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Creative Education at the IPC Cuba 2013 International Permaculture Congress

Helder Valente
Here is the video were you can see all the action ;) This was an amazing experience...thank you all for the caring words of support ;) The fields are opened to imagination
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Cob walls

Michal Simko
The week beginning 12th May Michal will be heading to our land to repair a hydram (water ram pump), do some final carpentry of a skeleton and if there is sufficient "flow of progress" June 2014 we shall be lifting-up the walls using a cob technology.
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Advanced Aerobic Compost includes exotic materials!

Richard Larson
The material used in this compost heap included 1/4 a mixture of rabbit, goose, duck,and goat manure. 1/4 last year's fall yard clean up including leaves, spent garden plants, and sod. 1/4 honey locust seeds raked up from a local hotel yard. And 1/4 kitchen waste accumulated over the entire winte...
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Work in progress in the forest garden!

Barbara Scheltus - van den Berg
Good news about the forest garden: Peter sawed out the last sun-blocking non-fruit or nut trees, Mark is cleaning up the branches (& mulching them for the paths) and Kenza is helping us to finalize the design and specs for out forest garden! Kenza is studying landscape design so we can combi...
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Terrell House Community Garden Permablitz, Sunday, April 27th

Dee Clark
Community Garden Installation at University of Maine Sustainability House Orono, Maine – Volunteers from the University of Maine and surrounding communities are invited to participate in the creation of a community garden at UMaine's Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center (PLLC)...
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'Home Grown Happines'

Sean Cassette
Home grown Happiness is teaching one of their courses in Quinta da Ravina, Benfeita, Portugal.Quinta da Ravina is the home of Nikki and Sean, where they live in their permaculture renovated stone quinta (farm). They own 2,5 hectares of organic gardens, forest and woodland and a happy stream with ...

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Update nr.1 - Nine months later

Angelo Pecere
We started the project of this farm in 2013. The zone 1 is now cultivated with synergic beds and some fruit trees (all different type and/or varieties). They are all ancient varieties, very tasty and resistant to pests.  Now we are working in zone 2, where we use to cultivate potatoes together w...

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some pictures of the property

Rene Nijstad
The farm we bought can almost be characterized as a jungle. It has a lot of poor quality rather young regrowth forest with some productive areas where a bunch of mango, banana and avocado trees are located. The view is magnificent, the atmosphere relaxing... We've settled in a bit now, ready to s...

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MAY-APRIL PROGRESS

Jennifer Kehrer
The photos speak for themselves

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2014 implementation

Shawn McCarty
At the end of 2013 a final design was developed and while the snows remained at bay, earthworks had begun. Now that the snows are gone and spring is gently sweeping across the land the swales and planting beds are being finished off. The use of hand tools only makes this a little slow but very s...
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Co - Teaching

Richard Dugi
I would like to work towards being an accredited PRI PDC teacher. This means I will have to co- teach at least 50 hours in accredited PDC's. If there is a possibility of doing so please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. If circumstances allow, I would be more than happy to participate with...
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Family Transition Center in Northern Uganda

Cory Richardson
The Life in Africa Context Outside of Uganda’s capital Kampala, where the eastern border of the city blurs into messy suburban sprawl, a rocky hill has offered 25 years of refuge to 10,000 of the people who fled Joseph Kony’s rebel war in Acholiland, about 400 kilometers to the North. Known loca...

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Holistic Management and Keyline Design Courses - Back to Back

Cliff Davis
Holistic Management Join us for a fun-filled three-day workshop* where you will learn optimal, highly-effective and proven ways to plan for and achieve the full power of the Holistic Management approach for your land, your animals, your profits and your quality of life. The workshop will include...
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Permaculture Design Certificate aquired. Time to start working

Miron Barabakh
Yes its a beginning...but u have to start from Somewhere !______Hello~ i just finished my studies on Regenerative Landscape and Ecosystem Design, and i would like to make some more experience OnTheField.  Main skillset: Regenerative Landscape Design Land Surveying Topografic map illustration ...

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Green Sustainable Living Hong Kong

Green Sustainable Living Hong Kong
Be the change you wish to see in the world. Greenify Hong Kong, one rooftop at a time.
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Permaculture Design Course w/ Lesley Anne Martin

André Carvalho
Learn strategies and improve the way we collect, process and review information; approach design using mapping, design from patterns to details, analysis of elements, use slope, orientation and analyses of needs and yields of systems; increase productivity using intensive garden design st...
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