The secret to this method is to plow along the contours of the hill in ONE direction, and to throw the soil downhill- that means plowing left to right when facing uphill.  The plow is dragged on its side to the starting position each time.  The first plowing forms a sill that catches the second, ...

Residential yard conversion, main work implemented in spring of 2013, sheet mulching with annuals and perennials. Demonstration project for neighborhood, empowering renter to take action, providing significant experiential learning for 10 plus local youth.

This is a site of bare land that will be built up on permaculture and self sufficiency plans. Year round green houses will be eventually built in the hopes of a farm co-op for locals.

The Little Garden is a small project to help bring the awareness of non toxic gardening, the value of heritage plants and the awareness of permaculture to the community.

A food forest amidst the re-forested lands of an old housing project

Rabbitry with food and feed garden in informal settlement in Nairobi, occupying 12.6m x 4m plot.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aUhghsCiG8

I just recently started a 8 month long course to become an ORGANIC FOOD SPECIALIST at FORUM Berlin... and ... I am not alone anymore! my partner is working on building e-trikes and windturbines made out of old household goods and scrap. more news will be published here...

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In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren't built - they're grown.   The living bridges of Cherrapunji, India are made from the roots of the Ficus elastica tree. This tree produces a series of secondary roots from higher up its trunk and can comfor...

http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/1/post/2013/12/keyline-design-in-cold-climate-sweden.html

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The secret to this method is to plow along the countours and only ONE direction- pushing the soil downhill ONLY.  The plow is dragged on its side back to the starting position each time. The first plowing forms a sill that catches the soil from second, third and fourth etc plowings and then the 5...

I was clearing the compound and I cut down a papaya tree and threw it on one of my six compost heaps heaped up with garden waste.   A week or two later I noticed that the pile I had thrown it on had completely rotted and was a foot high instead of 4 feet high like the others! Has anyone else do...

Our focus is to develop, implement, and demonstrate sustainable livelihoods through permaculture and sustainable farming, caring for the land and for rural communities. Our goal is to trial permaculture species and techniques and to learn as much as we can from others and through doing, and then...

.. ... have a look http://www.permakultur-design.com/index.php/de/academy/uebersicht

After my rewarding experiences in Melbourne as co-founder of the Melbourne Urban Permaculture group and all the exciting work we have done with the great people there and the Salvation Army, Shirlina and I are going for new adventures. Early next year we will be moving to the South of France, th...