Search Results for: greening the desert project
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Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert, the Sequel’): “Leave All Expectations Behind”
I felt fully prepared leaving for Jordan three weeks ago. Equipped with a 55ltr backpack laden with books, a compost…
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Desertification
How to Combat Desertification and Drought from Home
Well, things can get pretty specific when it comes to the UN “world day” arena, and today—17 June—is no different:…
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Videos
Permaculture in the Desert
Some months ago, Geoff took us on a tour of a neighbour’s garden, below: And now the Green the Desert…
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Desert Green: Jordanians on frontline of climate change turn to permaculture
This article by Marta Vidal was first published in Middle East Eye Olive, lemon and palm trees provide shade over…
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Permaculture Projects
Still Greening the Desert
To learn more about Geoff Lawton and the Permaculture Masterclass series! I’ve been working in Jordan since 1999, and it…
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Greening the Desert with Permaculture
“I have never seen soil like this before” was the comment that Bill Mollison made during a visit to the…
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Courses/Workshops
Geoff Lawton and Dave Spicer talk Confidence with Big Projects
In this on camera chat, the PRI’s World renowned Geoff Lawton catches up with Dave Spicer, whom he first met…
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Amptee’s Olives Processing at the “Greening the Desert” Sequel Site (Jordan)
My mother-in-law, Amptee, is a very traditional Jordanian woman, having lived on and from the desert land all her life,…
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A Report on the April 2014 PDC at the “Greening the Desert Sequel” Site (Jordan)
I am in Jordan, where the monthly average wage is 300 Jordanian dinar. To put that into perspective, a phone…
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Greening the Desert Site (Jordan) PDC with Geoff and Nadia Lawton – Early Bird Offer Extended
The Jordan Valley Permaculture Proejct (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) in November 2013 We are pleased with the…
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English-Arabic Bilingual PDC at the Greening the Desert Sequel Site, Jordan, with Alex McCausland and Salah Hammad – Begins April 19, 2014
The Jordan Valley Permaculture Proejct (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) in November 2013 This PDC follows the standard…
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Laundry to Landscape Urban Greywater Installation: Greening the Sonoran Desert (Phoenix, Arizona)
This past November (2013), Watershed Management Group’s Green Living Co-op installed a "Laundry to Landscape" greywater system at my house.…
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