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Looking Back

Colin Mennell
Its taken some time and effort but in the end its all worth it.   The greenhouse is the first stage in our attempts towards sustainability.  We hope to get some goats this summer, and experiment with intensive grazing methods, (Allen Savory) to start developing small pasture land around the pro...

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Permaculture Introductory course

Tanja Tuulia Korvenmaa
Now we've offered the course for four times, and there's three more coming this year (2014) It's been a joy to develope the courses together with Joel - and I really think teaching is the best way to learn. I'm especially inspired teaching systems thinking and permaculture principles through conc...
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Now working as a facilitator and organisational consultant

Tanja Tuulia Korvenmaa
For the last two years, I've developed my facilitation skills. Now I'm working as a facilitator, participatory process designer,  organizational consultant and life coach in an international collaborative. Our purpose is to help people to work together. I was trained in Holacracy(R) in October 20...
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The Yellow House Community

The Yellow House Community
As community of seven young adults we are developig our household towards resiliency and sustainability.
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Al Gore's Climate Reality PowerPoint Presentation presented in Cuba

Nick Robson
I presented Al Gore's Climate Reality PowerPoint Presentation in Cuba at the Permaculture Convergence in December 2013. The mainly Cuban audience had never seen the presentation previously, nor had they seen Chairman Gore's Inconvenient Truth movie and requested that Chairman Al Gore and the C...
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Update From Nawaya Egypt

Aurelia Weintz
Nawaya has been busy busy in the past few months, from setting up its farmer's apprenticeship program to setting up the new Slow Food Cairo Convivium, to documenting uses of dates in its documentation project. So what does all this entail. Well Nawaya is a social enterprise that seeks to create s...

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Gradina din Curtea Scolii

Gradina din Curtea Scolii
Gradina din Curtea Scolii is the main project of Bucharest Transition Towns local Initiative.
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Onwards in 2014

Zaia Kendall
As reports come in about record cold weather in the USA and Australia just experienced record heat in our state of Queensland, where apparently native bees have died and bats and flying foxes have fallen from the sky due to heatstroke, we at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast ar...
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The benefits of alternative farming methods

Abby Conrad
See full article here: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/apr/23/farming-methods-agroecology-permaculture
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5th Monthly Meeting for our Local Group

Freya Mackenzie
Permaculture Ste Anne de Bellevue Meeting no 5, January 7th, 2014 The New Coop du Grande Orme Attendance: 5   MINUTES We mainly discussed the details of the first special event we are holding: a co-presentation with the Coop of a very special guest speaker: Philippe Derruder "le grand spéci...
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4th Meeting for "Permaculture Ste Anne de Bellevue"

Freya Mackenzie
Permaculture Ste Anne de Bellevue Minutes: Meeting no. 4, Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 The New Coop du Grand OrmeAttendance: 5 (With Town Councillor Ryan Young appearing for a fly-by Q&A on Ste Anne de Bellevue's Sustainable Development Plan) Discussion:- The humble beginning of a Permacult...
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3rd Permaculture Meeting Featuring our First Guest Speaker

Freya Mackenzie
 Ste Anne de Bellevue Permaculture 3rd Meeting, Nov 5th, 2013, 1pm, private home in Ste Anne de Bellevue. Attendance: 3Although no one officially took minutes this time, a few things that stood out for me were the challenges of suburban agriculture (the ethos of materialism, isolation...
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Bunya Pine

Byron Joel
Of all the striking aspects of the subtropical regions of Australia’s east coast, the landforms, the climate, the exotic fauna… few offer as immediately impressive a sight as a fully mature Bunya pine. Reaching a recorded height of 45m, with trunks like a sauropod’s leg and sporting cones bigger ...
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Chickens video

João Gonçalves
The first video of our chicken story ... more news soon!   
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Community Garden De Groene Hemel

Birgit Albertsmeier
Have a look on the facebook-page of community garden De Groene Hemel for the look and feel of our project. https://www.facebook.com/pages/De-groene-hemel-Waalre/1426936710868063
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Terrace building resources

Neil Bertrando
This was originally a response to a request for terrace building info In general for construction, earthworks and other technical information require detailed calculations, specs, design parameters, etc.  I refer to FAO, NRCS, engineering, and construction references.  you might also con...
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Grading-mulching Aug 2010

Jesse Labbe-Watson
The quackgrass (Agropyron repens) is the first plant to rebound.  I took a calculated risk and decided to leave it in the landscape to help with slope stabilization.  I considered an application of herbicide to kill it, since it is about the most dominant plant in the landscape.  I decided to lea...

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