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Update from the field

Matthew Lynch
In the 2012 harvest, Self-Help Group members working with ADRA in the four target sites had a combined harvest of over 200,130kg.  Growing season has been successfully extended from 90-100 days to 120-150 days through passive solar greenhouse design.In 2013, local govt passed food security legi...
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Courses and Workshops on offer now

Natasha Clark
COURSES Intro to Sustainable Food & Agriculture Think globally but grow locally. A broad but significant overview to the world of sustainable Food & Agriculture. You will gain insight into greenhouse production, the systems and business of aquaponics, bees and honey harvesting, compost...

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Yasica Mountain EcoCenter

Yasica Mountain EcoCenter
Yasica is an EcoCenter that provides natural solutions for sustainable food and agriculture, health, and living.
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Helping nature lovers to ensure a happy life by nature protection

Alexander Kürthy
Am helping nature lovers of my country to provide all their needs and still protect nature by increase of soil fertility and species diversity.  I started a new service "personal correspondence assistance". Zoologist, botanist, ecologist, nature protectors and lovers of nature have a great advant...
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Permaculture through the Heart Internship

"Experiencing Permaculture Through The Heart" presents a unique opportunityto classroom Permaculture learning with “hands-on” experience, complementing the active physical engagement with the soil with an inner attitude of loving alignment with the earth. This program is the first of its kind, wo...

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Thatching the roof with local resistant grass (May-Oct 2013)

Michal Simko
Foto #1: Cutting and gathering grass before will be delivered to our land up at the hill....20 years ago there was plenty of grass...in 2013 probably I could find more gold than grass. Foto #2: Tercio - bunch of a grass, at this point I was not aware that finaly I will need some of 320 bunches o...

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First part of roof structure (24 April 2013)

Michal Simko
Many many months this was only in my head.....later on a paper....and even I could imagine the size of the roof I scill could not believe when first bit of roof structure was nailed. For sure it was magical moment.......because we guys with hands on we only believe what we can touch and see....t...

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Cob House progress April 2013

Michal Simko
Wet wood (heart of the cob house)carried up to the land.  Dream begins to materializate.

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Eagle's Nest

Eagle's Nest
Ancahuachanan - translated from Inka's quechua language means eagle's nest. Permaculture project from scratch. Location Central Peru Highland Amazon Rain Forest.
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Cob House progress Dec 2013

Michal Simko
After weeks and we at least have a roof :-) ......it is a good begning

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Over 1 Hour Presentation on Food Forest Establishment on Video

Jack Spirko
In November of 2013 we ran a workshop on earthworks and food forest establishment.  The class was mostly hands on, during this class we installed over 500 feet of swales on contour. We did do some classroom time though.  This presentation was on the fundementals of food forest establishment.  I ...
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The Main Project PDF Has Been Updated

Jack Spirko
The document is now completed in qutie rough status.  It will be expanded, updated and edited from here of course. There may actually be some major changes/additions coming.  We are considering pretty much foresting the entire area including the inner swales, utilizing some of the existing oaks ...
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Permaculture Design Elements Deck

Delvin Solkinson
Gaiacraft Permaculture Design Elements Deck Celebrating the potentials and possibilities of permaculture design to address pressing planetary problems, Gaiacraft offers a new permaculture learning and teaching toolkit as a gift to the World Community. This mobile permaculture design mapping gam...

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PDC - PERMACULTURA E SUSTENTABILIDADE AO HOMEM DO CAMPO

cristina brasileira
Este PDC destina-se a formação de  alunos,  capacitando os  numa linguagem ecológica e gestão ecossistêmica, um entendimento dos princípios básicos de design ecológico e regenerativo, com a aplicação deste conhecimento para redesenhar comunidades e assentamentos humanos de acordo com as leis da n...

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Bulidac Primary School, Uganda

Bulidac Primary School, Uganda
With 200 primary students, 150 community members, 8 teachers, 4 Canadian permaculture students, 2 Canadian permaculture teachers, 1 Kenya permaculture teacher, the local Ugandan Kingdom's Minister of Agriculture and funders from Canada the following was completed: 6 acres fenced and planted, ...
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Practical Permaculture Institute of Kenya

Practical Permaculture Institute of Kenya
Over 18 working days, 6 Canadian students, two Canadian teachers, one Kenyan teacher and 30 hired labourers transformed 0.54 acres into a training centre in the NW area of Kenya.
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Fields Without Fences

Fields Without Fences
Fields Without Fences forest garden in Frenchtown, NJ cultivates native fruits and small berries, specialty vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs, and wild edibles within an innovative perennial design framework. Our certified organic small farm combines cultivation, ecological regeneration a...
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