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Right Livelihood – How Can We All $upport One Another?
The notion of Right Livelihood is an interesting subject and surprisingly, sometimes controversial. by Carolyn Payne-Gemmell So, what do I…
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Planetary Permaculture Pilgrimage – Days Two, Three and Four!
by Tamara Griffiths and Delvin Solkinson Delvin and Tamara have condensed a few days of class into one blog for…
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City Kids Move to the Country – Part I
Pit-falls, projects and laughs from our Permaculture journey “How does a tree make a mango? I’ve never thought about it…
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My Balcony
by Pietro Zucchetti Before…. After!!! This is a design for a balcony in my flat. I was inspired by Bill…
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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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Why Learn Permaculture – for the Children and Ourselves
Permaculture is one of the only ways home for humanity. If one believes in modernism, industrial agriculture and better living…
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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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Weeds or Wild Nature?
Reprinted with permission from the “Permaculture International Journal” (PIJ) (No. 61, Dec-Feb 1997). The world’s striving for racial tolerance doesn’t…
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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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