Craig Mackintosh
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Apr- 2009 -17 April
Calling for Volunteers for IPC9 and the Permaculture Centre, Malawi, Africa
The ninth International Permaculture Conference (IPC) and Convergence is inching closer. Previous conferences have been held in Australia, USA, New…
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12 April
The Gospel of Consumption
It’s with a degree of dark fascination I watch as the current financial crisis brings substantial funding to the same…
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7 April
Homegrown Revolution
Most of you will be familiar with the fantastic work of the Dervaes family, with their little ‘urban homestead’ in…
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6 April
Food Forests Across America Campaign Hits the Airwaves
Food Forests Across America: it’s more than just a wonderful concept – it’s a campaign. If you missed our recent…
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4 April
Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton Team Up for Melbourne PDC Again!
For full details on this excellent opportunity to take your Permaculture Design Certificate course under the combined tutelage of legendary…
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4 April
PRI Training Centre Development Plans Approved
Zaytuna Farm Good news people! We’ve just received local council approval on our development plans, which means we can move…
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Mar- 2009 -31 March
Capping C02 Emissions Will Steal “Plant Food”
The nonsense that sometimes gets bandied about on climate change often leaves me gobsmacked – but when it comes from…
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31 March
The Food Crisis Spurs Gene Patenting Race
Big Biotech is gearing up to substantially increase their market share in the face of a global food and climate…
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31 March
India Suicides: I Want My Father Back
We’ve made mention of the social and environmental costs of monocultures and genetically modified crops often. Amongst these has been…
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30 March
Community-Based Rainforest Restoration Work is Huge Success in Borneo
In his twenty minute talk, Willie Smits (a Dutch forestry scientist who emigrated to Indonesia 20 years ago to help…
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26 March
A Farm for the Future
Seeing Permaculture promoted on the BBC is yet another positive sign of the times. In this 50 minute presentation, wildlife…
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26 March
Michelle Obama Begins Kitchen Garden on White House Lawn
Here’s a little more on arguably the best news to come out of politics this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTISywReu4o And, word around…
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