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Permaculture Design on the Edge – Patterns of Coastal Settlement and Regeneration
by Jason Gerhardt The author scopes out an oyster reef in Pamlico Sound, NC Photo Credit: Jason Gerhardt Being a…
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Food Forests, Part 1: Ronald Reagan’s Day Off
Save Ferris! Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was a 1986 movie about a teenager, his girlfriend and best mate — all…
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Nuclear Energy: A Resource for an Insane Society
Bill Mollison groups the earth’s resources into five categories. These resources are: Those which increase by modest use. For example,…
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The Key to Management is Trust
PIJ #40, June – Aug 1991 Very often ‘management’ is mistaken for control. And control usually leads to friction and…
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Leaves to Live By
Perennial Leaf Vegetables by Craig Elevitch (see bio at bottom), originally published in the Permaculture International Journal, #61 Dec-Feb 1997…
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Five Ways to Save the World
The BBC has aired a 1-hour documentary entitled ‘Five Ways to Save the World’. It features five specialised viewpoints on…
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Nitrogen Fixing Trees – The Multipurpose Pioneers
The myths about the wonders of nitrogen fixing trees are many. Craig Elevitch (see bio at bottom) and Kim Wilkinson…
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Easter Island – Our Past, or Our Future?
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Easter Island has long been looked upon as an historical looking glass, through which…
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Biodiverse Systems are More Productive
Sustainable farming across the world relies on cultivating a diversity of crops and livestock to maximise internal input, and this…
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