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A Multilayered Anti-Pattern
by Øyvind Holmstad The problem is that we are adapting to the wrong things — to images, or to short-term…
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Anti-Pattern Capitalism
Obtain a yield — Permaculture principle three At first glimpse it might seem like capitalism is a fulfillment of permaculture…
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Best Practices to Support Women in Permaculture
In my article “A Pattern Language for Women in Permaculture”, published in the Permaculture Activist in August 2013, each pattern…
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Development & Property Trusts
What might buildings, settlements and even regions look like through the lens of Permaculture design? Part 1
This is part 1 of 2 of a transcript of a talk given by Paul Jennings to the recent SBUK Big…
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Permaculture Site Establishment: Phases of Abundance
An abundance of jackfruit at Project Bonafide in Nicaragua Five years ago I had the opportunity to join a land-based…
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Can Earth Building Scale Up to the Mainstream? Robert Alcock on the Power of Keeping It Small
Rob Hopkins: Our recent post about Kevin McCabe’s ‘cob citadel’ and what we might learn from it about ‘scaling up’…
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A Vision for Architecture as More Than the Sum of Its Parts
How Modernist Fundamentalism degrades the human and natural environment. by Michael W. Mehaffy & Nikos A. Salingaros Historic Paris and…
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Food Forests
Small Scale Nursery Applications: Reflections from Loping Coyote Farms Nursery (NV, USA)
by Neil Bertrando , Eric Toensmeier Plant materials are a critical component of any homestead or agroecology site, and by…
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Trojan Horses, Recipes, and Permaculture
by Toby Hemenway The Transition movement seemed to catch fire right from the beginning, and I confess that its success…
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Interview with Owen Hablutzel, PRI, by Willi Paul
Photo © Craig Mackintosh Is there a global permaculture revolution rising now? The short answer is: Absolutely! The wide variety…
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The Radical Technology of Christopher Alexander
By Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros. First published in Metropolis Magazine. Though overshadowed by his written work, Alexander’s built work…
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The All-Native Ethnobotanical Rainwater-Harvesting Food Forest
Planting at OAEC as part of food forest workshop One of the basic ideas of permaculture is that its principles…
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