Habiba Organic Farm is an organic farm in a Bedouin settlement in Nuweiba, South Sinai, Egypt. It is a piece of desert turned into fertile land, in between the Red Sea and the Sinai mountains.

The aim of this project is to create a small 2.5ac horse property which will sustain 3 horses and their owners. Providing fooder and food and eliminating, as much as possible, the need to buy in feed for the animals and produce for us humans.

After months of bureaucratic work, the Jordanian government has recognized us with official NGO status.   This is an important step for us, and we will keep growing and progressing with our activities.

Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design Support Intensive South West Diploma Support Intensive with Aranya Dates: Thu 6th September (eve) – Sun 9th September 2012. Thursday evening to late Sunday afternoon (3 day option) or Friday evening to Sunday afternoon (2 days). Are you signed up o...

Interior wall and ceiling of the Sheikh-Lotf-Allah mosque in Isfahan, Iran. Photo: Phillip Maiwald   "Later, Katalin Bende, also working on the project in our office, asked me to explain what I meant by this true liking and about people's fear of it, and why anyone could be af...

I wonder what happened to his free global energy project. I feel that more attention to his endeavors would bring more attention to energy innovation.   have a look at this link to learn more about Tesla and donate a few dollars to help the cause.   http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregvoakes/2012...

Traditional Gujarati food, Informative Documentaries, Flok Music and lot of fun with school children palnting seeds and sapling in a small village in Gujarat! Please send us a message for more details!Heal The Soil CSAwww.healthesoilcsa.org 

The kitchen team in action! We have done a lot of work since the last PDC. In the last 2 1/2 months we changed the Learning Space to another building, added a kitchen to prepare beautiful garden grown food and have insulated our water heaters. We have added some wind protection in the student ...

James Alexander Arnfinsen har nylig laget et interessant intervju med Mehdi Nodehi, lederen for Earthship Biotecture Sweden:- Episode 44: Earthship – å leve i samklang med naturens egne prinsipperSelv elsker jeg kjernedesign, dvs. at ethvert systems behov imøtekommes så nært selve kjernen som mul...

Developing a scalable, open source method for raising black soldier fly larvae as feed for poultry in wet/dry tropics. Soldier fly is fed a mixed diet of kitchen scraps and dairy cow manure. Goal is to feed 500 broilers.

My Father and I had pondered what would be the best kind of earthworks for the 'Bottom 40'. We considered 'Net and Pan', a set of small swales approx 10m apart and also a combo of both, where in between swales there would be a net and pan. As it turned out it was far too steep (43%) for any swale...

Cabbage and new potatoes (both grown on no-dig ground that was cleared and manured by the chickens), a couple fried eggs, cucumber & tomato salad from the polytunnel (with the tomatoes grown on goat manure), a glass of goats' milk and an apple or two fresh from the tree. Only the butter, salt...

This activity, organised by hamlet volunteers, is included in the Association Member Day Program, it is an opportunity to have fun together while remembering and the children getting to know the way our parents and grandparents, ancestors used to dress and their skills, the daily tasks, the main ...

Planting a Tree is a sacred Act   The Earth has now only about 35% of its prehistoric forest cover.   "Ranging across some 30 percent of the planet's land surface,forests are the climax ecosystems of a green and flowering world"   Each year, about 12 million hectares of forests (an area...

Since starting a crowdfunding campaign about a month ago through WeTheTrees Permaculture Crowdfunding, the Permaculture Ukulele Project has recieved over $2500 in funding, more than halfway towards it's goal of $3500. Recording has commenced, and a the album of songs in CD form should be out by t...

I've just moved to Jordan, to undertake a six month's research work with Friends of the Earth Middle East. I'm looking at strategies for rehabilitating the ailing Jordan River, and I'm interested in permaculture's water saving techniques and tree planting potential for arid climates. I've got my ...

this project changed my life 8 winters ago

In May 2012 we ran a PDC at Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge on which we trained, four local teachers, along with other participants, two from each of two local schools in Konso, South Ethiopia, where we are based. The selected teachers from the two schools, Konso Secondary and Jarso Primary, are scie...