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My project queue so far..

Alex Ambrose
Build And Calibrate an A Frame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anzGdIR0e1A   DIY  Cattle Panel Portable Greenhouse in hours for $150 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DKlXs8iov0 http://astore.amazon.com/homegardenfarmimprovementemergencypreparedness.homesadvis0b-20/detail/B00CBNG03K   Linea...
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Permaculture Podcast Links

Alex Ambrose
http://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/   http://www.richsoil.com/permaculture/   http://www.permaculturevoices.com/blog-2/podcast-2/   http://permaculturenews.org/2014/09/26/geoff-lawton-presents-permaculture-designers-manual-podcast/   http://permaculturenews.org/    
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Here is what I am currently studying...

Alex Ambrose
Learning as much as I can during winter so I can break ground in the spring. NC State’s Free Online Lecture Series on Permaculture: http://mediasite.online.ncsu.edu/online/Catalog/Full/f5a893e74b7c4b7980fd52dcd1ced71521 And currently reading: Gaias Garden Guide to Home Scale Permaculture & ...
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Habiba Community – building sustainability and community resilience in South Sinai

Alice Gray
  Nestled between the rugged Sinai Mountains and the gently lapping waters of the Red Sea in Nuweiba, a small port town in southern Sinai, lies Habiba Community: a pioneering organic farm, a community agriculture initiative, a learning centre and a beach lodge.  The vision of Habiba is to s...

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Lessons learned from the first pilot Swale

mary combs
One goal was to be able to drive down the slope, along the inside of the Swale and back up the slope at the other end with both the tractor and the ATV pulling a trailer. This is to be able to stand in the tractor's front end loader to pick fruit like a cherry picker and to haul harvested fruit, ...
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How the Hugel-Swale is performing - November 2014

mary combs
The first full length Hugel-Swale across the powerline has been completed. It is a bit rough around the edges, which will get tidied up during the summer. The pictures uploaded show the result of collecting the runoff from 2" of snow plus about 1/3 inch of rain. It will be interesting to see how ...

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Designing Hugel-Swales for cool/cold humid slopes

mary combs
A cross-section of a Hugel-Swale, as I use the term, is shown in the first attachment. Where I have built my first Hugel-Swale is on a 12% slope, crossing a power line easement in loam with a high clay content. We have relatively high rainfall (or snowfall) during 9 months of the year and get ...

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2015 Core Team at Ridgedale Permaculture

Richard Perkins
Details can be found here; http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/positions-vacant.html
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A description and picture of my land

Alex Ambrose
Just bought a 3 acre homestead on a southwestern facing hill (873 ft to 850 ft elevation change). Here is a Google Earth screenshot of my land.

Descripiton of our land

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Curso de Permacultura para Diseñadores: Certificado Internacional PRI

Markos Toscano Morales
 Curso de Permacultura para Diseñadores        Markos S. Toscano Morales. Dip. Ap. PC Diseño. Sociólogo y Etnoterapeuta   Contexto del curso y nuestro enfoque La Permacultura como ciencia de diseño integral, contiene metodologías, técnicas, estrategias y una formidable gama de saberes teór...

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New design for small yards!

Richard Larson
Four mounds with the troughs being connected at the entrance of the fenced garden area. The entry point was dug out, perhaps 18 inches deep, with the soil being used to create spillways where the swale troughs meet at the entrance. The troughs and pit were filled with decomposing wood chips for r...
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Greentech.Center

Greentech.Center
Greentech.center will become a center for sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable city, going green and permaculture.
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Testfield 1, Solar Village

Testfield 1, Solar Village
Blueprint for a new human settlement on Earth
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Ras Kisimani Ltd

Tichafa  Makovere
The PRI Site proposed on the Mafia Island of Tanzania is located in the Marine Park and will be the first of its kind on this part of the country. It is already hosting WWOOFers with great success. It is also a historical site of the Arab slave traders.
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Rainforest Wood Foraging

Claudette Fleming
Rainforest wood foraging is new to Moraro. Yet, indigenous people have been practising it on a small scale for ages. If a usable fallen tree or old log is found in the forest, it is taken to be used—be it Wallaba (Eperua) for shingles or Mora (Mora excelsa) for an adisa (a wooden sink) In ...
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Get ready, get set for the 2015 International Permaculture Convergence.

Daniel Halsey
Register here to be the first to know when tickets go on sale. Conference, 8-9 September 2015, London. Designing the world we want - a research led conference. Convergence, 10-16 September 2015, Essex. Designing the network we want - for people from around the world using permaculture in th...
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