Deforestation
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Wildfires in Australia
Large sheets of flame spread across various areas of the Australian countryside, as what some call a “devastatingly early” season…
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Can you help us save the trees? EU asks citizens for ‘solutions’ to deforestation
As the world continues turning into a new calendar year, many people may be reflecting on what actions they can…
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The Woes of Industrial Agriculture
Our relationship with the earth changed fundamentally when we began practicing agriculture some ten thousand years ago. The transition from…
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Permaculture in the Islamic World: The Dire Need to Get Involved!
A Dead Sea Valley family home with their typical front ‘lawn’ (Photo © Craig Mackintosh) Looking at the state of…
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From the Classroom to the Cyclades
The view from Tao’s Center. It is end of April and the pastures are already dry and barren. Only oleander…
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Got Water?
A grassroots effort to increase, catch and store rainwater on Molokai Kanawai. Ka-na-wai literally means “belonging-to-the-waters”. Under traditional Hawaiian law…
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Rich Nations Buying Up Land in Poor Countries at Escalating Rate
As concerns over food security – and maintaining a lavish lifestyle – deepen, people in poor nations are seeing their…
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You Never Know How You Might Contribute
Aipipas Elementary School, Papua New Guinea I took the very first ‘Permaculture Aid Worker’s Training Course’ at the Permaculture Research…
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