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The Oak-Hazel-Truffle Dehesa

Mari Korhonen
No wonder it's been six months since the last post on this forum!   Here's an update from the latest big project I was involved in while in Australia, a stacked  5 ha agroforestry system which includes a wide variety of oaks, sourced from the Canberra region, interplanted with truffle inoc...
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Permaculture first: regenerating a mine site with a food forest in Laos, by Paul Taylor

Zaia Kendall
The old mine site, heavily compacted over acid producing material, capped with 3 mts of compacted clay and 500mm of very poor soil Management negotiating the use of the grader to rip and mound the siteMounding the soil on contour, dry and rocky, very low organic matter and no structure.Hydro-s...
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Eggs and Eggs

Calvin Lawrence
No longer living in the village but the owner I set this chicken/greenhouse up with is continuing to run with it. This year we discussed growing more than just cucumbers. He is startign seeds again this year and will adventure into propagating evergreen trees in the greenhouse. Seeds will be loca...

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Sounds, Skills and Savours Festival - Photos

João Gonçalves
Uma iniciativa no âmbito do Programa Jovem Mais Solidário - Com o apoio do Município de Oliveira do Hospital. Algumas fotos que nos ajudam a lembrar este belo dia! 29 de Setembro de 2012. This initiative took place in the context of the Program  Youth Solidarity - With the Support from the...
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Strawberry-tree - from flower to firewater

João Gonçalves
Strawberry-tree flowers, attract bees ... It is common to see, in the same tree, the flower side by side with ripe fruits, that have a long maturing proccess. Da flor do medronheiro ... à apanhabelow, berries ready to be stored, for a few months, in the fermentation barrels, a stick is used to ...
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News in January...

Barbara Leite
check our full post here http://mount-of-oaks.blogspot.pt/2013/02/january-practicing-being-hermits.html#more

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What was going on in January...

Barbara Leite
Check out the last blog post http://mount-of-oaks.blogspot.pt/2013/02/january-practicing-being-hermits.html#more

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Initiation à la Permaculture les 13 et 14 avril à Plounérin, France

Philippe Roux
Devant le succès des inscriptions au stage de février, nous proposons un nouveau stage : Animé par Judith Lashbrook, formatrice en permaculture, membre de l’association Brin de Paille, Philippe Roux, Isabelle Brulé, étudiants à l'UPP, certifiés en permaculture, et Cloé Le Goïc, membre du bureau ...

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Initiation à la Permaculture les 23 et 24 février à Plounérin, France

Philippe Roux
Le stage est déjà complet ! Les inscriptions sont donc terminées... Pour information : Le stage se déroule sur deux jours, au lieu-dit « Coat Bruillac », lieu permettant de découvrir une mise en place progressive de la permaculture. A l'issue de cette initiation, les stagiaires sont en mesure ...

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Office Buffalo~Eco Ola

We can honestly say there is never a dull day here in the Peruvian Amazon, which is both our home and workspace. We love to farm in the rainforest and, it would appear, that even our animal friends enjoy our presence too. Here you see one of our working water buffalo that decided to freely wander...
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norms and beliefs about the role of women in society

Steve Read
This paper studies the historic origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the role of women in society. We show that, consistent with anthropological hypotheses, societies with a tradition of plough agriculture tend to have the belief that the natural place for women is inside the...
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A successful permaculture Design course at Badilisha Ecovillage in kenya

Evans Owuor Odula
We are very happy to have had a good closing and new year .As Badilisha and Permaculture Research Institute of Kenya managed to organize a successful permaculture design course which was attended by local and International participants .And we were lucky there were scholarships for the local ...
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Wadeye Permaculture Project update

david spicer
Recently I received a update on the progress in Wadeye NT, where myself and other great permaculturist were employed by Earth Ethics to do the install which is what I like to call ' the bones of the system' bones meaning water harvesting earthworks and then of course we install the muscle and f...

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Permacultura Strambeni

Permacultura Strambeni
Private permaculture homestead. Currently in the transition to a permaculture farm
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An Instrument of Grace~Eco Ola

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http://humanurehandbook.com/downloads/Humanure_Portuguese.pdf

Juliano Riciardi
ae rapaziada da cocompostagem e pra quem é fecofóbico também, saiu a versão traduzida da bíblia dos sanitários compostáveis, excelente livro, altamente recomendável!!!!!http://humanurehandbook.com/downloads/Humanure_Portuguese.pdfVamos ser a mudança que a gente quer pro mundo!!! E nada melhor do ...
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Hybrid Solar-Compost Powered Water Heating System (Ethiopia)

Abdur-Rahman McCausland
As an Eco-Lodge, showers are obviously an important facility which guests have certain expectations about. Our lodging facilities are comprised of local thatched circular huts which are wooden framed with mud rendered walls. We had originally planned to put showers inside the rooms. Howev...
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