Soil Erosion & Contamination
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Owen Hablutzel: “Water and Transformation in Dryland Systems – Resilience Science & Keyline Application” (IPC10 Presentation – Video)
Owen’s talk here is quite fascinating. While most in permaculture will recognise the importance of mainframe design, Owen’s talk goes…
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Maarten Stapper: “Biological Agriculture – a Third Way?” (IPC10 Presentation – Video)
If you didn’t catch it already, be sure to check out the previous post with Dr. Maarten Stapper’s first IPC10…
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Maarten Stapper: “Agricultural Science and Technology is Stuck in a Rut” (IPC10 Presentation Video)
I’ve been a fan of Maarten Stapper’s work for a while now. In fact, further below you’ll find an article…
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The Rodale Institute’s 30-Year Farming Systems Trial Report
The Rodale Institute’s 30-year Farming Systems Trial report (1.3mb PDF) The Rodale Institute has been, for a full 30 years…
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Permaculture Successes in a Zimbabwean Community
by Monika Goforth and Terry Leahy, University of Newcastle, Australia To use permaculture lingo, Chikukwa can be described as a…
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Brad Lancaster: “Urban Water Harvesting Systems” (IPC Presentation – Video)
Brad Lancaster presents at the IPC10, Amman, Jordan, Sept. 2011 Photographs © PRI Brad of harvestingrainwater.com has well-honed presentation skills…
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Roberto Perez Rivero: “Permaculture’s Use of Water in Time of Climate Change – the Cuban Experience” (IPC Presentation – Video)
Roberto Perez Rivero gives his presentation at the IPC10, Amman, Jordan Photographs © PRI Roberto Perez Rivero gave an excellent…
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German Military Peak Oil Study – Full English Translation
Peak Oil: Security policy implications of scarce resources Download PDF (1.77mb) In previous articles (here and here) we’ve linked to…
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Shale Fail
It looks as if the UK government is allowing shale gas fracking companies to regulate themselves. by George Monbiot: journalist,…
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Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables, and Toxic Pollutants Driving People from Their Homes
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Photo © Craig Mackintosh People do not normally leave their homes, their families,…
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The Power of International Law to Create the New World – An Interview with Polly Higgins
Editor’s Note: At time of writing, Polly is on a speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand — check out…
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