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Yvy Porã - permaculture station

Yvy Porã - permaculture station
Um projeto coletivo de famílias de permacultores no sul do Brasil, no município de São Pedro de Alcântara SC. Numa área de 87 hectares de mata atlântica se propõe a construção deste projeto.
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PDC em Yvy Porã-

Suzana Maringoni
Jorge Timmermann e eu já demos muitos PDCs pelo Brasil, mas este teve um gostinho todo especial: dar um PDC na nossa casa! Yvy Porã, terra bo em tupi guarani, recebu o grupo de braços abertos, e com um espaço permacultural, as aulas teóricas tinham sempre um pé pronto, ali ao lado, nas ações d...
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PDC em Yvy Porã-

Suzana Maringoni
Neste espaço a proposta era de vivenciar a permacultura num  PDC com um grupo pequeno, em 9 dias de imersão total, já que Yvy fica a 14km da cidade de São Pedro de Alcântara. Ou seja, nada de agito da galera, nem grupo grande, aqui a proposta era mesmo de cuidar das pessoas, estabelecendo...
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First produce sold from the home garden

Pat Savage
I have officially sold my first produce that I have grown.  I had an unreal year for kaffir limes and passionfruits - all have been growing for about 3 years - ther is 1 Kaffir Lime tree and about 6 passionfruit trees that make up my fedge.  My partner and could not keep up eating it all, so we c...
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Sauerkraut for everyone

Mari Korhonen
Cabbage in salads, cabbage in soups, boiled cabbage, wok-fried cabbage, mashed cabbage, red cabbage, chinese cabbage, white cabbage, portuguese cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli….. We want to make the most out of these essential plants that are growing so vigorously in our vegetable beds. B...
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pian del rosso

pian del rosso
permaculture, human, wildlife entanglement
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Earth Bag Building, experential, educational course

Deb Pepperdine
With just earth, a shovel, and a bag we can build a house. Earth bag building construction is one of the simplest, fastest and most sustainable of all eco-building techniques. It is also one of self-building’s most flexible, for you can build self-supporting walls (square, round, etc) and retaini...

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Farming Viability and the end

Chris Muscat
Seeing that I started this page I'd best keep up with it. The first two weeks on the farm have been awesomely intense and already very enlightening. It’s interesting to come from the perspective of a permaculturist and delve into a farming scenario of course with an open mind. Michael said som...
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Organic produce & product delivery throughout Sunshine Coast

Deb Pepperdine
  A organic produce and product delivery run throughout the greater community has been developed and has ben succesfully supplying, (produce from the property, Raw organic milk and healthy products from surrounding micro business) to the Sunshine Coast for nearly 5 years. Micro buisness end...
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Noosa Forest Retreat

Noosa Forest Retreat
Grass roots viable permaculture community in the Noosa Hinterland. Offering basic accomodation, natural health services and a food box delivery to entire Sunshine Coast.
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Working with influences

Chris Muscat
This year here at stone turtle, I have decided to embrace the use of the bio dynamic calendar for my planting schedual. Because I am new to it all I find the restraint it puts into my desire to plant interesting, yet wierdly satisfying. It certainly has taken the pull to put things in the ground ...
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Lisa's Backyard Permaculture Garden

Lisa's Backyard Permaculture Garden
A backyard garden transformation in an urban community in Edmonton Alberta.
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Lisa's urban garden, Edmonton Alberta

Michael Victoria Moore
Urban backyard permaculture garden layout Swales, water harvesting, hugulkultur, mandalas & keyhole gardens, creating thermal mass and micro climates, spiral herb garden and raised cedar beds in zone 1  
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Soil Sista Blog

Michael Victoria Moore
http://soilsista.blogspot.ca
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New profile

Walt Ludwick
Quinta do Vale da Lama is now also known as the Permaculture Insititute of Vale da Lama. If you've taken a course or workshop or perhaps done an internship or a wwoofing period with us and want to see how the projects implemented during your stay are developing and maturing, join to follow us h...
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Quinta do Vale da Lama

Quinta do Vale da Lama
An educational institute and a demonstrational working farm aiming at providing the food for its residents, students and guests while improving the land as we go.
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