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Permaculture Alternatives to Waste-to-Energy (W2E)
Waste-to-energy (W2E), particularly incineration, is being promoted as a good alternative to landfills – it gets rid of all that…
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Solar, Wind, & Subterfuge
Something that long hasn’t set well with me in the green movement is that so much of it is based…
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Turning Waste Into Energy
The EPA’s most recent report on waste found that the U.S. generation of municipal solid waste was 267.8 million tons…
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Cutting Back on Consumption
Perhaps the more exciting, flashier side of permaculture is making stuff. Designing a build is full of hopes and dreams.…
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Biodigesters in Reality
Emma and I have been in the process of becoming homesteaders for several years now. Most of that time was…
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Zaytuna Farm And The Nightcap Bushfire
Geoff has just returned to Zaytuna Farm after three months of consultancies and international aid work. Australia has been ravaged…
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Simple Permaculture Design Over Complex Technological Solutions
When I talk about sustainable living, by no means here do I mean to bash technology. Point of fact, I…
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Nickel Iron Batteries
As my wife Emma and I are finally piecing together a homestead of our own, we are doing our best…
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Understanding Patterns – Part 5
Through the previous parts of this article series (1, 2, 3 & 4), we have explored the definition of pattern…
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Understanding Patterns part 4
In part 1 and part 2 of this series I explained the importance of understanding patterns in permaculture specifically, holistic thinking…
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Understanding Patterns – Part 3
In part 1 and part 2 of this series, I gave a basic introduction to ‘pattern understanding’ as it is…
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Understanding Patterns – Part 2
In my previous article, ‘Understanding Patterns – Part 1’, we looked at why pattern understanding is such an important part…
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