, particularly around the regions of the tropics of Cancer…
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Letters from Sri Lanka: Ranjith de Silva – Bastion of Biological Defense
During my time in Sri Lanka, although concentrating on Sarvodaya’s widespread work and influence in the country, I also took…
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From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy
USSEE lecture, June 1, 2009 Herman E. Daly School of Public Policy University of Maryland A steady-state economy is incompatible…
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Three Major Reports
A Viable Food Future Download here What kind of food production can: drastically reduce poverty reduce climate change and cool…
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Paul McCartney on the Industrial Meat Industry
Paul McCartney shows us just how evil the industrialised meat industry is. And, guess what. It’s pretty evil. Caution: viewer…
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Comedy Break
Permaculture for Keeping Cosy
by Cecilia Macaulay If you have been struggling to adopt a ‘more sustainable’ approach to heating your home, it’s time…
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Sean Penn on Haiti – “It’s Bad”
Further Reading: Heading to Haiti with a Permaculture Vision, and a Plan
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Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge, Ethiopia: Black Water Filtration System
Black water is the term applied to domestic waste water which carries solid organic waste materials and has a high…
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Designing Swales in Central Victoria
by Samantha Downing One of the major assets of our property in Central Victoria is a storm water culvert which…
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