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Soil Testing: Why Is It So Vital For The Natural Environment?
Improving productivity is the core goal of each farmer, and good soils assist to gain it. Soil structure, composition, and…
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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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John Todd Living Machines Lecture
I’m so blown away by the work of John Todd. He works on a huge scale cleaning horrendous toxins out…
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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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Six Ways to Save the Planet with Mushrooms – Paul Stamets
No, we’re not talking about your average portobello mushroom here, found on pizzas the world over. The topic of this…
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The Oil Intensity of Food
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on a…
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The Video Shell Doesn’t Want You to See
Photo credit: Ed Kashi The video below was originally displayed on wiwavshell.org – the website for the plaintiffs filing a…
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Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Lester Brown In the May issue of Scientific American, Lester…
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Earth Policy Institute Press Teleconference – How Food Shortages Could Bring Down Civilization
Teleconference: Thursday, April 23, 11:00 AM EDT Environmental Analyst Lester Brown: How Food Shortages Could Bring Down Civilization Washington, DC…
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Community-Based Rainforest Restoration Work is Huge Success in Borneo
In his twenty minute talk, Willie Smits (a Dutch forestry scientist who emigrated to Indonesia 20 years ago to help…
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Vetiver Grass – A Hedge Against Erosion
PIJ #54, March – May 1995 Soil erosion is perhaps the world’s most chronic environmental problem that is literally costing…
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