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Irrigation
Ollas: Unglazed Clay Pots for Garden Irrigation
I first encountered the concept of using unglazed clay vessels for sub-surface irrigation in Bill Mollison’s “The Global Gardener” film…
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Resources for Herbs, Sprouts and Survival Foods
When Derrick, Isabell, and children Angela, Vicky and RIcky, shifted to Nambour in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast over…
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Phosphorus Matters II – Keeping Phosphorus on Farms
Editor’s Prelude: Peak Phosphorus barely registers alongside it’s more gregarious, attention-getting bigger brother, Peak Oil. Yet, the implications are even…
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Planting Trees and Managing Soils to Sequester Carbon
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Washington D.C., U.S.A. As of 2007, the shrinking forests in the tropical regions…
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Volunteer Permaculturist Required for Ugandan AIDS Clinic
With an acre of land to work with, could you develop a sustainable demonstration garden for a health centre to…
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What is ‘Zone Zero’?
llustration by Cecilia Macaulay Zone planning in permaculture design means placing elements according to how often we need to visit…
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Letters from Vietnam: The Hmong People – Reclaiming Lost Skills
The Future of the Hmong People Photos: Paid for by and Copyrighted to the PRI It took a few moments…
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Rising Seas and Powerful Storms Threaten Global Security
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute Standing before the United Nations General Assembly in October 1987, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President…
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Bill Mollison Interview from 1991
Editor’s Note: Here’s a great Bill Mollison interview to throw into the mix. The interviewer is Alan AtKisson, who caught…
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